Race 1 got underway with Hjerppe on the Pole with Edmeades second. However it was the storming Khateeb that took the lead by the end of the first lap, the three of them were nose to tail. Along with Gugkaeve and Simpson chasing hard to latch to the back it was pretty much 5 cars nose to tail. Meanwhile Francis had run off the road and left himself with some work to do. Clark and Feyzulin were also matching each other’s times chasing the lead pack.
Coming close to the pit stop window the leaders stayed out for as long as they could, but with some penalties left over from the last race it was Gugkaev that was able to pick up the lead from the pitstops. Curtis had taken his seat in the No4. D5 SR3 and was running third on the road with Aalerud taking over from Hjerppe. Khazzoum had taken over from Khateeb, but after a couple of laps out of the pits he can back in with a mechanical problem. Disaster also struck for Gugkaev who was given a drive through penalty for a pit stop infringement. Turns out of came in to the pits 7 seconds after the pit stop window had closed.
Drivers are allowed to exit the pits after the window has closed but must have entered it before so.
Anyway, this handed the lead to Curtis, with Aalerud chasing. Simpson had made it up to third and holding it well.
Curtis held his nerve, and kept putting in consistent laps to take a well earned win, Hjerppe/Aalerud took second with Simpson third.
Race 2 took place the next day, Gugkaev took an early lead chased by Curtis, but it was Khazzoum that got a great start from the back of the grid to get up to fifth. His start was under investigation for some laps, but it was deemed good and he continued with no penalty. Pushing hard Khazzoum was able to pass Curtis before both handed over to their co-drivers. But with a win in Race 1 Curtis & Edmeades had a 15 second “success penalty”, so dropped down the order. With no penalty Gugkaev he was able to extend his lead even more, now chased by Hjerppe and Simpson with Khateeb closing fast.
After few laps Khateeb was close enough to Simpson to make a move at turn 12, but they came together and Khateeb slipping through. However the stewards deemed it a little too optimistic and penalised him 10 seconds for the contact.
Meanwhile Edmeades had caught with Simpson, but was unable to get past. Post race it was apparent that Simpson had an oil leak as the front of the D5 Car of Edmeades was covered in oil
Hjerppe leads the series from Curtis/Edmeades but with double points available it can still go either away.
