Hockenheim🇩🇪 Madpanda Motorsport debrief

PRO-CLASS

Ezequiel Perez Companc
Phil Keen

QUALIFYING 1:
Overall - 20th
In class- 7th

RACE 1:

Overall - DNF
In class - DNF

DRIVING ORDER: Phil➡️ Ezequiel

Up until the pit window they fluctuated between 28th and 30th.
When the pit window came along Phil pitted and swapped with Ezequiel who came out of the pits 32nd (10th in class).
At around 20 minutes left of the race Ezequiel brought the car to the pits for some reason and remained there. The car did DNF and the team clarified later on that they had to retire the car due to a technical issue during the pit stop.

QUALIFYING 2:
Overall - 11th
In class- 8th

RACE 2:
Overall - 10th
In class- 7th

DRIVING ORDER: Ezequiel ➡️ Phil

During the start only one place was lost dropping them down to 12th (9th in class) but on lap 3 they moved into 10th (7th in class) due to one of the Mclarens getting tagged and spinning. Lap 4 they dropped to 11th (8th in class) as they were overtaken by a Ferrari. Lap 7 they dropped down to 13th but then on Lap 12 moved into 12th after one of the Tresoor Audi’s pitted. On Lap 16 they moved up to 7th (4th in class) due to other cars pitting for the mandatory pit stop.

On lap 17 they pitted for their mandatory pit stop with Ezequiel swapping with Phil who came out of the pits in 9th (7th in class). On lap 18 they moved up to 7th (6th in class) due to other cars pitting.
At the Chequred flag the car dropped to 11th at the very last corner but then moved up to 10th due to a car ahead getting a 5 second time penalty.

Well done to the entire team for bouncing back in Race 2 after an unfortunate incident in Race 1 🤍🐼🖤!!
Next up is Nürburgring 🇩🇪 this weekend for the Endurance Cup!!

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