Racing One’s Niels
Langeveld claimed one victory and a second place in his home event at
Zandvoort that propelled him on top of the standings, nine points
over Harald Proczyk. At the same time, Luca Engstler and Mike Halder
have closed the gap from the leader to 22 and 39 points respectively,
when 170 are still on offer in the two race meetings left at Sachsenring
(September 8/9) and Hockenheim (September 22/23). To add spice to the
show, the four contenders drive four different cars: Audi, Opel,
Hyundai and Honda in the current order.
Langeveld took an authoritative win Race 1, which was pretty
uneventful The safety car was deployed after an incident between
Michelle Halder, Lukas Niedertscheider and Kai Jordan; when the race
restarted, Langeveld pulled away ahead of Antti Buri, Proczyk, Mike
Halder and Engstler. The Dutchman built a 3-second advantage and the
positions remained frozen until the end.
In the second race, Engstler took his and Hyundai’s maiden win in the
series and Théo Coicaud provided the icing on the cake as he finished
second in the sister car. At the start, Engstler kept the advantage
of the pole, preceding Loris Prattes, Coicaud, Luke Wankmüller, Mike
Halder and Proczyk, but the safety-car was deployed when Max Hesse
crashed into the barriers. At the restart, in lap 4, Engstler pulled
away and Coicaud passed Prattes for second. Langeveld put in a great
show taking P8 from Buri and then P7 from Simon Reicher, while
Prattes served a drive-through for jump-start. In lap 7, Langeveld
passed Proczyk with a superb overtaking manoeuvre; he seemed
unstoppable and added Halder and Wankmüller to the list, moving up to
third. By lap 13 Langeveld was on the tail of Coicaud’s car, not far
from the leader Engstler. Still, nothing would change in the final
laps, also because a light drizzle started to fall, making the track
slippery.
Photos:
ADAC Motorsport-Gruppe C Photography
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