Uwe Alzen strikes again
Uwe Alzen dominated the second Speedcar Series round at
Sentul, Indonesia today. The German started fourth on the
grid but fought his way ahead of Nicolas Navarro, touring
car guest star Klaus Ludwig, and local favourite and pole-sitter
Ananda Mikola to assume the lead on the eighth lap.
Alzen built himself a comfortable lead and controlled the
race from there, leaving Mikola and the rest to fight over
second place.
"I'm delighted to win the race," said Alzen, "but
it's very hard work. It's very hot in the car and 45 minutes
is a long time. Malaysia is going to be very tough as well."
Frenchman David Terrien was Mikola's closest challenger in
the early stages, but he fell away as Jean Alesi made a spirited
charge through the field. The former Ferrari grand prix driver
started down in eighth place, but he stormed relentlessly
past car after car until he arrived on Mikola’s
tail in the dying moments of the race.
The large home crowd cheered on Indonesian local Mikola,
but it was to no avail as Alesi dived ahead of him with less
than two minutes remaining and added a second place to the
win he scored yesterday.
Terrien held on to fourth place, ahead of a race-long battle
for fifth that was eventually won by Mattias Lauda, ahead
of Ludwig and Johnny Herbert.
Indonesian Moreno Soeprapto suffered a tyre puncture at the
race today putting him out of the running, much to the disappointment
of the grandstands filled to their capacity with supporters.
The crowd was ecstatic to have the other local hero Ananda
Mikola take the podium though.
The points classification at the end of Round 2 is
as follows:
1. Jean Alesi, 18 points
2. Uwe Alzen, 14
3. Mathias Lauda, 12
4. David Terrien, 10
5. Johnny Herbert, 8
6. Ananda Mikola, 7
7. Klaus Ludwig, 5
8. Nicolas Navarro, 3
9. Ukyo Katayama, 1
Speedcar Series will now move on to the next round on the
Sepang International Circuit as the support race to the Malaysian
Formula One Grand Prix on the 22nd and 23rd of March, 2008
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