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At the recently re-opened ‘Red Bull Ring’ in Austrian Spielberg, ‘Team Deutsche Post by tolimit’ pilots Sean Edwards and Jeroen Bleekemolen finish the Porsche Carrera Cup race on positions 3 and 4. The team therefore leads the team standings with 92 points overall and a 23 point gap ahead of the runner-up. In the driver standings, Jeroen Bleekemolen ranks 2nd ahead of Sean Edwards on position 3.
It was a weekend with mixed weather conditions with rain, sun and even thunderstorms at the 4.326 km race track in Styria.
At the highlight race of Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in the principality of Monaco, ‘Team Abu Dhabi by tolimit’ drivers Sean Edwards and Jeroen Bleekemolen finished on positions 3 and 4. Khaled Al Qubaisi unluckily had to retire due to a broken drive shaft in the introduction lap.
As always on the tight streets of the principality, qualifying was crucial on that weekend. Sean Edwards achieved starting position 4: “The car was good in qualifying, but I had a lot of traffic and yellow flags in my fast laps. In the last one, I unfortunately hurt my mechanic on his hand when going out. Sorry Peppi. But meanwhile, he is better again.”
In the race, the 24-year-old Brit was able to catch up one position: “Obviously the start was crucial in Monaco. I had a good one, although I put in the second gear a bit too early. But my strategy was to stay on the outside and in doing this I got passed Kuba on position 3. Jeroen also got passed, so good start for both of us. Later I just tried to have a constant race. Finishing 3rd in Monaco is great. Thanks to everyone and especially to Peppi, my mechanic, who fortunately doesn’t have anything broken in his hand.”
Team ‘Abu Dhabi by tolimit’s Sean Edwards was the dominating pilot in this weekend’s Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup race in Barcelona with a faultless race from start to finish. Team mate Jeroen Bleekemolen finished fifth. Khaled Al Qubaisi unluckily fell out in the first lap of the race.
It was a perfect weekend for Sean Edwards. Already the qualifying session went to his utmost satisfaction: “It was a very good qualifying. The car was really good and I set an almost faultless lap at the very beginning of the session. And this was the pole.” In the race, the young Brit took the lead right away from the start.”This was obviously a great race. Although Nick Tandy had a slightly better start, I managed to hold him off and then got a big enough gap to keep it until the end. A big thanks to the team for a perfect weekend. Hopefully we can keep this performance on to Monaco.”
Sean Edwards experienced a weekend with ups and downs. Having been blocked in his last fast lap in qualifying, he started the race from position 6. His race was dominated by many duels with his competitors fighting for the remaining podium positions. In the end, he finished 5th and now ranks 3rd in the driver standings.
Jeroen Bleekemolen: “This was simply a perfect weekend. Many thanks to the team that managed to prepare a great car despite of the technical issues we had on Friday. I could have gone even faster at the end of the race, however, one of the other cars lost cooling water, so I decided to play safe. I dedicate the victory to our engineer Kosta, as today is his birthday. Happy birthday Kosta.“
‘Team Abu Dhabi by tolimit’ drivers Sean Edwards, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Khaled Al Qubaisi achieved a solid performance with the positions 4, 6 and 17 respectively, at the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season opener at the Istanbul Park Circuit in Turkey.
Having started the race from positions 4 and 5 respectively, Dutch Bleekemolen and Brit Edwards both had a decent start, but got passed by current champion René Rast, who came off even better and wheeled himself past them. Other than expected due to his great previous performances and due to ongoing technical issues with his brake system, Emirati driver Khaled Al Qubaisi didn’t have a very good start and fell back to position 18. In the course of the race, however, he was able to catch up one position to finish on position 17. His race was dominated by an ongoing duel with Turkish guest starter Yadel Oskan and blocking tyres – an issue that will need to be investigated back in the workshop.
