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13 Jul 09

More improvement needed after Nürburgring round

The Nürburgring was the host of the fourth round of the Formula BMW Europe last weekend, but while the weather was a little warmer than at Silverstone, David Mengesdorf’s fortunes only slightly improved. The young German did emerge though as his country’s best representative on Saturday, finishing the race 7^th after qualifying 8^th.

At the start he immediately got the better of Frijns but the Dutch rookie regained his position on lap 4. “I maintained a good pace and followed the group in front and then took advantage of a mistake by Juncadella to snatch 7^th on the fifth lap”.

Drivers woke up to a rain soaked track on Sunday morning. “ The race was started behind the safety car,” commented the Gravity hot shoe. “I was 6^th on lap 4 before Gegalia passed me and then a little later, Manzur and I had a coming together which put me down to 14^th. I moved back up to 10 and that’s where I finished. I must admit I’m disappointed with my home race weekend. We must now work hard to improve our performance for Budapest in two weeks.”