THE GERMANS TAKE FRANCE
Ben Utzer took a maiden victory in FFG, taking control of the race with his teammate Pablo Diehl running off the track with a handful of laps remaining. Diehl leaving the track meant that instead of getting 10 extra points over Jack Hunsley, who was running in 3rd at the time, Diehl actually lost 16 as he dropped to 9th. Manolis Sigoulakis took third ahead of his teammate Tim Engberink as Speedy Racing took the equal best haul of points.'
Andrea Dovizioso took a strong 5th for Elite Two, a team that hasn't seen such highs for a while. James McNamara took 6th, with Tapio Rinneaho struggling a bit to 7th, with his countryman Joel Rautavaara having a strong day for 8th, plus holding off Diehl for the last 4 laps. Xen Foro had a spin mid race, as such he was under intense pressure from Keranen for 10th, but ended up the victor of that battle as Keranen slid off with a handful of laps to go. Viper saw no points, along with Monster, EvoGP and N-Tech, while the three retirements (Said, Harvey and Lintner) all had engine failures.
The Adelaide Hairpin was another fantastic viewing spot on lap 1, after that the race was fairly straightforward.
RDFIA Press Conference
@Benutzername Finally a first win this year, but as your teammate slid off, does it feel as good as it should?
@Twigster151 Did you feel you had the speed today, or just a bit flat?
@Manolis Sigoulakis Another podium, have things just started to click at Speedy for you?
Press Paddock
@kedy89 Happy or annoyed today?
@Jimlaad43 Disappointed or relieved today?
@Diehl Not paying attention, or just thinking of the champagne?
@Josh Noack Good result today for your team?
RDFIA Press Release
Checking the first post will reveal the picture for the championship, before anyone complains, it was done by loading up the Aus GP and starting that (it doesn't do it the same way though). Thanks to Joel Rautavaara for the badge, it was the perfect addition that I felt was needed to make that picture 'work'. I will need to talk to you more about it
Also a full entry list, with commercial names that I have been given is uploaded.