Free Practice:
In the first free practice it was heavy rain. All Kaufmann Drivers
were out on used wets. In the end Vandoorne on P 8, Riberas on P 14,
Schothorst on P 30.
In free practice
two all Kaufmann Drivers improved. As the track was dry we saw
Vandoorne on P 3, Riberas on P 7 and Schothorst on P 25.
Qualifying 1:
Due to the high number of cars in Formula Renault Eurocup the
Qualifying was split into two groups. Stoffel Vandoorne was in Group
A. The track was still damp and drying up. Vandoorne, once more
showed an impressive performance and setting the fastest lap-time in
his Group.
Riberas and Schothorst were
in Group B. Both did a good job. Riberas was on P 2 and Schothorst
on P 9. Overall on the Grid it was Vandoorne P 2, Riberas P 3 and
Schothorst P 17.
Race 1:
Schothorst drove a good race and moved up positions to P 19 in the
end. Riberas and Vandoorne had both a good start. Riberas dropped
back to P 4 later, while Vandoorne was on P 2 putting pressure on
the leader. After a Safety-Car Period, Riberas and Vandoorne kept
their positions and finished P 4 and P 2. Vandoorne took his
eleventh podium for this year Eurocup season.
Qualifying 2:
Schothorst and Riberas first on track in Group B. Heavy rain made it
very difficult. Schothorst qualified and a disappointing P 16 and
Riberas was on P 6.
Vandoorne in Group
A was
on track later.
This time Vandoorne was struggleing quite a lot in the wet. Unable
to find any grip, he only qualified on P 8 in his Group. Overall
Riberas on P 11, Vandoorne on P 16 and Schothorst on P 31. A very
difficult position for Vandoorne to keep his lead for the
Championship and to fight for the title.
Race 2:
Sunday´s race was started at the afternoon under the most difficult
conditions. It just had rained before the race. All Kaufmann Drivers
opted for Slick Tyres. Schothorst and Riberas drove a good race.
Schothorst finished P 14 and Riberas P 5. Stoffel Vandoorne had an
impressive opening lap and moved from P 16 to P 6. In the second lap
Vandoorne made contact with another driver and was forced to retire
from the race due to a broken track rod in the front. Still, even
though he couldn´t finish the race, in the end the points-lead of
the young Belgian in the Championship was big enough to win the
Title in the Formula Renault 2.0 EUROCUP 2012.
The Team of
JOSEF KAUFMANN RACING was able to win the Formula Renault
2.0 EUROCUP Title again - straight again after the 2011 Title. An
incredible performance of the whole Team and Driver during the
entire season made this possible. In addition the Team won as well
the Team Trophy in Formula Renault 2.0 EUROCUP.
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup season 2012 in numbers:
1. Place Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2012 -
Stoffel Vandoorne
9.
Place Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2012
- Alex Riberas
27.
Place Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2012
- Pieter Schothorst
4
Victories
5 x 2.
Place
2
x 3. Place
6
Pole Positions
1.
Place Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Team Championship 2012 - Josef Kaufmann Racing |