Rick Woldenberg won in Canada - Black day for Team Bulgaria and critics to race officials from Simtek - Ford
Rick Woldenberg had a very important win in Canada thinking of the championship while Todorov had no points thanks to a puncture early in the race. Roberto Remedio gets second and a superb Antonio Pessoa gives good points to Liberty - Chevrolet, starting from ninth. Some crashes and a general concern on Mosport´s pit exit will be a discussion topic for the days to come.
Start of the race. De Klein keept first position, while Todorov and Woldenberg were wheel to wheel behind. Jens Dings puts the car for the inside of turn 1 and attacks Woldenberg.
First corner de Klein still in the lead and Woldenberg keeps the fight with Todorov, but on next corner Todorov gains the place. Dings, Joe Rotter and Leo Barbosa complete the first six places.
Todorov tries to mount an attack over de Klein.
Suddenly Todorov slowed down and... is out of the race with a puncture.
Woldenberg overtaked de Klein on next lap and the Simtek´s front left wheel was enough to cause a pitstop. The chances of Tim de Klein went to zero in a moment.
The positions in the first stint. Woldenberg takes the lead, Joe Rotter finds the second place, but Barbosa had a nice duel with the Minarae. Note that Pessoa and dos Santos were opening their way through the pack; in the second image, Pessoa overtaking Remedio´s Caccere.
A very interesting group here. From the fourth Jens Dings to the thenth position, the K.Speed of Rickard Alingas.
Henning Fisser had a frigtning spin on the first corner. Luckily didn´t smash the guard-rail and continued.
Joe Rotter was doing well in second, resisting the attacks of Barbosa.
The positions for lap 15. Dings, dos Santos and Remedio giving a good show for the crowd.
M.S.R. Racing dindn´t have a good day. The Stig didn´t start the race and Schiavon had to go out with mechanical problems.
The first move that caused a lot of discussion with the officials. David Stunnenberg was leaving the pits and was crashed by Leo Barbosa. Unfortunatelly the car lost a rear wheel, leaving the race.
Tim de Klein was very far from the head positions but found Markus Rotter leaving the pits. A similar accident to the Stunneberg´s and both Simtek out of the race. Team principal had an intense discussion with the officials and the GP2RW representatives, for the pit exit invading the race line of the track.
With Stunneberg out of the way and the first pitstop done there were many cars in a few seconds. Jens Dings heads this group.
Bad news and a pitty for K -Speed. Rickard Alingas was sixth but the engine didn´t resist.
This is Andreas Schulz fighting with Nuvolari. Note the canadian crowd all around the track.
Rick Woldenberg entering pits for the second pitstop. He had no problem recovering first position later.
Pessoa and Dings, provisional first and second.
Arabajiev lost the front wing hitting a kerb at Moss Corner. The surviving bulgarian car had a bad race today.
Jens Dings ruined his race at the same kerb, and Henning Fisser does the same.
Dos Santos leaves the track for a mistake, giving the chance to Alex Diehl of taking tenth position and the last point, from last on the grid.
Rick Woldenberg and the checkered flag.
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Race Results ³
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³ Canada - Mosport Park ³
³ (72 Laps) ³
³ Pos Driver Time/Speed ³
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³ 1st Rick vd Woldenberg 1h 16m 26.892s ³
³ DRTW - Viper ³
³ 2nd Roberto Remedio +15.220s ³
³ Caccere - Holden ³
³ 3rd Antonio Pessoa +17.166s ³
³ Liberty - Chevrolet ³
³ 4th Leonardo Barbosa +21.893s ³
³ Caccere - Holden ³
³ 5th Jurg vd Woldenberg +22.251s ³
³ DRTW - Viper ³
³ 6th Thomas Kost +22.850s ³
³ AS-TK F1 - BMW ³
³ 7th Markus Rotter +24.444s ³
³ Minarae - Misfire ³
³ 8th Andreas Schulz +29.724s ³
³ AS-TK F1 - BMW ³
³ 9th Tazio Nuvolari +30.558s ³
³ Peze Team - Cosworth ³
³ 10th Alex Diehl +34.614s ³
³ AD - Heave ³
³ 11th Nuri Hummels +41.097s ³
³ ADAC RaceCom - Mercedes ³
³ 12th Joe Rotter +45.751s ³
³ Minarae - Misfire ³
³ 13th Matt O'Donnell +46.496s ³
³ SME Racing - Mercedes ³
³ 14th Dan Richards +46.696s ³
³ PixelDreams - Cosworth ³
³ 15th Nico Weidlinger +53.338s ³
³ K-Speed - Honda ³
³ 16th Vladimir Arabajiev -1 Lap ³
³ TeamBulgaria - Mercedes ³
³ 17th Henning Fisser -1 Lap ³
³ ADAC RaceCom - Mercedes ³
³ 18th Emerson dos Santos -7 Laps ³
³ Liberty - Chevrolet ³
³ 19th Jens Dings Didn't Finish ³
³ AD - Heave ³
³ 20th Jake Sanson Puncture ³
³ SME Racing - Mercedes ³
³ 21st Rickard Alingas Engine ³
³ K-Speed - Honda ³
³ 22nd Tim de Klein Didn't Finish ³
³ Simtek - Ford ³
³ 23rd David Stunnenberg Didn't Finish ³
³ Simtek - Ford ³
³ 24th Marco Schiavon Puncture ³
³ M.S.R. - Honda ³
³ 25th Petri Karttunen Engine ³
³ Peze Team - Cosworth ³
³ 26th Georgi Todorov Puncture ³
³ TeamBulgaria - Mercedes
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We give thanks to Malcolm Styles for this track. Next race will be in Mexico in the Hnos. Rodriguez track. Another historical venue with a very long straight and some interesting corners to drive. And just one race before the Le Mans Special.