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Tim Bridgman is on the verge
of claiming the Visma Formula Championship after a dominant win at
Donington
Park in round 16. The
Laser Motor Company-backed Bridgman started from pole and led for the
entire race with only Matt Hamilton challenging.
Hamilton started well by gaining one
place from Luciano Bacheta, who also lost a place to Richard Kent. Keen to
keep himself in contention, Bacheta was pushing too hard to make up places
though the bottom of the Craner Curves and ran onto the grass, losing six
places. Jack Clarke had a good start to the race, capitalising on
Bacheta’s mistake and moving into third.
Clarke wasn’t going to have
an easy race however, as Stefan Wilson was hunting for valuable
championship points. “I just went into survival mode. I wasn’t as quick as
Stefan had to get really defensive,” said Clarke after the race. Clarke
had to spend the race fighting off five other drivers mid-race, with Jason
Moore, Richard Kent, and Luciano Bacheta forming a long train. It was
Wilson
that proved to be hungriest of the pack, using his boost button on a
number of occasions to go side by side with Clarke through the Craner
Curves . The Surrey-based racer used his experience however to hold off
Wilson to
finish third.
The battle for third meant
that Tim Bridgman and Matt Hamilton were able to extend their lead and had
their own private battle. “Tim was awesome in the middle section of the
race,” said Hamilton after the race. Strategic use of
the boost button meant that Bridgman was able to extend slender lead.
“Matty and I had it pretty straightforward,” commented Bridgman after the
race. “I had been saving a couple of shots of boost for the last lap but
the red flag put an end to my chances,” said Hamilton.
Round 17 of the championship
takes place at 15:10 this afternoon, with Stefan Wilson on pole.
Visma Formula Palmer Audi
Championship
Race 1 Top Ten
1. Tim Bridgman
18:03.656
2. Matt Hamilton
18:04.020
3. Jack Clarke
18:21.301
4. Stefan Wilson
18:21.711
5. Richard Kent
18:22.161
6. Ivan Lukashevic
18:22.443
7. Jason Moore
18:23.278
8. Luciano Bacheta
18:23.837
9. Richard Plant
18:23.880
10. Maxim Snegirev
18:31.244
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