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F2 Great Britain: A Darnell double

Round 9 of the SLR F2 season has kicked off around Silverstone. Where 13 of the 18 drivers taking part have their home race to try and climb to the top step of the podium and win on home soil.

Qualifying kicked off with ZyDRAD achieving his 8th pole position in 9 rounds, but definitely not comfortably. As SLR freeman only finished 0.018 seconds behind him in 2nd followed by championship contender HamJam2002 clocking in a impressive time to get him on the 2nd row. And to think, this wasn't even the closest Quali this season really goes to show the quality on show.

Also, DAMS pulled in a great team effort led by Xx JamHam xX and SillyBunny47711 to line up on the 3rd row together hoping to bring the fight to carlin in the constructors.

Feature race saw Xx JamHam xX pull off a mighty undercut to slip in between both the front runners (ZyDRAD and HamJam2002 at the time) to provide a brilliant watch for stream as the three drivers fight for that 1st place. This later turned into Xx JamHam xX taking the lead off ZyDRAD who seemed to struggle on the second stint. Xx JamHam xX crossed the line P1, However, Corner cutting penalties proved to be the differentiator as ZyDRAD took the win after all drivers crossed the line. With Xx JamHam xX taking 2nd and then SLR McKeon rising up from 7th to take that final Podium spot.

Some noticeable points from the race saw SLR Darnell rise to 8th from 16th after he invalidated his Qualifying lap. Giving him Reverse grid Pole for the sprint race. Definitely one to look out for.

Then finally the Sprint race. The Darnell brothers (SLR Darnell and zZSouthernerzZ) lined up perfectly for a 1 2 to start. And it almost stayed the same. A charge from HamJam2002 meant that he rose up to 2nd to split the two brothers but it is SLR Darnell who takes his maiden SLR Victory with a brilliant display of consistency and poise to bring it home after pressure from the rest of the top 8 all wanting those crucial 15 points for the championship. zZSouthernerzZ takes another podium to his collection as he takes the final podium spot making it a Darnell Double Podium. Also to add, JH199 Showed brilliant, last ditch pace in the sprint to get 7th place after starting the sprint race 13th. Superb stuff from the Campos Driver. Hope to see you all in Budapest, Until Next time...

-Report By ZyDRAD


Qualifying

1 ZYDRAD

2 SLR Freeman

3 HamJam2002

4 UKBEASTASSASSIN

5 Xx JamHam xX

6 SillyBunny47711

7 SLR McKeon

8 SLR Niki

9 zZSouthernerZz

10 raceroller22

11 CechThisOut

12 bennett628

13 MeRkz47

14 SLR Semm

15 Sphh

16 SLR Darnell

17 JH199

18 Cal Smith F1


Feature

1 ZYDRAD 1:37.390

2 XX JAMHAM XX

3 SLR MCKEON

4 UKBEASTASSASSIN

5 HAMJAM2002

6 RACEROLLER22

7 ZZSOUTHERNERZZ

8 SLR DARNELL

9 BENNETT628

10 SLR SEMM

11 MERKZ47

12 SLR FREEMAN

13 JH199

14 CECHTHISOUT

15 SILLYBUNNY DNF

16 CAL SMITH F1 DNF

17 SLR NIKI DNF

18 SPHH DNF


Sprint

1 SLR DARNELL

2 HAMJAM2002

3 ZZSOUTHERNERZZ

4 RACEROLLER22

5 UKBEASTASSASSIN

6 XX JAMHAM XX

7 JH199

8 SLR MCKEON

9 ZYDRAD

10 SLR FREEMAN

11 SLR SEMM

12 MERKZ47

13 CECHTHISOUT

14 BENNETT628 1:39.288 DNF

15 SPHH DNF +20 SECS

16 CAL SMITH F1 DNF

17 SLR NIKI DNF

18 SILLYBUNNY DNF

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