News of WRDA members who are competing in the International & Single Seater arena.
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2012 International & Single Seater News News of WRDA members who are competing in the International & Single Seater arena. |
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Epic win 1 for Seb at Silverstone!
WRDA member, & current WRDA Young Driver of the Year, Seb Morris blitzed all his rivals in the Penultimate round of the 2012 Protyre Formula Renault BARC Championship at Silverstone on Saturday 6th October, including Matthew Brabham, the latest member of the Brabham dynasty to start racing. with the National circuit in use this time, Morris was fastest in pre-racing testing on Friday and carried that through to Saturdays’ qualifying when, on a damp and drying track he made a timely and welcome return to his early season form, and tied up Pole for both of the weekends’ races, taking his seasons total to 7, more poles than another driver in the championship ! As the lights changed to start the race Morris went into a lead he was never to loose, building a lead of over a second on the opening lap alone before pumping in a series of fastest laps from lap four onward, eventually taking the Fastest Lap of the race (just a few hundredths shy of a new lap record), meaning he was able to max out his points haul, enabling him to climb back up to 3rd in title standings, and pulled an important 21 point gap to 4th place man David Wagner who failed to even make around the first lap!.
Happy days-Seb shares the podium with 2nd place Josh Webster (left) and
Scott Malvern
Speaking after the podium celebrations
Seb,
reflecting on his fourth win of the season, said “I tried my
best, I got my head down and just got into qualifying mode – but I did make sure
I was smooth and conserved my tyres throughout the race. I kept an eye on the
gap and if I was a tenth down one lap, I’d go a tenth quicker on the next lap.
To show you’re quick at the end of the season is as important as winning the
championship for a driver in their first year like me, so to win today is
fantastic. The televised round tomorrow is the one to win though, we’ll see what
happens!”
The final race of the Protyre Formula Renault BARC Championship season
will take place today Sunday, 7th
October, at 15.10 and will be screened live across the UK on Freeview, digital
satellite and cable channel ITV4, in High Definition on ITV4 HD and with the
addition of online streaming at
www.itv.com/btcc
Along with headline sponsor Protyre, Formula Renault BARC is additionally supported by Michelin, The Lubricant Consultancy, Petronas Syntium and NGK Spark Plugs.
Protyre Formula Renault BARC Championship Standings (after
Rd13):
1st Scott Malvern, 338pts; 2nd Josh Webster, 327pts;
3rd Seb Morris, 242pts; 4th David Wagner, 223pts; 5th Macaulay Walsh, 214pts;
6th Kieran Vernon, 211pts
Photos Jakob Ebrey Photography
Website: http://www.sebmorris.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sebmorrisracing Twitter: @sebmorris31
Official Championship website
www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultbarc/
Facebook
www.facebook.com/pages/Formula-Renault-BARC/173881585980232
Full results and timings available at
www.tsl-timing.com
Championship Media Officer:
Marc Orme
Tel: +44 (0)7920 886985
Email:
marc@grovewood.co.uk