RX2 International Series in Cape Town
Final – Evjen second in Cape Town
What a great ending on this season for Sondre Evjen, who scored a silver medal here in Cape Town. Guillaume De Ridder was on second place when his car stopped on the fourth lap and he had to retire.
Results South Africa
1. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 28 p
2. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 24 p
3. Tanner Whitten (USA) 20 p
4. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 20 p
5. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 22 p
6. Dan Rooke (GBR) 17 p
7. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 13 p
8. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 10 p
9. William Nilsson (SWE) 9 p
9. Thomas Holmen (NOR) 9 p
11. Anders Michalak (SWE) 8 p
12. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR) 6 p
12. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA) 6 p
13. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR) 4 p
14. Stein-Fredrik Akre (NOR) 3 p
15. Glenn Haug (NOR) 2 p
16. Jessica Bäckman (SWE) 1 p
RX2 International Series
1. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 198 p
2. Dan Rooke (GBR) 154 p
3. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 138 p
4. Tanner Whitten (USA) 105 p
5. William Nilsson (SWE) 98 p
6. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 98 p
7. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 98 p
8. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 93 p
9. Glenn Haug (NOR) 76 p
10. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 69 p
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Semi-finals – Guillaume and Sondre made it to the final
Guillaume De Ridder and Sondre Evjen are qualified to the final. Guillaume are standing in the front row, with Sondre behind him. Unfortunately William Nilsson finished 5th in semi-final 2 and is therefore outside the final.
Grid: final
Cyril Raymond (FRA)
Guillaume De Ridder (BEL)
Sondre Evjen (NOR)
Tanner Whitten (USA)
Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA)
Dan Rooke (GBR)
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1
1. Cyril Raymond 4:36.077
2. Sondre Evjen + 5.387
3. Dan Rooke + 6.547
4. Simon Olofsson + 8.224
5. Simon Wågö Syversen + 11.612
6. Thomas Holmen + 12.091
Semi-final 2
1. Guillaume De Ridder 4:35.133
2. Tanner Whitten + 0.729
3. Vasiliy Gryazin + 1.625
4. Anders Michalak + 5.943
5. William Nilsson + 6.212
6. Andreas Bäckman + 7.085
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Intermediate results – All JC Raceteknik drivers are ready for the semi final
Guillaume De Ridder ended on second place in the intermediate results, followed by Sondre Evjen och third place. William ended on tenth place.
Intermediate results
1. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 16 p
2. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 15 p
3. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 14 p
4. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 13 p
5. Dan Rooke (GBR) 12 p
6. Tanner Whitten (USA) 11 p
7. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 10 p
8. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 9 p
9. Thomas Holmen (NOR) 8 p
10. William Nilsson (SWE) 7 p
11. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA) 6 p
12. Anders Michalak (SWE) 5 p
13. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR) 4 p
14. Stein-Fredrik Akre (NOR) 3 p
15. Glenn Haug (NOR) 2 p
16. Jessica Bäckman (SWE) 1 p
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Qualifying 4 – P2, P5 and P5 for JC Raceteknik
Sondre Evjen took a race victory in Q4, which gave him a second time overall. Both William Nilsson and Guillaume De Ridder finished on second place in their races, giving them P5 and P6.
Qualifying 4
1. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 3:03.091
2. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 3:04.050
3. Thomas Holmen (NOR) 3:05.743
4. Dan Rooke (GBR) 3:05.889
5. William Nilsson (SWE) 3:07.667
6. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 3:08.214
7. Jessica Bäckman (SWE) 3:09.239
8. Anders Michalak (SWE) 3:09.355
9. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 3:09.721
10. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 3:10.091
11. Stein-Fredrik Akre (NOR) 3:10.352
12. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR) 3:10.469
13. Glenn Haug (NOR) 3:11.878
14. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA) 3:12.202
15. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 3:13.404
16. Tanner Whitten (USA) 3:29.271
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Qualifying 3 – Sondre P6, Guillaume is still leading
Not a perfect Q3 for us. Sondre Evjen finished second in his race and and P6 overall, while William Nilsson is P15 after five seconds time penalty. Guillaume De Ridder is still number one after Q3, despite his 10th time.
Qualifying 3
1. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 3:02.602
2. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 3:03.065
3. Tanner Whitten (USA) 3:04.385
4. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA) 3:04.526
5. Glenn Haug (NOR) 3:04.545
6. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 3:04.857
7. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 3:06.065
8. Stein-Fredrik Akre (NOR) 3:06.414
9. Anders Michalak (SWE) 3:06.414
10. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 3:07.051
11. Thomas Holmen (NOR) 3:09.556
12. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 3:07.909
13. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR) 3:09.581
14. Jessica Bäckman (SWE) 3:09.678
15. Dan Rooke (GBR) 3:09.845
16. William Nilsson (SWE) 3:13.988
After three qualifying
1. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 134 p
2. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 133 p
3. Tanner Whitten (USA) 116 p
4. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 113 p
4. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 113 p
6. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 111 p
7. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA) 107 p
8. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 106 p
9. Dan Rooke (GBR) 105 p
10. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR) 104 p
11. Glenn Haug (NOR) 102 p
11. Stein-Fredrik Akre (NOR) 102 p
13. Anders Michalak (SWE) 100 p
14. William Nilsson (SWE) 99 p
15. Thomas Holmen (NOR) 97 p
16. Jessica Bäckman (SWE) 95 p
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Qualifying 2 – Ridder and Nilsson top three in Q2
Guillaume De Ridder is on fire – scoring his second P1 in a row. William Nilsson took a race victory and P3 overall, while Sondre Evjen finished third and got 8th time. After Q2 we are P1, P5 and P8. Q3 starts tomorrow at 09.00 CET.
Qualifying 3
1. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 3:01.972
2. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 3:02.848
3. William Nilsson (SWE) 3:05.421
4. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR) 3:05.866
5. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA) 3:06.488
6. Tanner Whitten (USA) 3:07.410
7. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 3:07.450
8. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 3:07.470
9. Stein-Fredrik Akre (NOR) 3:09.253
10. Thomas Holmen (NOR) 3:09.556
11. Jessica Bäckman (SWE) 3:10.626
12. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 3:14.254
13. Dan Rooke (GBR) 3:19.146
14. Anders Michalak (SWE) 3:19.889
15. Glenn Haug (NOR) 3:20.223
16. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 3:25.772
After two qualifyings
1. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 100 p
2. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 83 p
3. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 79 p
4. Dan Rooke (GBR) 76 p
5. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 75 p
6. Tanner Whitten (USA) 74 p
7. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR) 73 p
8. William Nilsson (SWE) 71 p
9. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 69 p
10. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 68 p
11. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA) 67 p
12. Stein-Fredrik Akre (NOR) 66 p
13. Jessica Bäckman (SWE) 65 p
14. Anders Michalak (SWE) 65 p
15. Thomas Holmen (NOR) 64 p
16. Glenn Haug (NOR) 63 p
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Qualifying 1 – Guillaume fastest in Q1
Great start on this weekend for Guillaume De Ridder, who took the best time Q1! Sondre Evjen struggled with the pace during both practices, but he found it during Q1 and finished second in his race and P5 overall. William Nilsson did a false start and ending on 15th place.
Qualifying 1
1. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 3:02.457
2. Dan Rooke (GBR) 3:04.639
3. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 3:04.913
4. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 3:04.928
5. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 3:05.908
6. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 3:06.107
7. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 3:06.193
8. Tanner Whitten (USA) 3:06.703
9. Anders Michalak (SWE) 3:06.828
10. Glenn Haug (NOR) 3:07.460
11. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR) 3:08.512
12. Jessica Bäckman (SWE) 3:09.068
13. Stein-Fredrik Akre (NOR) 3:09.848
14. Thomas Holmen (NOR) 3:10.252
15. William Nilsson (SWE) 3:11.023
16. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA) 3:30.257
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Free practice – De Ridder third and 4th time
It's finally race day here in a sunny Cape Town and we have just finished both free practices. Guillaume De Ridder took 3rd and 4th time, while William Nilsson finished 5th and 6th. Sondre Evjen ended on 8th and 12th place. Q1 starts 12.00 CET.
– The track feels great. All drivers were really fast during FP1 and FP2, so this will be a tough race day for sure, says William.
Free practice 1
1. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 41.848
2. Tanner Whitten (USA) 42.247
3. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 42.381
4. Dan Rooke (GBR) 42.496
5. William Nilsson (SWE) 42.595
6. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 42.809
7. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 43.080
8. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 43.118
9. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 43.132
10. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA) 43.675
11. Glenn Haug (NOR) 43.678
12. Thomas Holmen (NOR) 43.732
13. Jessica Bäckman (SWE) 43.988
14. Anders Michalak (SWE) 44.463
15. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR) 44.727
16. Stein-Fredrik Akre (NOR) 44.799
Free practice 2
1. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 42.334
2. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 42.603
3. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA) 42.643
4. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 42.675
5. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 42.680
6. William Nilsson (SWE) 42.906
7. Tanner Whitten (USA) 42.925
8. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 42.996
9. Dan Rooke (GBR) 43.064
10. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR) 43.071
11. Glenn Haug (NOR) 43.126
12. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 43.203
13. Stein-Fredrik Akre (NOR) 43.689
14. Anders Michalak (SWE) 43.702
15. Thomas Holmen (NOR) 43.777
16. Jessica Bäckman (SWE) 43.797
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We are ready to race!
The team have, after a long flight, landed in Cape town for the final round of RX2 International Series. Our three drivers are aiming to finish on the podium in the competition and will fight to stay in the top four with Guillaume De Ridder and William Nilsson.
RX2 International Series
1. Cyril Raymond (FRA) 168 p
2. Dan Rooke (GBR) 137 p
3. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL) 115 p
4. William Nilsson (SWE) 89 p
5. Tanner Whitten (USA) 85 p
5. Simon Olofsson (SWE) 85 p
7. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA) 74 p
7. Glenn Haug (NOR) 74 p
9. Sondre Evjen (NOR) 69 p
10. Andreas Bäckman (SWE) 59 p
Time table (CET)
Saturday November 11
08.15-11.00 Free practice
12.00 Qualifying 1
14.40 Qualifying 2
Sunday November 12
09.00 Qualifying 3
11.00 Qualifying 4
13.15 Semi finals
14.00 Final
Entrylist
#6 William Nilsson (SWE)
#8 Simon Wago Syversen (NOR)
#9 Glenn Haug (NOR)
#11 Tanner Whitten (USA)
#12 Anders Michalak (SWE)
#13 Cyril Raymond (FRA)
#19 Andreas Backman (SWE)
#26 Jessica Backman (SWE)
#36 Guerlain Chicherit (FRA)
#40 Dan Rooke (GBR)
#52 Simon Olofsson (SWE)
#55 Vasily Gryazin (LVA)
#56 Thomas Holmen (NOR)
#69 Sondre Evjen (NOR)
#96 Guillaume De Ridder (BEL)
#98 Stein Fredrik Akre (NOR
