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Superleague Formula (Zolder) |
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Zolder hosted the 2nd round of the popular Superleague Formula during the weekend of |
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Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th July. Besides the very spectacular and powerful Panoz single |
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seaters Zolder hosted races of the HTC Dutch GT4 and FIA GT4 European Cup, Dutch Supercar |
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Challenge, Formula Ford and Suzuki Swift Cup. |
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Craig Dolby claimed victory for England during the first race on Sunday. The Briton had a better pit |
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strategy than his opponent Chris van der Drift who took the lead right from the start of the race. Neel |
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Jani scored for Belgium a second spot on the winners podium, Frederic Vervisch managed to take the final |
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spot on the podium for Luxemburg. Chris van der Drift could start from pole due to an action from Dolby |
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during qualifying. Tristan Gommendy crashed his car during the early stages of the races resulting in a short |
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safety car period. Dolby´s betterpit strategy gave him the lead during the second part of the race. Van der |
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Drift made a bad stop, costing him the lead and a second place to Neel Jani. Frederic Vervisch managed |
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during the final stages of the race to take v.d. Drift´s third place. |
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During the second race it was John Martin who took victory. The Australian took advantage from starting |
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first due to a reversed grid and the retirement of Andy Soucek who was in the lead for a long time. Max |
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Wissel scored a second place for South Korea in front of Mikhail Aleshin who drove Russia to the third and |
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final spot on the podium. Andy Soucek started from pole and immediately took the lead. Until the |
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mandatory pit stop everything went well for the Spaniard. By the time he would leave his team his engine |
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stalled and didn´t find a way to start again. Soucek was heavily disappointed and had to get out of his |
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car. John Martin however made a strong performance winning a nice duel with Duncan Tappy on the |
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track, as well as a better pit stop than Aleshin what gave him the lead and victory. |
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The Superfinal on Sunday afternoon would become a true thriller. Belgian driver Frederic Vervisch scored for |
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Luxemburg victory after a thrilling race against John Martin and Neel Jani. Vervisch drove away from his |
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opponents after the start. Shortly before the finish it started to rain and the gap Vervisch created |
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disappeared in a fraction of time. Both John Martin and Neel Jani got really close on Vervisch´ gearbox. |
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Wheel to wheel both Vervisch and Martin drove towards the checker flag but in the end it was Vervisch |
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who claimed victory for Luxemburg, just a fraction before Martin winning € 100.000,00. |
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HTC Dutch GT4 |
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Ricardo v.d. Ende won the 1st race of the HTC Dutch GT4 Championship in his BMW M3. Van der Ende |
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immediately took the lead in front of Phil Bastiaans and Cor Euser. Within a few laps v.d. Ende created a gap |
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of four seconds but both Stefano D´Aste and Cor Euser closed in on the leader pretty quickly. D´Aste |
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overtook v.d. Ende in the penultimate lap but as he drove in the GT4 European Cup v.d. Ende scored |
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victory. Cor Euser finished second in his Lotus Evora, Phil Bastiaans claimed third spot in his Porsche 997 |
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GT4. |
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Jeroen Bleekemolen won an exciting second race. Bleekemolen took the lead, followed very closely by |
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Stefano D´Aste and Duncan Huisman. Both Bleekemolen en D´Aste created a big gap, Duncan Huisman |
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couldn't follow the leaders and dropped back, but remained third. Bleekemolen managed to hold off |
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D´Aste and claimed a deserved victory. Duncan Huisman finished second in his BMW M3, in front of Dick |
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Freebird in a Lotus Evora. |
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The 3rd and longer 50 minute race was won by Jeroen Bleekemolen and Peter Kolk. The Corvette drivers |
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finished some 21 seconds in front of Cor Euser and Dick Freebird in their Lotus Evora. Wim van Genderen |
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and Luc Braams grapped third place in a Chevrolet Camaro. |
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GT4 European Cup |
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In the combined races of the GT4 European Cup and HTC Dutch GT4 it was Stefano D´Aste who claimed |
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victory in race nr.1 driving a Lotus Evora. Anthony Scragg finished second (Aston Martin Vantage), Florian |
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Renauer scored a third place in his Ginetta G50. During the second race it was once again Stefano D´Aste |
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who was the man to beat. Gianni Giudici completed the podium (2nd) in a Lotus 2 Eleven in front of |
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Michael Dräbing in a Ginetta G50. The third race became a prey for James Appleby and Anthony Scragg in |
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their Aston Martin Vantage. Florian Renauer scored a second place and a second podium (Ginetta G50) in |
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front of Stefano D´Aste in his Lotus Evora. |
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Formula Ford |
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Scott Malvern scored victory during the first race, but less than a second before Jeroen Slaghekke crossed |
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the finish line. Nick McBride from Australia managed to score a third place. Malvern was untouchable that |
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weekend and scored a second victory during the second race. The Briton finished 1,022 second in front of |
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Jeroen Slaghekke and Nick McBride. |
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Articles in Dutch can be found here: |
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