Grand Prix of Austria: Sunday

3 days ago

Le0pard Racing completes the Austrian Grand Prix with Adrián Fernández and David Almansa finishing today’s race in 8th and 12th position respectively:

Cloudy skies greeted us today at Spielberg.
Sitting 6th on the grid, Adrián Fernández had a difficult start to the race, dropping to 10th. David Almansa, starting from 9th, moved up to 7th on the start.
Making their way up, David Almansa soon overtook for 6th, while Adrián Fernández did so for 7th. It was 15 laps to go when David Almansa dropped to 10th, being overtaken then to 12th. Adrián Fernández was already 5th by then, pushing to close the gap with the leading group.
David Almansa continued to lose positions as he struggled, placing 15th with 8 laps to go, but finishing today’s race in 12th place after regaining his pace.
Adrián Fernández, for his part, continued to push, cutting the distance to the leading group to 0.6s with 6 laps to go, right when he had a scare with the front end that caused him to drop to 7th position, eventually finishing in 8th place today.
See you next week in Hungary.

“Today we lacked a better result, but we had a very positive race. We were able to set a good pace, but when I was catching up with the leading group, six laps from the end, I almost lost the front. This caused me to lose positions, but it also prevented me from having a better finish to the race, as since that moment I lost confidence in the front end. As always, I want to thank the team for their hard work!”

Adrián Fernández

8th

“Our race was not at all what we expected. I’m frustrated, because we had good pace, but I had some challenging laps due to some overtakes that caused me to run wide, losing positions and time. We were able to recover a little, putting in a good rhythm again in the final stages of the race, but we couldn’t end it in a better position”