eventually finding a way past Team Nautica’s
Joakim Halvorsen on lap 6.
From the restart Szymura again raced off
into the distance to win the 22-lap race
comfortably and a lap clear of the field, with
Rigby unchallenged and taking the chequered
flag in second to cap a great debut.
Halvorsen was unable to maintain the
pace he showed earlier in the race and was
overhauled on lap 13 by Landsnes, with
Team Abu Dhabi’s Mohamed Al Mehairbi
and Qatar’s Mohammed Al Obaidly enjoying
a great scrap for fifth and sixth spots, Al
Mehairbi claiming the Middle East bragging
rights passing his rival in the closing stages.
Despite crashing out, Ronny Mathys’ had
produced a great drive from the back of the
field in the early stages after failing to start
in qualifying and was up to fifth and about to
pass Halvorsen when he hooked losing time
and then half a lap later went over trying to
make it up.
It was a disappointing race for Team CTIC
China’s Wu Bingchen, hooking at the start of
lap 2 then retiring before the end of it, Qatar’s
Khalid Al Kuwari joining him on the retirees
list.
In race 2 Mike Szymura was once again the
standout driver of a field of eight and rounded
out the perfect weekend with his second race
win in two days to take overall victory in the
F-4S Trophy in Liuzhou.
Sixteen-year-old Australian Briney Rigby
was more than a match for all but one of
her male peers, running unchallenged for all
22 laps to follow Szymura to the chequered
flag and take second overall to complete an
outstanding debut, with Team Nautica rookie
Joakim Halvorsen going one better than in
race 1 to take third place.
The only real scrap of the race was for fourth
spot between Jan Andre Landsnes, Bingchen
Wu and Khalid Al Kuwari. Landsnes trailed
both until lap 15, first passing Team Qatar’s
Al Kuwari and seven laps later Team CTIC
China’s Bingchen.
Heading to the Middle East Szymura leads
the points table on 55, with rookies Briney
Rigby second and Joakim Halvorsen tied in
third with Jan Andre Landsnes.
POS NOS DRIVER
TEAM
POINTS
1
10 Mike Szymura (ger)
F1 Atlantic / Interpass / GC
55
2
41 Rigby Briney (aus)
Sweden
30
3=
78 Joakim Halvorsen (nor)
Nautica
21
3=
35 Jan Andre Landsnes (nor)
Motorglass F1
21
5
41 Jesper Forss (swe)
Sweden
20
6
63 Khalid Al Kuwari (qat)
Qatar
14
7
96 Mohamad Al Obaidly (qat)
Qatar
13
8
71 Nikita Lijcs (lat)
Mad Croc BABA Racing
12
9=
56 Mohamed Al Mehairbi (uae)
Abu Dhabi
7
9=
88 Bingchen Wu (chn)
CTIC China
7
9=
78 Morgan Jernfast (swe)
Nautica
7
12
56 Rashed Al Remeithi (uae)
Abu Dhabi
4
29 Ronny Mathys(sui)
Mad Croc BABA Racing
0
after round 2
F-4S EUROFIN TROPHY 2014
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