RX2 International Series in Belgium

Final – Nilsson on sixth place in the competition

William Nilsson represented JC Raceteknik in the final. After Sondre Evjen received a time penalty for doing a shortcut in the semi final, Nilsson got his place in the final. Unfortunately, Nilsson retired on the fourth lap after technical problems.

Final
Simon Olofsson is fastest in start before Dan Rooke and Cyril Raymond, while Tanner Whitten chooses the joker directly. William Nilsson retired on the fourth lap. Olofsson retired on the fifth lap after a race incident. Raymond wins before Rooke and Whitten.
1. Cyril Raymond 4:25.169
2. Dan Rooke + 1.394
3. Tanner Whitten + 5.306
4. Glenn Haug + 17.966
5. Simon Olofsson DNF
6. William Nilsson DNF

Intermediate Results Belgien
1. Cyril Raymond (FRA)
2. Dan Rooke (GBR)
3. Tanner Whitten (USA)
4. Glenn Haug (NOR)
5. Simon Olofsson (SWE)
6. William Nilsson (SWE)
7. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA)
8. Anders Michalak (SWE)
9. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL)
10. Sondre Evjen (NOR)
10. Thomas Holmen (NOR
12. Tejas Hirani (KEN)
13. Santosh Berggren (SWE)
14. Sandra Hultgren (SWE)
15. Andreas Bäckman (SWE)
16. Jessica Bäckman (SWE)
17. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR)

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Semi final – Evjen ready for final

Sondre Evjen is ready for final. William Nilsson ended on fourth place in the semi final, followed by Guillaume De Ridder on fifth place.

Semi final 1
Simon Olofsson is fastest in the start, followed by Glenn Haug, Vasiliy Gryazin and William Nilsson. Sondre Evjen and Guillaume De Ridder chooses the joker directly. Nilsson chooses on the joker on the third lap and comes out after Evjen. Olofsson wins before Haug and Evjen.
1. Simon Olofsson 4:28.957
2. Glenn Haug + 4.031
3. Sondre Evjen + 6.018
4. William Nilsson + 8.042
5. Guillaume De Ridder + 9.923
6. Vasiliy Gryazin + 22.628

Semi final 2
Dan Rooke is fastast away, before Cyril Raymond and Tejas Hirani. Tanner Whitten, Thomas Holmen and Anders Michalak chooses the joker directly. Raymond and Hirani chooses the joker on the third lap and manage to keep their top positions. Raymond overtakes the lead when Rooke enters the joker. He wins before Rooke and Whitten.
1. Cyril Raymond 4:28.337
2. Dan Rooke + 1.605
3. Tanner Whitten + 9.797
4. Tejas Hirani + 12.719
5. Thomas Holmen + 10.476
6. Anders Michalak + 38.040

Final Grid
Simon Olofsson
Cyril Raymond

Dan Rooke 
Glenn Haug 

Tanner Whitten
Sondre Evjen

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Semi final

Grid: Semi final 1 
Simon Olofsson 
Vasiliy Gryazin 
Glenn Haug
Guillaume De Ridder 
Sondre Evjen
William Nilsson 

Grid: Semi final 2 
Dan Rooke
Anders Michalak 
Cyril Raymond 
Tanner Whitten 
Thomas Holmen 
Tejas Hirani

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Qualifying 4 – All JC Raceteknik drivers ready for semi final

Guillaume De Ridder ended on fourth place in the heat and got a 7:th time. Sondre Evjen finished third and 13 overall. William Nilsson was involved in a race incident on the third lap. He losed positions, finished fifth in the heat and got a 16:th time.
In the intermediate Results De Ridder is on 7:th place, Evjen at 9:th and Nilsson at 11:th.

Race 13
Cyril Raymond is fastest away, followed by Santosh Berggren. Andreas Bäckman chooses the joker directly. Berggren folds into the joker on the third lap. Raymond wins.
1. Cyril Raymond 2:57.157
2. Santosh Berggren + 4.429
3. Andreas Bäckman + 5.323

Race 14
Thomas Holmen is fastest in the start, followed by Jessica Bäckman. Sandra Hultgren selects the joker directly. Holmen chooses the joker on the third lap and comes out before Hultgren. Hultgren overtakes the lead on the last lap. She wins before Bäckman and Holmen.
1. Sandra Hultgren 3:02.018
2. Jessica Bäckman 1.368
3. Thomas Holmen 1.837
4. Simon Wågø Syversen DNS

Race 15
Vasiliy Gryazin is fastest away, before Anders Michalak, Tejas Hirani and Guillaume De Ridder. Glenn Haug goes in to the joker directly. De Ridder and Hirani, who both chooses the joker on the second lap, had a very even pace. Gryazin wins before Michalak and Haug.
1. Vasiliy Gryazin 2:58.325
2. Anders Michalak + 2.229
3. Glenn Haug + 2.489
4. Guillaume De Ridder + 3.343
5. Tejas Hirani + 4.984

Race 16
Simon Olofsson is fastest in the start, just ahead of Dan Rooke. William Nilsson, Tanner Whitten and Sondre Evjen chooses the joker directly. Nilsson is in a race incident on the third lap and falls down to a fifth place. Olofsson loses positions on the last lap. Rooke wins before Whitten and Evjen.
1. Dan Rooke 3:00.872
2. Tanner Whitten 1.895
3. Sondre Evjen 2.869
4. Simon Olofsson 3.610
5. William Nilsson 6.394

Qualifying 4
1. Cyril Raymond (FRA), 2:57.157
2. Anders Michalak (SWE), 3:00.554
3. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA), 2:58.325
4. Glenn Haug (NOR), 3:00.814
5. Dan Rooke (GBR), 3:00.872
6. Santosh Berggren (SWE), 3:01.586
7. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL), 3:01.668
8. Sandra Hultgren (SWE), 3:02.018
9. Andreas Bäckman (SWE), 3:02.480
10. Tanner Whitten (USA), 3:02.767
11. Tejas Hirani (KEN), 3:03.309
12. Jessica Bäckman (SWE), 3:03.386
13. Sondre Evjen (NOR), 3:03.741
14. Thomas Holmen (NOR), 3:03.855
15. Simon Olofsson (SWE), 3:04.482
16. William Nilsson (SWE), 3:07.266
- Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR), DNS

Intermediate Results
1. Simon Olofsson, 16 p
2. Dan Rooke, 15 p
3. Vasiliy Gryazin, 14 p
4. Anders Michalak, 13 p
5. Glenn Haug, 12 p
6. Cyril Raymond, 11 p
7. Guillaume De Ridder, 10 p
8. Tanner Whitten, 9 p
9. Sondre Evjen, 8 p
10. Thomas Holmen, 7 p
11. William Nilsson, 6 p
12. Tejas Hirani, 5 p
13. Santosh Berggren, 4 p
14. Sandra Hultgren, 3 p
15. Andreas Bäckman, 2 p
16. Jessica Bäckman, 1 p
17. Simon Wågø Syversen, 0 p

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Qualifying 3 – JC Raceteknik on fourth, fifth and sixth place

William Nilsson won in his race and got a fourth time overall. Sondre Evjen ended on second place in the race, and managed to get a fifth time. Guillaume De Ridder finished third and ended on sixth place overall.
After three qualifying Evjen is on a shared third place. Nilsson is on a shared eighth place followed by De Knight in tenth place.

Race 9
Jessica Bäckman is fastest away, followed by Cyril Raymond, while Sandra Hultgren chooses the joker directly. Raymond goes into the joker on the second lap and comes out after Hultgren. Bäckman retains the lead and wins before Hultgren.
1. Jessica Bäckman 3:04.684
2. Sandra Hultgren + 0.755
3. Cyril Raymond + 10.108

Race 10
Anders Michalak is fastest in the start, followed by Sondre Evjen and Glenn Haug. Tanner Whitten takes the joker directly. Evjen chooses the joker on the second lap, and then comes out after Whitten. Whitten wins before Evjen and Michalak.
1. Tanner Whitten 3:01.071
2. Sondre Evjen + 0.487
3. Anders Michalak + 0.765
4. Glenn Haug + 1.111

Race 11
Tejas Hirani is fastest away followed by Thomas Holmen, while William Nilsson chooses the joker. Andreas Bäckman and Santosh Berggren had a race incident in the start, Berggren loses time while Bäckman retired. Nilsson over takes the second place when Holmen enters the joker, and passes Hirani when he chooses the joker on the last lap. Nilsson wins before Hirani and Holmen.
1. William Nilsson 3:01.241
2. Tejas Hirani + 0.878
3. Thomas Holmen + 2.947
4. Santosh Berggren + 1 lap
5. Andreas Bäckman DNF

Race 12
Dan Rooke is fastest in the start, ahead of Simon Olofsson and Vasiliy Gryazin, while Guillaume De Ridder chooses the joker. Rooke wins before Olofsson and De Ridder.
1. Dan Rooke 2:58.755
2. Simon Olofsson + 0.748
3. Guillaume De Ridder + 2.966
4. Vasiliy Gryazin + 3.044
5. Simon Wågø Syversen + 6.931 

Qualifying 3
1. Dan Rooke (GBR), 2:58.755
2. Simon Olofsson (SWE), 2:59.503
3. Tanner Whitten (USA), 3:01.071
4. William Nilsson (SWE), 3:01.241
5. Sondre Evjen (NOR), 3:01.558
6. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL), 3:01.721
7. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA), 3:01.799
8. Anders Michalak (SWE), 3:01.836
9. Tejas Hirani (KEN), 3:02.119
10. Glenn Haug (NOR), 3:02.182
11. Thomas Holmen (NOR), 3:04.188
12. Jessica Bäckman (SWE), 3:04.684
13. Sandra Hultgren (SWE), 3:05.439
14. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR), 3:05.686
15. Cyril Raymond (FRA), 3:14.792
- Santosh Berggren (SWE), DNF
- Andreas Bäckman (SWE), DNF

After qualifying 3
1. Simon Olofsson, 145 p
2. Dan Rooke, 130 p
3. Sondre Evjen, 110 p
3. Vasiliy Gryazin, 110 p
5. Glenn Haug, 109 p
5. Thomas Holmen, 109 p
7. Anders Michalak, 108 p
8. William Nilsson, 107 p
8. Tanner Whitten, 107 p
10. Guillaume De Ridder, 105 p
10. Simon Wågø Syversen, 105 p
12. Tejas Hirani, 101 p
13. Jessica Bäckman, 95 p
14. Sandra Hultgren, 94 p
15. Cyril Raymond, 93 p
16. Santosh Berggren, 92 p
16. Andreas Bäckman, 92 p

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Qualifying 2 – Race victory for De Ridder

Guillaume De Ridder won his race and got a fourth time. William Nilsson ended third in his race and got a 9:th time overall. Sondre Evjen, who did a false start and was punished with two joker laps, finished fourth in his heat and ended on 13:th place.
Evjen is on 8:th place after two qualifyings, followed by De Ridder and Nilsson on a shared 9:th place.

Race 5
Santosh Berggren is fastest away, before Guillaume De Ridder. Andreas Bäckman chooses the joker directly. De Ridder selects the joker on the second lap and wins before Berggren.
1. Guillaume De Ridder 3:05.804
2. Santosh Berggren + 1.006
3. Andreas Bäckman + 1.275

Race 6
Vasiliy Gryazin is fastest in the start, ahead of William Nilsson and Tejas Hirani. Tanner Whitten goes into the joker directly. Nilsson chooses the joker on the second lap and comes out before Whitten. Gryazin wins before Hirani and Nilsson.
1. Vasiliy Gryazin 3:02.858
2. Tejas Hirani + 4.258
3. William Nilsson + 4.674
4. Tanner Whitten + 5.841

Race 7
Dan Rooke is fastest in the start, followed by Simon Wågø Syversen and Jessica Bäckman. Sandra Hultgren and Cyril Raymond have a race incident in the start and both retired. Rooke wins.
1. Dan Rooke 3:02.673
2. Simon Wågø Syversen 3.200
3. Jessica Bäckman 30.312
4. Sandra Hultgren DNF
5. Cyril Raymond DNF

Race 8
Simon Olofsson is the fastest away, before Glenn Haug and Thomas Holmen. Anders Michalak and Sondre Evjen goes into the joker directly. Evjen made a false start ant had to take the joker twice. Olofsson wins before Holmen and Michalak.
1. Simon Olofsson 3:02.294
2. Thomas Holmen + 5.245
3. Anders Michalak + 5.986
4. Sondre Evjen + 11.621
5. Glenn Haug + 15.646

Qualifying 2
1. Simon Olofsson (SWE), 3:02.294
2. Dan Rooke (GBR), 3:02.673
3. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA), 3:02.858
4. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL), 3:05.804
5. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR), 3:05.873
6. Andreas Bäckman (SWE), 3:06.810
7. Santosh Berggren (SWE), 3:07.079
8. Tejas Hirani (KEN), 3:07.116
9. William Nilsson (SWE), 3:07.532
10. Thomas Holmen (NOR), 3:07.539
11. Anders Michalak (SWE), 3:08.280
12. Tanner Whitten (USA), 3:08.699
13. Sondre Evjen (NOR), 3:13.915
14. Glenn Haug (NOR), 3:17.940
15. Jessica Bäckman (SWE), 3:32.985
- Sandra Hultgren (SWE), DNF
- Cyril Raymond (FRA), DNF

After qualifying 2
1. Simon Olofsson, 100 p
2. Dan Rooke, 80 p
3. Thomas Holmen, 76 p
4. Simon Wågø Syversen, 75 p
4. Glenn Haug, 75 p
6. Vasiliy Gryazin, 73 p
7. Anders Michalak, 72 p
8. Sondre Evjen, 71 p
9. Guillaume De Ridder, 67 p
9. William Nilsson, 67 p
11. Andreas Bäckman, 66 p
11. Santosh Berggren, 66 p
11. Tejas Hirani, 66 p
14. Tanner Whitten, 65 p
15. Cyril Raymond, 64 p
16. Jessica Bäckman, 63 p
16. Sandra Hultgren, 63 p

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Qualifying 1 – Race victory for Evjen

Sondre Evjen won his race and got a fourth time overall. William Nilsson ended on 12:th place followed by Guillaume De Ridder on 17:th.

Race 1
Glenn Haug is fastest away, followed by William Nilsson. Thomas Holmen chooses the joker directly. On the third lap, both Haug and Nilsson choosed the joker. Nilsson comes out of the joker side by side with Holmen. Haug wins.
1. Glenn Haug 3:03.579
2. Thomas Holmen + 0.465
3. William Nilsson + 7.425

Race 2
Simon Olofsson is fastest in the start, followed by Sandra Hultgren. Simon Wågø Syversen selects the joker directly. Jessica Bäckman chooses the joker on the third lap, and Wågø Syversen can overtake the third place. Olofsson wins before Hultgren.
1. Simon Olofsson 3:02.738
2. Sandra Hultgren + 4.277
3. Simon Wågø Syversen + 4.601
4. Jessica Bäckman + 6.466

Race 3
Vasiliy Gryazin is first away in the start, followed by Santosh Berggren and Tanner Whitten. Berggren loses the second place when he goes into the joker on the third lap. Dan Rooke wins before Whitten and Gryazin.
1. Dan Rooke 3:07.931
2. Tanner Whitten 2.866
3. Vasiliy Gryazin 3.500
4. Santosh Berggren 5.614
5. Andreas Bäckman 9.470

Race 4
Anders Michalak is fastest in the start, ahead of Guillaume De Ridder. Sondre Evjen selects the joker directly. De Ridder selects the joker on the second lap. Evjen overtakes the lead when the other drivers enters the joker on the last shipyard. He wins before Michalak and Raymond.
1. Sondre Evjen 3:04.823
2. Anders Michalak + 0.457
3. Cyril Raymond + 1.648
4. Tejas Hirani + 8.071
5. Guillaume De Ridder + 14.287

Qualifying 1
1. Simon Olofsson (SWE), 3:02.738
2. Glenn Haug (NOR), 3:03.579
3. Thomas Holmen (NOR), 3:04.044
4. Sondre Evjen (NOR), 3:04.823
5. Anders Michalak (SWE), 3:05.280
6. Cyril Raymond (FRA), 3:06.471
7. Sandra Hultgren (SWE), 3:07.015
8. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR), 3:07.339
9. Dan Rooke (GBR), 3:07.931
10. Jessica Bäckman (SWE), 3:09.204
11. Tanner Whitten (USA), 3:10.797
12. William Nilsson (SWE), 3:11.004
13. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA), 3:11.431
14. Tejas Hirani (KEN), 3:12.894
15. Santosh Berggren (SWE), 3:13.545
16. Andreas Bäckman (SWE), 3:17.401
17. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL), 3:19.110

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Free practice

Both free practices has just finished. In the first practice William Nilsson got a second time, followed by Sondre Evjen on 7:th and on 9:th Guillaume De Ridder. In the second practice De Ridder took a third time. Nilsson, who only drove three laps, ended on  7:th place followed by Evjen on 10:th place.

Free practice 1:
1. Dan Rooke (GBR), 43.159 
2. William Nilsson (SWE), 43.193 
3. Cyril Raymond (FRA), 43.255 
4. Simon Olofsson (SWE), 43.256 
5. Tejas Hirani (KEN), 43.797 
6. Tanner Whitten (USA), 43.978 
7. Sondre Evjen (NOR), 43.989 
8. Glenn Haug (NOR), 44.247 
9. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL), 44.422 
10. Thomas Holmen (NOR), 44.445 
11. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR), 44.576 
12. Sandra Hultgren (SWE), 44.703 
13. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA), 44.867 
14. Anders Michalak (SWE), 45.481 
15. Santosh Berggren (SWE), 45.645 
16. Andreas Bäckman (SWE), 46.085 
17. Jessica Bäckman (SWE), 47.705 

Free practice 2:
1. Cyril Raymond (FRA), 43.374 
2. Dan Rooke (GBR), 43.450 
3. Guillaume De Ridder (BEL), 43.624 
4. Glenn Haug (NOR), 43.691 
5. Simon Olofsson (SWE), 43.750 (3 laps) 
6. Tejas Hirani (KEN), 43.771 
7. William Nilsson (SWE), 43.832 (3 laps) 
8. Thomas Holmen (NOR), 44.100 
9. Tanner Whitten (USA), 44.177 
10. Sondre Evjen (NOR), 44.254 
11. Sandra Hultgren (SWE), 44.702 
12. Andreas Bäckman (SWE), 44.955 
13. Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR), 45.134 (3 laps) 
14. Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA), 45.211 (3 laps) 
15. Jessica Bäckman (SWE), 45.215 
16. Anders Michalak (SWE), 45.756 (5 laps) 
17. Santosh Berggren (SWE), 46.417
(Not official yet)

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Next up: Belgium

It is time for this year's first round of RX2 International Series. The competition takes place in Belgian Mettet, on Circuit Jules Tacheny. William Nilsson, Sondre Evjen and Guillaume De Ridder are representing JC Raceteknik. Evjen drove the full season in RX2 last year, while this will be De Ridder's first race ever in the Supercar Lites car. For Nilsson, who was a guest driver in last year's RX2 competition in Höljes, this will be the first full year in the serie.
– I'm really looking forward to the competition. My goal is to be in the top five. But there are 18 drivers and it will be extremely hard competition. It is a new track for me, but it seems to be fun with many close fights.

Time table

Friday May 12
17.25 Free practice 1

Saturday May 13
09.30 Free practice 2
11.00 Qualifying 1
13.40 Qualifying 2

Sunday May 14
10.00 Qualifying 3
12.00 Qualifying 4
14.30 Semi final
15.00 Final

Entry list RX2 Belgium

#7 Ghislain de Mevius (BEL)
#8 Simon Wågø Syversen (NOR)
#9 Glenn Haug (NOR)
#11 Tanner Whitten (USA)
#12 Anders Michalak (SWE)
#13 Cyril Raymond (FRA)
#19 Andreas Bäckman (SWE)
#26 Jessica Bäckman (SWE)
#33 Tejas Hirani (KEN)
#40 Dan Rooke (GBR)
#51 Sandra Hultgren (SWE)
#52 Simon Olofsson (SWE)
#55 Vasiliy Gryazin (LVA)
#56 Thomas Holmen (NOR)
#58 Santosh Berggren (SWE)
#66 William Nilsson (SWE)
#69 Sondre Evjen (NOR)
#96 Guillaume De Ridder (BEL)

Circuit Jules Tacheny

Asphalt / dirt: 61 % / 39 %
Circuit lenght: 1,031 kilometers