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Jeroen Bleekemolen another win Dutch GT4 Championship

Jeroen Bleekemolen on Saturday during the Easter races at Zandvoort the first race of the Dutch GT4 Championship won. He knew in his Corvette C6 despite a poor start to work on the lead and was the lead in the second half of the race no longer need. After more than 25 minutes race was flagged as the winner Bleekemolen. Menno Kuus (Ginetta G50) proposed in the last corner to the second safe position at the expense of Porsche 997 drivers Bas Schothorst and Phil Bastiaans, the latter in the closing stages sank far. The relapse of Bastiaans ended three different brands in the first Dutch GT4 stage.

Pole-sitter Schothorst could not long to enjoy his good starting position because Bastiaans him from his third starting spot before tackling the Tarzan Bend. Bleekemolen did even less well off. He was lucky that the GT cars are very wide, otherwise he lost more than one place. Now he could from the third position to catch a hunt begin. Schothorst first had to suffer for it, later, also leader Bastiaans. Halfway through the race had to grab the lead Bleekemolen.

"It seemed as if the tires wear out of those Porsches, a beautiful face," laughs Bleekemolen after the podium ceremony. "I had a really bad start, so I have to work hard for my victory. I missed some power, but the handling of my Corvette was better again. So I could enter the battle with the Porsches. If you pass by there, all right. Once I threw myself on the head a bit, so could not drive off and remained until the flag exciting. "

The sting was in the first round of the Dutch GT4 evident in the tail. Kuus started the final round in his Ginetta fourth, but was flagged as a second. And despite a lack of absolute speed. He benefited most from the wear and tear on the Porsches.

"I could Scheivlak from the attack because I had the hump after braking. Thus I was able to send much more speed and the Porsches, which already had the bump before braking very hard, "explains Kuus how he works his way up to the second position. "Once in the turn-Arie Luyendyk Bas Schothorst I was three quarters finished when Phil Bastiaans fell silent. I had to swerve to the left, and Bass had made ​​me able to hit, but he was sporting his gas. I find him good, this second place. This is a great opening. "

Schothorst looked back with mixed feelings on his race. Started from pole, he had hoped the lead at the start to maintain, but he was disappointed. "The speed was done well, but I got the tick of a Tarzan Bend Jeroen Bleekemolen causing my right rear wheel was completely bent. I lost not just a place, but my grip. From that moment I could really start anything. It makes me quite happy that I immediately after the first race on the podium. "

On Easter Monday the second sprint followed by 25 minutes and the 50-minute feature race.

EASTER RACES RESULTS

• Dutch GT4 Championship Race 1:
• 1. Jeroen Bleekemolen, C6 Corvette, 14 laps in 26 minutes 22.262 (137.191 km / h),
• 2. Menno Kuus, Ginetta G50, at 2.679 seconds,
• 3. Bass shot Horst, Porsche 997 GT4, at 2.937 seconds,
• 4. Paul Vahstal, Aston Martin GT4, at 5.518 seconds,
• 5. Mikko Heino, Aston Martin N24, at 7.660 seconds,
• 6. Jan Lammers, Mustang FR 500 C, 8.348 seconds,
• 7. Danny van Dongen, Corvette C6, at 9.113 seconds,
• 8. Ricardo van der Ende, GT4 BMW M3, 10.358 seconds on,
• 9. Simon Knap, GT4 BMW M3, 12.889 seconds on,
• 10. Sebastiaan Bleekemolen, GT4 BMW M3, 14.394 seconds on,
• 11. Phil Bastiaans, Porsche 997 GT4, at 14.690 seconds,
• 12. Henri Zumbrink, C6 Corvette, 23.288 seconds on,
• 13. Hans Hugenholtz, Mustang FR 500 C, 30.362 seconds,
• 14. Jan Joris Verheul, Ginetta G50, at 37.635 seconds,
• 15. Mathijs Bakker, Ginetta G50, at 41.117 seconds,
• 16. Lev Fridman, BMW M3 GT4, at 43,149 seconds,
• 17. Harry chair, Aston Martin N24, at 59,013 seconds,
• 18. Michiel Campagne, Mustang FR 500 C, 1 min 08.606
• 19. Pim van Riet, Aston Martin GT4, 1 lap,
• 20. Ardie van der Hoek, Porsche 997 GT4, 1 lap,
• 21. Mickey Bertram, Ginetta G50, 5 laps.

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