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NEWS Formula BMW - 2010

     

21.04.2010 Formula BMW Europe Season 2010

     
Frijns fastest at official Formula BMW Europe Test in Zandvoort.
     

The fourth official Formula BMW Europe Test had taken place at dutch circuit of Zandvoort.

On the first day it was Kaufmann Driver Robin Frijns who had set the pace in the morning and afternoon session. Frijns adapted quickly to the difficult track circumstances and together with his Team he was able to work out a proper car setting. Both his Kaufmann Racing Teammates Hannes van Asseldonk and Petri Suvanto first had to learn the new track. At the end of the day van Asseldonk was on a strong P4, while Suvanto still was only on P11.

On the second testday, it was again Frijns who was fastest in the morning. As overall times didn´t improve on the second day, Frijns was overall fastest of the two day session. At the end of the second test day Hannes van Asseldonk and Petri Suvanto ended up on P 8 and P 9.

     
     
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07.04.2010 Formula BMW Europe Season 2010

     
Kaufmann Drivers on the pace at official Formula BMW Europe Test in Silverstone.
     

As usual the Formula BMW Europe Introductory Test took place at Silverstone. Next to Start and Safety Car Exercises, 4 free practise sessions had been hold.

In the morning session of the first test day it was Robin Frijns who had set the overall fastest lap time. His Teammates had been 10. fastest - Hannes van Asseldonk and 14. fastest - Petri Suvanto. In the afternoon all Kaufmann Drivers used some new tyres. Robin Frijns just missed the fastest laptime by a few 100s of a second and set the 2nd fastest laptime of the day. Hannes van Asseldonk and Petri Suvanto improved theirselves upto P9 and P10.

In the afternoon of the second day, all Kaufmann Drivers again went out on new tyres. As the day before Frijns again set the 2nd fastest overall laptime. Van Asseldonk again was able to improve himself upto P7. Petri Suvanto did the 11. fastest laptime of the day.

     
     
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22.03.2010 Formula BMW Europe Season 2010

     
Frijns sets the pace at official Formula BMW Europe Test in Barcelona.
     

The second official Test of the Formula BMW Europe Season 2010 was held at the Circuito Catalunya in Barcelona.

On the first day the weather conditions had been perfect. Blue sky and sunshine allowed really fast laptimes throughout the whole day. Kaufmann Driver Robin Frijns from the first lap on adopted perfectly to the track conditions and had set straight away the fastest laptimes. After the end of the morning session, Frijns had set the fastest overall laptime. His teammate Petri Suvanto and Hannes van Asseldonk first had to learn the new track. They ended up beeing 11. and 13. fastest.

In the afternoon session, Robin Frijns and his Team were even able to improve the car set up and also the time. At the end of the day Frijns improved his tim from the morning and again had set with 1.50.442 min. the overall fastest laptime of the day. Teammates van Asseldonk and Suvanto also had been able to improve their times, but still were struggleing a bit to use the optimum of the new tyres. They had been classified at 11. and 13. in the end of the day.

 On the second day t it had been raining a lot. In the morning session Frijns was again the fastest driver under full wet conditions. His Teammates Suvanto and van Asseldonk als had been able to run laptimes within the Top 10 Positions. Shortly before lunchbrake the track dried up, but all Kaufmann Drivers decided not to ruin their raintyres and stopped the session early. Shortly after lunch, the track was dry for half an hour. With only a few laps all Kaufmann Drivers had been able to run in the top eight – Frijns 3., van Asseldonk 5. and Suvanto 8. Later on it started to rain again. Overall the laptimes from day one had been the fastest of the two days official test.

     
     
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10.03.2010 Formula BMW Europe Season 2010

     

Difficult weather conditions during the first official Formula BMW Europe Test 2010.

     

The first official Testdays of the Formula BMW Europe Season 2010 took place at the 09./10. March at Monza.

In the morning session of the first testday, all Kaufmann Drivers did their planned testing programm. Robin Frijns directly adapted properly to the track and the cold conditions and did the overall fastest lap time of the morning session. The two Rookies in the Kaufmann Team, Hannes van Asseldonk and Petri Suvanto first had to learn the track and get used to the low downforce level. At the end of the morning session they did the 10th and 11th fastest laptime.

In the afternoon the outside temperature dropped to the freezing point and some little snow showers came up. Because of that conditions all Kaufmann Drivers decided to carry on the test session on the used tyres of the morning session. Robin Frijns just did some more laps and finished his test session early. Hannes van Asseldonk and Petri Suvanto just did some more laps to gain more experience and mileage on the low downforce circuit. In the end of the afternoon session the Kaufmann Drivers ended up beeing 6th - Frijns, 12th - van Asseldonk and 13th - Suvanto.

On the second day it was snowing the whole day and the track was impassable. Because of that, the organisers cancelled the test day.

     
     

     
     
[ download official results from Monza ]