Red Bull Ring: Race 2

Thousands of visitors took advantage of Father’s Day in Austria to make the trip to the magnificent Red Bull Ring.

There was 15 minutes for the BOSS GP F1 Class and 25 minutes for the other drivers on Sunday’s timetable. However, Ingo Gerstl in the Formula 1 Toro Rosso did not miss the opportunity to stay longer on the track with his F1 to duel with Antonio Pizzonia in the tuned World Series 4.5 for the overall victory – much to the delight of the spectators. In the end, Gerstl also won the sixth race of the season in the F1 class ahead of German driver Ulf Ehninger in his 1997 Benetton.

As in Saturday’s race, OPEN participant Antonio Pizzonia took the overall lead for a while on Sunday. After a full course yellow period, the Brazilian was able to hold on the lead for a few more laps to easily win the class. Second place went to Paul O’Connell (IRE, HS Engineering) in the 3.3-litre World Series Dallaro.

The FORMULA class saw a fierce battle, with multiple changes for position. However, Simone Colombo once again prevailed for the win. In the early stages, Fabian Vettel overtook Marco Ghiotto in the first corner and stayed with leader Colombo for a several laps. Unfortunately, like Saturday’s race, Vettel lost pace towards the end of the race. This gave Marco Ghiotto another chance to overtake Vettel’s Fanatec GP2. Colombo used this stage of the race to pull away decisively. With season win no. 5, the Italian is now also pulling away from his opponents in the championship standings. Behind Marco Ghiotto, Fabian Vettel also took third place today. With two third places, Vettel proved his driving qualities in an open-wheeler, and a return at Misano is possible.

The BOSS GP continues the European tour  in mid-July, when the series will visit the World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Misano.