Newbury Race Report
Qualifying was the closest it had been since the beginning of the championship with the top 4 putting up lap times into the 1:05's, It was Laurent Resende who managed to snatch pole position, just pipping Fulvio and very closely followed by Olivier Boissel.
Tippet put up his own personal best lap of a 1:05.8 on the track to go fourth quite late into the session after lingering in 6th place for most of the session behind excellent lap times put in by Marco Boemi and Andy Graydon which saw them take fifth and 6th on the grid.
Hearing the revs drop for the final time in 2013, the race was underway and it was Genova who took over the lead by the first corner with Tippet taking third from Boissel, running side by side for two corners with Boissel regaining the postion. Tippet had to quickly slam the door on the fast starting Graydon who had slipped past Boemi for fifth and was having a look down the inside of Tippet.
Tippet tried to pressure Boissel for the first 2 laps but was unable to keep pace as the gap slowly extended and Graydon and Boemi were able to hang onto Tippet. Genova and Resende were trading lap times up in front, pulling away slightly from the pack.
As the race began to settle down, the battle for fifth was hotting up. Boemi had slipped back slightly from Graydon but had now managed to reel him back into his sights around lap 8 or 9 and the two set about having a battle between them, this allowed Tippet to break away from them but unable to catch the top three.
It was close up in front with roughly only 2 seconds separating Resende from Genova as crossed the line for the final lap. Genova held on to first position and crossed the line to win the race and secure the championship, an excellent display from Resende to finish a close second with another great performance from Boissel to take third. Tippet came fourth assuring him to claim second in the championship and Boissel third overall.
The battle for 6th came down to the line, with Graydon still leading the way, until the last 2 corners of the race when his car suddenly slowed, looking as if he had ran out of fuel and letting Boemi swoop past before the penultimate corner to take fifth.
At the end of an excellent race, the drivers celebrated by burning up some tyres and ruining some tarmac by doing doughnuts.
A brilliant end to a fantastic championship, congratulations to Fulvio. Excellent racing by all the racers who took part in the series. Getting second in the championship was an excellent result for me and the team in general. Thanks to Andy for organizing the racing.
The highlights video will come soon (awaiting a new hard drive)
Tip
Qualifying was the closest it had been since the beginning of the championship with the top 4 putting up lap times into the 1:05's, It was Laurent Resende who managed to snatch pole position, just pipping Fulvio and very closely followed by Olivier Boissel.
Tippet put up his own personal best lap of a 1:05.8 on the track to go fourth quite late into the session after lingering in 6th place for most of the session behind excellent lap times put in by Marco Boemi and Andy Graydon which saw them take fifth and 6th on the grid.
Hearing the revs drop for the final time in 2013, the race was underway and it was Genova who took over the lead by the first corner with Tippet taking third from Boissel, running side by side for two corners with Boissel regaining the postion. Tippet had to quickly slam the door on the fast starting Graydon who had slipped past Boemi for fifth and was having a look down the inside of Tippet.
Tippet tried to pressure Boissel for the first 2 laps but was unable to keep pace as the gap slowly extended and Graydon and Boemi were able to hang onto Tippet. Genova and Resende were trading lap times up in front, pulling away slightly from the pack.
As the race began to settle down, the battle for fifth was hotting up. Boemi had slipped back slightly from Graydon but had now managed to reel him back into his sights around lap 8 or 9 and the two set about having a battle between them, this allowed Tippet to break away from them but unable to catch the top three.
It was close up in front with roughly only 2 seconds separating Resende from Genova as crossed the line for the final lap. Genova held on to first position and crossed the line to win the race and secure the championship, an excellent display from Resende to finish a close second with another great performance from Boissel to take third. Tippet came fourth assuring him to claim second in the championship and Boissel third overall.
The battle for 6th came down to the line, with Graydon still leading the way, until the last 2 corners of the race when his car suddenly slowed, looking as if he had ran out of fuel and letting Boemi swoop past before the penultimate corner to take fifth.
At the end of an excellent race, the drivers celebrated by burning up some tyres and ruining some tarmac by doing doughnuts.
A brilliant end to a fantastic championship, congratulations to Fulvio. Excellent racing by all the racers who took part in the series. Getting second in the championship was an excellent result for me and the team in general. Thanks to Andy for organizing the racing.
The highlights video will come soon (awaiting a new hard drive)
Tip