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June 15, 2011
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For Round 9 of the 2011 Supercup, the teams moved on to the new-look Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, England. The hot topic of discussion was the surprise move of Lewis Redshaw from Nordsjoen Racing to rivals Malta Force GP. The newly formed partnership of Redshaw and Bart De Vos caused concern among many in the paddock and fully established them as the team to beat, while Nordsjoen were left in a tough position and without any representatives for the Silverstone race.
Indeed qualifying proved to very much be a two horse race, effectively with only De Vos and Redshaw the only ones able to challenge for a front row grid spot here. The team-mates were pushing each other hard and gave it their all, but it was the young Englishman who claimed the pole with a blistering time of 1:36.886s, which was almost 4 tenths faster than De Vos's best effort. PB Racing driver Jason Muscat proved to be the best of the rest, albeit a full second away from the Malta Force drivers. Moving further down the order, Gregg Lawson claimed 4th on the grid, David Jundt was 5th and Liam Hatchell 6th. Supercup returnee Mark Stanton showed great potential, but could only manage 10th on the grid.
Tension grew as technical issues meant the start was slightly delayed, although this did allow championship leader Pavel Loknovski to make the start after having missed the qualifying session. It also had some unexpected effects as Synergetic Motorsports driver Mal McKee was caught napping on the formation lap and collided with Welshman Gavin Thomas, forcing both drivers to start from the pit lane. As the lights went out it was De Vos who got the better start and slipped up the inside of Redshaw into Turn 1, although Redshaw managed to retake the lead with an impressive move at Stowe corner. Behind the Malta Force cars, Liam Hatchell once again got a great start and took 3rd position as Jason Muscat unfortunately suffered a disconnection moments into the race. Behind them a massive battle erupted for 5th between Tom Parker, David Jundt, Mark Stanton and Georgios Davakos.
As the race settled down, Redshaw initially pulled out a gap on De Vos, but the Belgian driver dug deep, closed the gap and ramped up the pressure on his team-mate. The pair dueled for several laps and even banged wheels a few times in an enthralling fight, but Redshaw managed to do enough to hold onto first place. The race also proved to be a tough one as several drivers retired in the opening part of the race, including Mark Stanton, Liam Hatchell and most significantly championship leader Pavel Loknovski. Hatchell's retirement promoted Lawson to a rather lonely third, with Parker and Jundt embarking on what would prove a race-long battle for 4th spot.
After a close battle in the first half of the race, it was the pit stops that proved to be the decisive factor in the leading battle as Redshaw's near perfect stop was followed up by a rather poor stop for De Vos who seemingly surprised his pit crew. Despite some strong laps from De Vos he never fully recovered from this time loss and so at the chequered flag it was Redshaw who took his second win of the season, finishing 1.4 seconds ahead of his team-mate. So the leading pair collected Malta Force's first 1-2 finish of the season and extended their lead over the other teams. Gregg Lawson claimed the final podium place for Woods Racing and David Jundt emerged from his battle with Tom Parker in 4th.
Indeed qualifying proved to very much be a two horse race, effectively with only De Vos and Redshaw the only ones able to challenge for a front row grid spot here. The team-mates were pushing each other hard and gave it their all, but it was the young Englishman who claimed the pole with a blistering time of 1:36.886s, which was almost 4 tenths faster than De Vos's best effort. PB Racing driver Jason Muscat proved to be the best of the rest, albeit a full second away from the Malta Force drivers. Moving further down the order, Gregg Lawson claimed 4th on the grid, David Jundt was 5th and Liam Hatchell 6th. Supercup returnee Mark Stanton showed great potential, but could only manage 10th on the grid.
Tension grew as technical issues meant the start was slightly delayed, although this did allow championship leader Pavel Loknovski to make the start after having missed the qualifying session. It also had some unexpected effects as Synergetic Motorsports driver Mal McKee was caught napping on the formation lap and collided with Welshman Gavin Thomas, forcing both drivers to start from the pit lane. As the lights went out it was De Vos who got the better start and slipped up the inside of Redshaw into Turn 1, although Redshaw managed to retake the lead with an impressive move at Stowe corner. Behind the Malta Force cars, Liam Hatchell once again got a great start and took 3rd position as Jason Muscat unfortunately suffered a disconnection moments into the race. Behind them a massive battle erupted for 5th between Tom Parker, David Jundt, Mark Stanton and Georgios Davakos.
As the race settled down, Redshaw initially pulled out a gap on De Vos, but the Belgian driver dug deep, closed the gap and ramped up the pressure on his team-mate. The pair dueled for several laps and even banged wheels a few times in an enthralling fight, but Redshaw managed to do enough to hold onto first place. The race also proved to be a tough one as several drivers retired in the opening part of the race, including Mark Stanton, Liam Hatchell and most significantly championship leader Pavel Loknovski. Hatchell's retirement promoted Lawson to a rather lonely third, with Parker and Jundt embarking on what would prove a race-long battle for 4th spot.
After a close battle in the first half of the race, it was the pit stops that proved to be the decisive factor in the leading battle as Redshaw's near perfect stop was followed up by a rather poor stop for De Vos who seemingly surprised his pit crew. Despite some strong laps from De Vos he never fully recovered from this time loss and so at the chequered flag it was Redshaw who took his second win of the season, finishing 1.4 seconds ahead of his team-mate. So the leading pair collected Malta Force's first 1-2 finish of the season and extended their lead over the other teams. Gregg Lawson claimed the final podium place for Woods Racing and David Jundt emerged from his battle with Tom Parker in 4th.
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