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World Series by Renault Spa 2011 |
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During the final weekend of the month April the World Series of Renault once again settled down at the |
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legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Perfect weather conditions and a vast crowd were just a few |
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ingredients for a another perfect race weekend. |
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Formula Renault 3.5 |
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Robert Wickens scored his first win of the season during the first race on Saturday. The Canadian drove a |
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perfect start-finish victory, three seconds in front of hits team mate Jean-Eric Vergne. Third place on the |
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podium was claimed by Albert Costa. It was Wickens second pole of the season and right from the hairpin |
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at La Source he took the lead, followed closely by Costa and Vergne. Costa tried to overtake Wickens in |
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the entry at Les Combes but without any success. Vergne took second place during this action. During |
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the final laps of the race it seemed that Vergne could close in on his team mate but Wickens responded |
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with quicker lap times and claimed his first win of the season. |
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During the second race on Sunday Jean-Eric Vergne was the man to beat. The former British F3 champion |
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claimed pole position for race 2 but it was Robert Wickens who made the best start. Wickens remained in |
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front for seventeen laps but a small mistake in La Source gave Vergne the opportunity to close in. Finally |
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Vergne claimed the lead in Les Combes and took his maiden win of the season. Former Superleague |
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Formula driver Chris v.d. Drift finished third. |
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Eurocup Megane Trophy |
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Swiss driver Stefano Comini scored his third win in three races during the first race of the Eurocup Megane |
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Trophy on Saturday. Starting from pole he took an early lead, but Bas Schothorst tried to overtake the |
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Swiss driver in Les Combes what resulted in a drop back in the field. Due to this action Comini´s team mate |
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Niccolo Nalio took second place, followed by Wim Beelen, Dimitri Enjalbert, Fabien Thuner and Michele |
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Faccin. Bas Schothorst race ended in drama. The Dutchman took a hit from Faccin what resulted in a |
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damaged rear axle. During the climb of Eau Rouge Schothorst lost control of his damaged Megane and |
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had a huge impact in the armco. The safety car had to be deployed and once again the lights went to |
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green Comini had to battle it out with a very determined Dimitri Enjalbert. Stefano Comini claimed his |
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third victory of the season in front of Dimitri Enjalbert and Fabien Thuner. |
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The second race on Sunday was almost a copy of the first race. Stefano Comini took another pole position, |
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made the best start and finished with a fourth victory in four races! TDS Racing managed a great job |
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rebuilding Bas Schothorst heavily damaged Megane. The second race proved to be another misery as |
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Schothorst ended in the kitty litter chasing Stefano Comini. Dimitri Enjalbert claimed his second podium of |
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the weekend, Michele Faccin finished third. |
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Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
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Son of the legendary former rally world champion Carlos Sainz, Carlos Sainz Jr. claimed his maiden victory in |
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the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 during the first race on Saturday. The start of the race was once again |
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chaotic, a common sight in the Formula Renault series. Robin Frijns claimed pole position followed by Sainz |
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Jr. en Danill Kyvat. Frijns lead only lasted for four laps, in the mean time Sainz Jr. overtook team mate |
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Kyvat and finally claimed the lead. The safetycar had to be deployed due to several damaged cars in Les |
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Combes. As the field consisted out of no less than 47 cars, a big pile up occurred in Eau Rouge. One of the |
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drivers, Gregoire Demoustier left the pitlane with quite some speed, couldn´t see the swarm of Formula |
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Renaults and crashed into one of the collegue drivers. In the eind Sainz Jr. claimed his first podium in front |
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of Will Stevens and Robin Frijns. The second race on Sunday would become a treat for Danill Kyvat. The |
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young Russian driver finished 1.1 second ahead of Will Stevens and Carlos Sainz Jr. |
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Eurocup Clio |
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Nicolas Milan became winner of both the Eurocup Clio races. Marc Guilot and Sebastiaan Bleekmolen claimed |
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second and third spot on Saturday. On Sunday Marc Guilot and Simone di Luca shared the podium. |
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Reports in Dutch can be found here: |
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Sportdome.nl : WSR: Robert Wickens zegeviert in Spa |
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Sportdome.nl : Eurocup Megane Trophy: drie uit drie voor Comini in Spa |
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Sportdome.nl : Eurocup Megane Trophy: Comini niet te kloppen in Spa |
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More photographs of this event can be found here : |
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