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 Nürburg
– False gear ratios prevented Chris van der Drift to repeat
his double podiumfinish from the last event (Norisring). After having
qualified himself in respectively ninth and eigth spot for both
races, the Dutch’ New-Zealander finished both races in the
same positions. Though Van der Drift lost out on points in the regular
Championship, he still leads the Rookie Cup 2004.
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In
qualifying on Saturday morning the New-Zealand multiple go-kart
champion was already slowed down by false gear ratio’s, but
because both sessions are interfered with a pause of only 10 minutes
there wasn’t enough time to handle the problem. In the first
race on Saturday afternoon Chris however recovered himself well
by driving an aggressive race which at one point saw him competing
for P4. But because he was involved in an accident not much later,
Vandy had to settle for ninth.
The second race on Sunday went more or less the same. After a quick
start the Kiwi driver was again able to win some positions, but
lost those later on, now because of a lack of speed due to the false
gear ratios again.
Van
der Drift: “It’s a shame we couldn’t get more out
of this weekend, but after all I’m very happy to still be leading
the Rookie Cup 2004. I’m also already looking forward to next
weekend (round 7: Oschersleben) because I know we’ll be competitive
after our succesfull test there in the beginning of this year!”
RESULTS
RACE 01:
01. Sebastian Vettel (GER), ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg, 21:36.374
02. Atila Abreu (BRA), Eifelland Racing, + 05.363s
03. Christopher Wasserman (AUT), AM-Holzer, + 08.793s
09. CHRIS VAN DER DRIFT (NL/NZL), TEAM ROSBERG, + 18.528s
RESULTS
RACE 02:
01. Sebastian Vettel (GER), ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg, 21:34.908
02. Atila Abreu (BRA), Eifelland Racing, + 02.366s
03. Christopher Wasserman (AUT), AM-Holzer, + 03.078s
08. CHRIS VAN DER DRIFT (NL/NZL), TEAM ROSBERG, + 16.879s
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