Congratulations to Dave Southword for an excellent result at Spa, taking the first ever win for Triple Eight VDT in the ARL series Formula 2 car.
Here is a condensed Race Report:
It was Oscar Williams who grasped an excellent pole position nearly half a second faster than his nearest rival Connor Pelkmans. Impressively Dave put his car into 4th with his team mate, Tim Omloo setting a good time and lining up 8th.
However Tim's start was really bogged down dropping him down the field, he would recover to be into the top 10 by the end of the race. Oscar lead into the first corner and through Eau Rouge with Pelkman very tightly tucked in behind, As they hurtled down the straight, Pelkman managed to edge past with a tow, with the pair side by side going into the next corner, Oscar's car became unsetled as he slid his way off and down the pack, turning his afternoon into a brilliant recovery drive from 15th, to by the end of the race he was back into 3rd, pulling off some fantastic overtakes and pumping in consistent lap times. Dave who had started well was running 5th as lap 2 started. Pelkman finds himself pointing the wrong direction after Brandon Kruger outbrakes himself and tags the rear of the Apex driver. This allows Stijn Prins to take the lead with Dave now close behind in 2nd.
Dave would maintain around a 1.5 second gap to Prins up to the pit stops where his strategy saw him leap into the lead by running 2 more laps than Prins. Dave would then control the race until the end, bringing home his maiden victory in the ARL series as well as the first victory for Triple Eight VDT.
1: Dave Southword
2: Stijn Prins
3: Oscar Williams
You can watch the race here:
Thanks to all that competed in ARL see you at the next round.
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