May Hockenheim Historic: Race 2

The Hockenheim Historic once again offered a lot to the spectators on Sunday, including double wins for Gerstl, Pizzonia, Colombo and Clausnitzer.

Brazilian Antonio Pizzonia (HS Engineering) was clearly enjoying himself, as he held the lead for a while with the World Series V8 ahead of the Formula 1 car of Ingo Gerstl (Top Speed). For several laps the two swapped the lead in the race until Gerstl finally picked up the pace and saw the chequered flag for the BOSS GP F1 Class first. The race for the premier class ended after just 15 minutes to, reduce the running time of the valuable cars. For Pizzonia, the race continued for another ten minutes, during which he consistently set lap times that were below 1:30. Pizzonia, who drove to class victory yesterday with a failed traction control system, also secured full points in OPEN class. Climbing onto the class podium with him was teammate Irish driver Paul O’Connell.

Once again Simone Colombo (MM International) and Marco Ghiotto (ITA, Scuderia Palladio) continued their “eternal duel” in FORMULA class, at least in the early stages, until Colombo was able to shake off his rival with strong lap times after a safety car interruption. With his third victory in four races this season, Colombo has built a cushion over his fiercest rivals. Behind Ghiotto, Alexander Seibold (Seibold Auto + Sport) was running in third.

Marc Faggionato (MM International) who, having stopped at the pre-start, drove through the field and, shortly before the end of the race, caught up with Seibold. Faggionato tried to overtake the German several times, but Seibold held his ground. Ultimately, as they raced in front of the Mercedes grandstand,  Faggionato took third place. However, with 4th place Seibold had his best BOSS GP placing so far.

Fifth place Andreas Fiedler (Fiedler Racing) started on used tires and was unable to attack the front runners.

A collision between Florian Schnitzenbaumer (Top Speed) and “Checco” Malavasi (Scuderia Palladio) ended their race, while Thomas Jackermeier of Top Speed also spun into retirement at the end of Bernie Ecclestone bend.

In the SUPER LIGHTS class, “to finish first, you first have to finish” was key. Stefan Eisinger-Sewald (Red Rose Racing) had already gone home on Saturday evening, after gearbox failure. However, Jody Stadelmann in his Formula Nippon was able to take the start, after suffering a steering failure in the previous day’s race. However, victory went to Henry Clausnitzer (WF Racing), who has become a series winner with his fourth victory out of four races, this season.