published: 2013-07-27 19:04:55 (59424) Author: frankm |
Jilles Grosskamp is the NEW 1/8th Track IC European Champion! |
 What a close race! We've been LIVE at the the 1/8th Track IC Euros in Halifax, England, since Wednesday afternoon and the Main Final has just finished, with Jilles Grosskamp taking the win over 19-year old Kyle Branson from the UK and Dario Balestri from Italy!Britain's Mark Green started from pole position after he and Jilles set a blazingly fast pace in the Semi A Final, and he quickly built up a lead, only to lose his position to Kyle Branson and Jilles after a major mistake just before coming onto the pit chicane. From that point on, it was Jilles and Kyle trading the lead, only changing the order as they came into the pits for refueling about every 5 minutes, and for fresh control tyres after 26 and 20 minutes, respectively. Dario Balestri and Mark fought over the final podium spot for the final ten minutes of the race as Kyle attempted to close the gap to Jilles, but Jilles was able to hold the gap at up to 1.5 seconds, in the end finishing less than a second ahead of Kyle to take the win and his first 1/8th Track IC European Championship! 1/8th Track IC Euros Finishing order: 1 2 Jilles Groskamp 175/45'6.70 2 5 Kyle Branson 175/45'7.47 +0.8 3 3 Dario Balestri 174/45'0.56 +9.2 4 1 Mark Green 174/45'6.14 +14.8 5 10 Adrian Bertin 173/45'0.07 -2L 6 4 Robin D'Hondt 173/45'8.64 -2L 7 9 Simon Kurzbuch 171/45'12.36 -4L 8 8 Daniele Ielasi 168/45'9.35c -7L 9 6 Oliver Mack 163/45'5.54c -12L 10 7 Lamberto Collari 155/45'14.64c -20L |
