Paul Ricard Report
The final race of the series! Onto France for plenty of laps around the WTCC layout of the high speed, but technical Paul Ricard.
The Mazdas once again did well in qualifying, with Dimavika at the top of the board, the Lotus with Stephen_hill in second and Sleepwalker's Mazda on third, the only three cars to get into the 1:40's.
Dimavika's pole didn't last long, with the American releasing the clutch too early and having to go for a drive through. This resulted in a fierce battle between Sleepwalker, Stephen_hill and Sven, with Dimavika having to settle for sixth place.
A surprising moment in heat 2 was the spin of Stephen_hill. Comfortably leading despite the Lotus not having quite the top speed, the Brit spun out on the entry of the long right hander, effectively ending his chances to finish second in the series.
With Evil Mattress not running at Paul Ricard, and Iovenitti needing an outright miracle, the pressure was off for Yellowthingy. Even with Iovenitti and him both ending the day on 129 points, the Am championship was in his pocket. Congratulations! His third series, but his second Am championship win already!
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Mr_urlauber and Sleepwalker were the revelations of the week. The German has a bit of a track record of sometimes performing outstanding, where other weeks don't show the qualities of the experienced Pro-Am driver. This week he managed to take a few Pro drivers' positions in the third heat!
The Dane has also been performing on and off the past series, and after a year long hiatus his return, despite a Calabogie runner-up performance, went relatively unnoticed so far. But in this race, he showed to still possess the consistency and outright pace to win even two heats, and a minor contact with mr_urlauber kept him from running for a third win!
In the championship deciding race, Jorius forgot that just finishing every heat would most likely see Spaak take the team championship. This means that, after a long and mighty battle in the team championship, it's Yellowthingy's team FauxRacing, with Dimavika and Gcosens93, that takes the team championship! Congrats! The Faux brand was last successful two series ago and has been absent a few series every while, but it seems to have returned in full force!
That's it for this series, thanks very much for participating, and see you in the next one!
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