Extremely strong start to the season on all fronts for DVB RACING ! GT,F1, formule 1

Extremely strong start to the season on all fronts for DVB RACING !

DVB Racing | 3.5.14 | Aktuálně

FIA GT

DVB RACING has enjoyed an unbelievably strong start to the 2014 motorsport season. Following the victory of Nicolas Vandierendonck and Olivier Van Oost in the opening round of the BRCC GT Cup, the team also clinched two victories at Spa-Francorchamps during the first meeting of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux. With a further four additional podium places, the first Porsche weekend of 2014 was a perfect bull's eye for the team. DVB RACING will have little time to enjoy the laurels gained in the Ardennes, seeing following weekend the second round of the Belgian endurance championship, namely the BRCC is being held in Dijon.

Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux.

2013 champion DVB RACING is running three cars this season in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux. Jeffrey Van Hooydonk and Koen Wauters wear the #1, whilst Xavier Maassen, teamed up with the Frenchman François Perrodo in Spa, bears the #2. In the colours of Thems Racing by Powercars Nicolas Vandierendonck and Olivier Van Oost are battling it out with the #63. "The concept of the Porsche Challenge is simple. We have three races; two short ones of 25 minutes and a longer one of 50 minutes", reigning champion Jeffrey Van Hooydonk explained. "Each driver completes one sprint, and we compete together in the longer race." The champion promptly won the first sprint, whilst his teammate Xavier Maassen took the chequered flag in third place. Olivier Van Oost rounded off in the top 5. "The team worked extremely hard, in fact throughout the winter to have everything up and ready", Frank Thuriaux summarised the situation. "I think I must thank all the team's collaborators as also the partners for the enormous efforts they all put in. The drivers performed brilliantly, especially Xavier who only confirmed his participation at the last moment. In addition we are still on the look-out for a bronze driver to join him for the upcoming race at Zandvoort." The second race, on Saturday morning, a mere few hours before the start of the World Endurance Championship, Koen Wauters and François Perrodo finished in third and fourth spot, whilst Nicolas Vandierendonck finished in a well deserved sixth place. Undoubtedly the cherry on the cake was the last race, held over 50 minutes. "In football it's called a hat-trick", a laughing Koen Wauters commented. "We won here ahead of our two teammates. Fantastic! I take off my hat to the DVB RACING boys." Belgian Racing Car Championship. DVB RACING was also successful in the BRCC with the Thems Racing by Powercars Ferrari 458 Challenge. At Circuit Zolder Nicolas Vandierendonck and Olivier Van Oost brought home the first victory of the season. "We are obviously delighted with such a start to the season", team manager Frank Thuriaux commented. "The season is still long and competition in this class is enormous. I'm delighted to see that this Belgian championship has been able to bring together such a great starting field, and the race itself was also exceptionally tense and exciting to follow."