The eighth spherical of the FIA Components 2 Championship on the English circuit of Silverstone didn’t yield any championship factors for Richard Verschoor. Identical to within the earlier two rounds of the title struggle, the Trident automotive of the 23-year-old TeamNL expertise lacked the velocity to compete on the prime. Verschoor couldn’t do higher than an eleventh and thirteenth place at Silverstone. “That is mega irritating. We lack grip and stability within the automotive, however no one is aware of how that’s doable or methods to resolve it. It’s a tough interval”, a really disillusioned Verschoor mirrored.
After Barcelona and the Pink Bull Ring, the drivers of the FIA Components 2 Championship had been allowed to take to the monitor for the third weekend in a row. For spherical eight, the ultra-fast circuit of Silverstone was the battleground. Richard Verschoor hoped to select up the place he left off earlier this season in ‘the house of British Motor Racing’ and rating championship factors once more after the disappointing weekends in Spain and Austria. The virtually proverbial altering English climate circumstances could possibly be of help to the 23-year-old TeamNL expertise. Driver qualities are greatest expressed in tough circumstances and Verschoor typically excels.
Within the moist free follow Verschoor clocked the eleventh quickest time, to complete in thirteenth place within the dry qualifying, 0.9 seconds behind the pole place. “I’m glad with my lap, it was simply good, however we lack velocity. I hope for rain through the races, then we are able to nonetheless obtain a very good consequence”, Verschoor seemed forward to the races.
The Dutchman was granted his want within the dash race as a result of not solely was the beginning on a moist monitor, but additionally afterwards the rain got here down in buckets every so often. The race was subsequently began behind the protection automotive, was even stopped as soon as with code purple and had a number of digital security automobiles and one security automotive interval. Nonetheless, Verschoor couldn’t revenue sufficiently from this. Within the first laps the Trident pilot dropped again to eighteenth place after which climbed as much as eleventh place on account of errors by the drivers round him.
The principle race was accomplished underneath dry circumstances. Beginning on the mushy purple tyres, Verschoor had a superb first lap, drove across the issues and thus got here out of the primary lap in seventh place with a achieve of six locations. With that, a very good consequence appeared doable in any case. Already within the sixth lap, Verschoor dove into the pits to vary his mushy tyres for the exhausting tyres. The Dutchman returned to the monitor in nineteenth place, nevertheless it quickly turned clear that the velocity was probably not there. Within the remaining section of the race, the Trident pilot was in a position to make up locations when the drivers who began on the exhausting tyres made their necessary cease, however he couldn’t do higher than thirteenth place. With that, the TeamNL expertise was left empty-handed and with out factors.
“It’s been three extremely dangerous weekends, very irritating. After a couple of good races by which we had been proper there, all of it went improper after Barcelona. We tried every part once more this weekend, however there isn’t a grip and no stability within the automotive. I’ve had some very robust discussions with the staff about it, and I can keep offended, however they actually don’t know what the issue is and methods to resolve it. They’ve apologized and are ashamed of how issues are going now, however in the long run that doesn’t assist me as a result of I need to rating, and that’s unattainable this manner. We’re simply lacking a lot velocity. It’s a really tough interval. The following race is on the Hungaroring and we’re usually good there, so I’m hoping for that,” stated a really disillusioned Verschoor.
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