Free Practice:
During
the Free Practice Session
the weather
conditions had been very difficult. Heavy rain made it very hard for
the young drivers to find the right line on the Hockenheim Circuit.
All Kaufmann Driver did very well during the session and had set
very fast lap times. In the end Frijns was fastest, Suvanto 3rd and
van Asseldonk 4th.
Qualifying:
In the beginning of Qualifying the track had
still been a bit wet. All Kaufmann Drivers decided to set a safety
lap on rain tyres and after that changed to the slick tyres. Finally
it was Robin Frijns who took Pole-Position for both races. Hannes
van Asseldonk qualified himself on P6 and P3. Petri Suvanto
unfortunately only was able to qualify on P11 and P12.
Race 1:
After
difficult weather circumstances, all Kaufmann Drivers changed to
slick tyres on the grid. Frijns had a good Start and keep his lead
for the first laps. Unfortunately he made a little misstake while
braking too late in the hairpin, touching a bit the still wet part
of the track. Because of this he dropped back to second position.
After fastest race laps he was putting much pressure on the leader
and tried another overtaking move into the second corner. During
this, both cars touched each other and Frijns spun. Even though
Frijns spun, he was able to keep his second position untill the end
of the race.
Hannes van
Asseldonk drove an impressive race. During the race he moved upto
P4. Unfortunately he as well made some little misstakes on the wet
part of the track and dropped back to P6 in the end. Nevertheless,
it was a great race pace which van Asseldonk showed.
Petri Suvanto was
very unlucky. After he had moved up already some positions, he was
involved in a collision and had to retire from the race.
Race
2:
Frijns had a perfect start
and defended his
lead. During the first laps he was able to open up a little gap to
his rivals. During the middle of the race Frijns was loosing a bit
of his advantage, but still was able to lead the race untill the
chequered flag. Frijns won his third race of the season.
Hannes van
Asseldonk drove a superb race. After he dropped back some positions
at the Start, he was able to gain back that places. Two laps to the
end he took over 3rd place and defended that position untill the end
of the race. With that outstanding performance two Kaufmann Drivers
steped up to the Podium at Hockenheim.
Petri Suvanto
didn´t show a very good performance and was just able to finish on
P16. |