Gonneau reaches the top
BRANDS HATCH, England – Vincent Gonneau reaches the victory in the Open Sprint of the Brands Hatch 200 of the second event of the 2012 EURO-RACECAR NASCAR Touring Series. The driver from Belgium finishes ahead of the French Philippe Marie and British Ben Anderson.
Vincent Gonneau (#15 Gonneau Racing) announced at the beginnig of the event he has to not make the mistakes he made in Nogaro. Successfull mission for the Gonneau Racing driver who led the highest number of laps and benefited of the spin of Simon Escallier (#18 Scorpus Racing) after the Safety Car intervention, after 4 minutes of race, to finally win. “This is a come back to the normal situation after good performances in Nogaro but which didn’t lead me to a good result, said he. I am sorry for Simon but after the Safety Car came back into the stands he was less focused. Then, Philippe Marie was not so far behind and I didn’t take it easy. Maybe I was a little faster in the two first sectors. The most important was not to make any mistake because I really had to bring this victory home!
Poleman, Philippe Marie didn’t keep long his first position, quickly overtaken by Gonneau and Escallier. Because of the tour in the gravel of the driver of Scorpus Racing, he finishes 2nd and 1st Gentleman ahead of Ben Anderson (#6 Rapido Racing), journalist of AUTOSPORT who maintained Martin Van Hove (#64 TFT) and Alain Grand (#11 Over Drive-McDonalds’) behind. Grand wins the Legend Trophy. To complete the top 10, Adriano Medeiros, already performing just few days after discovering the championship, Jerome Laurin (#55 Pole Posiiton 81), Tanguy Ide (#44 Orhes Competition), Joaquin Gabarron (#5 Rapido Racing) and Leonard Vernet (#22 Over Drive – Moser Vernet).
FAST FACTS
- Vincent Gonneau led 15 laps upon 22.
- Simon Escallier has been leader 7-lap long and then he spined outside of the track.
- Adriano Medeiros reaches the best laptime in 50''485, with an average speed of 85.49 mph
- Philippe Marie records his first top 3 of the season.
- Ben Anderson is on the podium as soon as his first participation in EURO-RACECAR NASCAR Touring Series
- Martin Van Hove finishes outside of the top 3 for the first time in 2012.
CLASSIFICATION
Open Sprint: 1. Vincent Gonneau (#15 Gonneau Racing, 22 laps in 20'07''630 (78.63 mph), 2. Philippe Marie (#88 Orhès Compétition) 4''742 behind (1st Gentleman), 3. Ben Anderson (#6 Rapido Racing) 10''441, 4. Martin Van Hove (#64 TFT) 11''782, 5. Alain Grand (#11 Over Drive-McDonald's) 12''320 (1st Legend), 6. Adriano Medeiros (#42 Autosport 42) 15''605, 7. Jerome Laurin (#55 Pole Position 81) 20''314, 8. Tanguy Ide (#44 Orhès Compétition) 20''704, 9. Joaquin Gabarron (#5 Rapido Racing) 21''336, 10. Léonard Vernet (#22 Over Drive-Moser Vernet) 27''396, etc.
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