The second race of the weekend in Spa-Francorchamps was not only an exciting one, but also a crucial one for the championship battle as a win by Robin Frijns (NL/Josef Kaufmann Racing) has moved him to within seven points of championship leader, Jack Harvey (GB/Fortec Motorsports), who finished fourth. Second was race one winner, Javier Tarancon (ES/DAMS), while third was polesitter, Côme Ledogar (FR/Eifelland Racing). Top Rookie for the third time this year was Daniil Kvyat (RU/Eurointernational.

It was very soon after the start that leading Championship Rookie, Carlos Sainz (ES/Eurointernational), ended up as a retirement for more …

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Javier Tarancon (ES/DAMS) notched up his first Formula BMW Europe win in today’s very exciting Formula BMW Europe race in Spa-Francorchamps. Behind him were the two championship protagonists, Robin Frijns (NL/Josef Kaufmann Racing) and Jack Harvey (GB/Fortec Motorsports), in second and third, while Hannes van Asseldonk (NL/Josef Kaufmann Racing) made sure his name was in the series’ history books by finishing the top Rookie and in fourth.

After some atrocious weather conditions for free practice and qualifying, thankfully today’s race was held in dry conditions, even though there were some damp patches on the track. However, this more …

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It was Jack Harvey’s turn to win in Hungary after the British Fortec Motorsports driver was beaten into second place in race one by his arch rival for the series title, Robin Frijns (NL/Josef Kaufmann Racing). This time Frijns was second, while third was BMW Junior driver, Carlos Sainz (ES/Eurointernational), who was also top Rookie. As the teams go into the summer break there are still 23 points between Harvey and Frijns at the top of the points’ standings.

The move of the race was certainly that made by Sainz, who was second on the grid, on polesitter Harvey as they went towards the more …

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