Hajek wins the first KZ2 Winter Cup

The rain made things more serious for the start of the KZ2 final and tyre choice is no longer a problem. Except that, not content with losing lot of places, the drivers who opted for wets in the prefinal have already used up some of their rubber. It will be difficult for them.

A second parade lap was given so Kozlinski could restart after stalling on the grid. Conto spun before joining him. It was a good start for De Conto, with Dreezen a little behind, and Abbasse wasting time at the bottom of the circuit. On lap 2, it was Dreezen, Hajek, Ardigo, Johansson, De Conto, Thonon and Kozlinski. Hajek took the lead. Abbasse took Cesetti for 8th place.

Hajek escapes while Ardigo was 2nd, De Conto took over 4th place, but he was dogged by Thonon. Ben Hanley took 9th from Cesetti, now threatened by Federer. Kozlinski passed Johansson on lap 6, he was 6th behind Thonon, but then lost a place. Hanley joined them. Piccini and Piccioni had to go into the pits before rejoining a lap down.

The gap widened seriously. By mid-race, Hajek, Dreezen, and Ardigo were ahead of the pack. De Conto was isolated in 4th position, Thonon in 5th, Johansson 6th then Hanley, Kozlinski, Abbasse, Lucati, Federer and Cesetti.

On lap 15, De Vries got a blue flag with a red cross to direct him to come in. He was followed, among others, by Fore and Visser. Now running at a frightening pace on the wet track, Hajek removed his opponents one by one! Dreezen pressured Ardigo a bit, Thonon closed on De Conto, Hanley went to sixth from Johansson. Lucati was now 8th, Kozlinski 9th, then Abbasse and Tobias Nilsson in 10th before his bumper came off. Dreezen captured second place, Thonon 4th. Victory was well deserved for Patrik Hajek, Rick Dreezen 2nd, Marco Ardigo 3rd, Jonathan Thonon 4th, Paolo De Conto 5th, Ben Hanley 6th. That was the verdict of a race where the technology played a major role.

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