{"id":2751,"date":"2018-10-07T17:29:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T15:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intereuropolcompetition.eu\/?p=2751"},"modified":"2018-10-11T17:54:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:54:56","slug":"second-place-for-smiechowski-fredricsson-fifth-for-scheuschner-muller-crepon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.intereuropolcompetition.pl\/en\/second-place-for-smiechowski-fredricsson-fifth-for-scheuschner-muller-crepon\/","title":{"rendered":"Second place for Smiechowski\/Fredricsson Fifth for Scheuschner\/M\u00fcller-Crepon"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this very grey Sunday the penultimate round of the VdeV championship took place at le Mans. Kuba Smiechowski qualified the #22 LMP3 third on the grid which was the best qualifying result this season. With teammate Pontus Fredricsson they won the race but finished second because of a 40 second time penalty. Swiss Moritz M\u00fcller-Crepon qualified the #33 on seventh place. Paul Scheuschner and M\u00fcller-Crepon finished fifth in a dramatic fashion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The #22 has seven handicap drive through of which Fredricsson took six in the first hour. Scheuschner, the gentleman driver, is not allowed to take drive through, so the three the #33 LMP3 has, were done by M\u00fcller-Crepon in his stint.<\/p>\n

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On the first lap of the race a car spun which affected Paul Scheuschner who fell back to 11th<\/sup>. Pontus Fredricsson took his advantage and moved up one spot and then fought with the leader car the #30 which he overtook to lead the field.<\/p>\n

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Positions after one hour: #22 – 7th<\/sup>and #33 – 13th<\/sup><\/p>\n

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30 minutes into the second hour the #22 was put on slick tyres while Fredricsson remained in the car. The #33 with Scheuschner stayed out on rain tyres.<\/p>\n

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Positions after two hours: #22 – 2nd<\/sup>and #33 – 4th<\/sup><\/p>\n

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The driver change, and change to slick tyres for the #33 happened at the two-hour mark. Moritz M\u00fcller-Crepon took over from Paul Scheuschner. The track was declared dry and no more rain was expected.<\/p>\n

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With one hour and 40 minutes to go Fredricsson handed over the car to Smiechowski while in first place. At the end of Fredricsson\u2019s stint he got a stop and go penalty because a touch with the #39 who he was trying to pass.<\/p>\n

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Positions with one hour to go: #22 – 2nd<\/sup>and #33 – 3rd<\/sup><\/p>\n

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The last 36 minutes of the race were the most exciting. Smiechowski (on his way to the top of the leaderboard) and the #69 of Monza Garage (3 laps down) fought for three corners. They touched and the #69 stranded and got pushed from the track. A safety car period followed. After the restart M\u00fcller-Crepon moved up to second position. Then a fierce battle between M\u00fcller-Crepon and the #72 car (third position) and the #20 (in seventh place). M\u00fcller-Crepon let the #20 (DB Autosport) pass but kept in front of the #72 of TFT racing.<\/p>\n

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Then the #33 got a flat right rear tyre. With a quick tyre change done, M\u00fcller-Crepon kept pushing and still managed the car to finish in fifth position. Smiechowski and Fredricsson crossed the finish line first but because of the incident with the #69 they received a 40 second penalty and finished second.<\/p>\n

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Finish: #22 second and #33 fifth.<\/p>\n

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Pontus Fredricsson:<\/strong>\u201cI really like driving in the rain. Even though there was no rain, I do enjoy racing on a wet track more than on a dry track. I passed the leader on my second lap and put pull a gap. It was very hard to see that the track was drying out. The windscreen was so dirty that the track still looked wet. But I am happy with my stint and felt good that I handed the car over to Kuba in first place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Paul Scheuschner:<\/strong>\u201cLe Mans is a great track even if today it was also very tricky under these circumstances. I had to drive my two-hour stint with a dirty windscreen and could not see if the track was dry or still wet. It was a good day to further develop my skills and I think I made the best out of it. Proud to have handed over my car in third place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the team\u2019s Formula Renault 2.0, Edward Jonasson had a good weekend.<\/p>\n

He qualified sixth in race one and fourth for race two. He finished fourth in the first race and won the second which was his fifth podium this year.<\/p>\n

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