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 Zandvoort
– With an eighth and fifth finishing position the Dutch New
Zealander Chris van der Drift has succesfully consolidated his positions
in the regular championship as well as in the Rookie Cup 2004 this
weekend. Two mature races at his ‘home track’ Zandvoort
resulted in valuable points for the young driver competing for the
team of former world champion F1 Keke Rosberg! Winner of both races
was Sebastian Vettel, who already is champion with 15 wins this
season.
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All races are held during Formula 1 and Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
weekends so a broad (media) attention is guaranteed. The use of
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During
his first visit to the circuit in the dunes of Noord-Holland, Van
der Drift qualified sixth for both races on Saturday morning. Although
‘Vandy’ had a great start during the first race in which
he immediately passed two others, the lack of grip in his tyres
caused him to fall back to eighth.
Due
to fog on Sunday morning the second race was delayed a little bit
and shortened by two laps in order to remain on schedule for the
rest of the day’s program. Van der Drift again started from
the third row on the grid and stayed out of trouble in the opening
stages. He had an interesting batlle with fellow newbie and ‘Rookie
Cup’ title rival Sebastien Buemi. After almost twenty minutes
of intense racing Van der Drift finished fifth and remained leader
in the Rookie standings with four races still to go. In the overall
championship the 12-times(!) go-kart champion still holds an impressive
fourth place.
Chris
van der Drift: “I really enjoyed this wonderful circuit and
the great reactions I got form the enthusiastic home crowd this
weekend. Although I was not able to get on the podium like I did
at Oschersleben, I am happy with my result. In both important championships
I consolidated my positions. I am looking forward to the two remaining
weekends at Brno (Czech Republic) and Hockenheim (Germany) where
I of course will try to score more trophies to add to the five I
already have!”
RESULT
RACE 01:
01. Sebastian Vettel (GER), ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg, 21:03.181
02. Atila Abreu (BRA), ADAC Mittelrhein, + 02.044s
03. Sebastien Buemi (SUI), Lars Kaufmann Motorsport, + 04.950s
08. CHRIS VAN DER DRIFT (NL/NZL), TEAM ROSBERG, + 19.198s
RESULT
RACE 02:
01. Sebastian Vettel (GER), ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg, 17:31.078s
02. Atila Abreu (BRA), ADAC Mittelrhein, + 01.406s
03. Marcel Jeleniowski (GER), Team Rosberg, + 08.791s
05. CHRIS VAN DER DRIFT (NL/NZL), TEAM ROSBERG, + 16.161s
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