Thursday 24th October 2013: Brazil - Interlagos
The final race for this season with something very special for Torrent Motorsports. A new livery, a tribute to Sean's Edwards death. The colours were the ones that decorated Sean's car.
Now to the racing action. Jim's final race with great perspectives, he started second only 0.020sec behind his teammate - Petter Kaasa, a 1-2 start for TMo. He made a considerably bad start - for his standards - losing one position, as did his teammate Petter. After a few laps his teammate made his move, leading the race with Jim following his lead after one lap. So once again TMo was 1-2. After his first pit stop Jim overtook his teammate, a defining factor for the rest of the race. At this point he came to realise that his main opponent was Ruud Heesterbeek. Jim was on 3 pit stop strategy while Ruud was on 2. So he knew that he had to cover the distance of that extra stop, in the circuit with fast laps. As he did. He was 1 second behind Ruud after his last stop, having in mind to make his final move and take the win. Unfortunately Petter's engine failed, making Jim more careful for his own car, completing his race in 2nd position. As the racing season ended Jim managed to do a lot better than he thought he would. His objective at the start of the season was to finish in the top 5. He managed though to climb up to 3rd in the final standings.
Congratulations Jim, now rest as we expect more from you for next season..and who knows maybe you will be the next GPVWC Superleague Champion.
Wish you the best
The editor
The final race for this season with something very special for Torrent Motorsports. A new livery, a tribute to Sean's Edwards death. The colours were the ones that decorated Sean's car.
Now to the racing action. Jim's final race with great perspectives, he started second only 0.020sec behind his teammate - Petter Kaasa, a 1-2 start for TMo. He made a considerably bad start - for his standards - losing one position, as did his teammate Petter. After a few laps his teammate made his move, leading the race with Jim following his lead after one lap. So once again TMo was 1-2. After his first pit stop Jim overtook his teammate, a defining factor for the rest of the race. At this point he came to realise that his main opponent was Ruud Heesterbeek. Jim was on 3 pit stop strategy while Ruud was on 2. So he knew that he had to cover the distance of that extra stop, in the circuit with fast laps. As he did. He was 1 second behind Ruud after his last stop, having in mind to make his final move and take the win. Unfortunately Petter's engine failed, making Jim more careful for his own car, completing his race in 2nd position. As the racing season ended Jim managed to do a lot better than he thought he would. His objective at the start of the season was to finish in the top 5. He managed though to climb up to 3rd in the final standings.
Congratulations Jim, now rest as we expect more from you for next season..and who knows maybe you will be the next GPVWC Superleague Champion.
Wish you the best
The editor
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