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NEWS Formula BMW - 2010

     

29.08.2010 Formula BMW Europe - Races 13 + 14 - Spa-Francorchamps

     

Frijns takes win in Spa-Francorchamps - van Asseldonk on P4 - Suvanto in Top Ten.

     

Free Practice: During the Free Practice the track conditions had been very difficult as it rained veryhard, what finally lead to a cancellation of the session. Anyway it was Robin Frijns who was fastest, Teammate Hannes van Asseldonk was 5th and Petri Suvanto was 12th fastest.

 

Qualifying: Also in the Qualifying it was raining very heavy. Unfortunately the Kaufmann Drivers hadn´t been lucky during at all. None of them was able to catch a really free lap and also yellow flag sequences had been a handicap for them. Robin Frijns qualified two times on P5, but received a 5 Grid Penalty for Race 1. Hannes van Asseldonk qualified 7 and 9. Petri Suvanto was on P15 and P14.

 

Race 1: At the start to the first Hannes van Asseldonk was able to move up to P4. During the first lap he did some nice overtaking moves and went upto P2. Robin Frijns as well was able to move up to P5. Petri Suvanto was a bit unlucky and damaged his front wing slightly. He dropped back to the end of the field.

After a Safety Car Period Hannes van Asseldonk for the first time this year was able to take over the lead of the field. After two laps in the lead a battle for the lead came up. 4 Cars had been fighting for the lead. Frijns and van Asseldonk had a hard but fair fight for P2 and P3. In the end it was Frijns who finished second. Van Asseldonk unfortunately dropped back to P4. Petri Suvanto finished the race on P10.

 

Race 2: Frijns again had a good start and was able to move up to P4 in the first lap. After that, Robin Frijns did one fastest race lap after the other and overtook all drivers in fron of him. 3 laps to the end he took over the lead of the field and finally after 9 laps he won his 5th race of the season.

Hannes van Asseldonk first moved up to P5 in the opening laps but then he was involved in some hard overtaking action and dropped back to P7. Also Petri Suvanto was able to show a good race. The young Finn moved up to P9.

     
     
Pictures from Spa-Francorchamps