It was a day of milestones for new series leader Andrew Jordan, after a first wet weather win and first double win put him in a commanding position in the championship standings.
) Z. W9 q9 B& Y; V2 g- g- `The Eurotech Racing man rocketed through from fourth on the grid in the first race to take all of his rivals around the outside of turn one, something he put down to learning about the circuit on his trackwalk.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ L& u1 d/ b6 I+ b G) Y
And despite a gamble on a wet setup in race two, which saw him fall to eighth, the luck was on his side when he was drawn on pole for the finale.公仔箱論壇& t- C! D3 _( y$ u( h. P4 {/ }' M1 \
He took a dominant lights-to-flag win in the third race, and now leads Honda Racing Team’s Gordon Shedden by 30 points, with six races to go.
* h, W; |& K+ K1 hTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Speaking to TouringCarTimes, Jordan said: “The car was so good. We didn’t quite get it right for race two, which I was a bit down in the dumps about, but it worked out a treat for us in race three.
: G9 F# }9 J' q) j4 s# f7 |公仔箱論壇“A first ever wet win, and the first time we have done two wins in one day, is so good. I am really happy.”" l5 C4 t9 _7 J/ `" F
Speaking about the spectacular move which landed him the lead in the first race, Jordan said: “I knew that’s where the grip was. We are one of the only ones who do track walks. There is such a difference on some of these circuits, and I knew the grip was there on the banking.公仔箱論壇 j4 T* Z" n5 ]" J
“I got a good restart and then it started to dry. The tyres were going off and you get quite a bit of understeer, so it was just about managing that, to make sure I had some tyres left at the end.”www.tvboxnow.com! ^- s( u5 i) b# M) v2 s4 m H
On race two, Jordan added: “We thought it was going to rain again for race two, so we didn’t stiffen the car completely up to a complete dry setup. That hurt, and the car wasn’t great from the get-go.”" v+ l8 {2 }8 \8 c% t
Looking ahead to the final races, Jordan said: “It was unfortunate for Matt [Neal], who had a bad day, but there are still six races to go.
; N. ^$ o0 y+ J4 nwww.tvboxnow.com“I have believed from the start of the year that I can do it. There are a lot of things that can interfere with it – reliability, or a bit of bad luck. Anything can happen, but it is looking good at the minute.
8 V+ }) [8 ? B( W6 Y" Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“I’ve had a podium at every race, and I’ll be surprised if that continues at Silverstone. But we are racing the Hondas mainly, so if we can just be competitive compared to them, we should be ok. Then Brands Grand Prix I think we’ll be really good at.” |
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