Bangkok--14 May--www.sandystuvik.com
Double Podium for Sandy at PortugalSandy (left) got the 2nd position in race 1 Sandy (right) got the 3rd position in race 2After Saturday’s podium finish in the first race at the Portimao Circuit, the Thai driver Sandy Kraokaew Stuvik started the Sunday morning qualifying session on a very positive note. However, just after Stuvik put on the his new tires for the fastest lap times, the session saw two cars coming together in a massive crash in one of the blind down hill sectors of the circuit and the session was red flagged. On the restart, Stuvik again pushed hard, but could only manage a sixth place starting position for the afternoon race. The fastest car was that of Britain’s Hector Hurst, with a time of 1:40.453.
In race 2 Stuvik had a very good start and through the first few corners moved up 2 places to 4th, chasing after the lead trio of Hurst, Jones and Urrutia. By midway in the race both Urrutia and Stuvik managed to find their ways past Hurst and started the chase to catch up to Jones. In the process they would keep setting fastest laps while closing down on the leader. In the end Stuvik claimed the fastest lap of the race, as the two RP Motorsport cars closed the gap down to only 1 second. But in the end they ran out of laps and the race was won by UAE’s Ed Jones, with Uruguay’s Urrutia in second and Thailand’s Stuvik in third.
Stuvik claimed 2 podium finishes in Portugal and extended his championship to 72 points, a full 28 points in front of his team mate Santiago Urritia with 44 points. The championship now moves on to Germany, where the 3rd round will be hosted at Nurburgring in another 2 weeks time during 1-2 June, 2013.
Sandy Stuvik who had to miss one of his graduation exams to race in Portugal commented after the race; “The team did an awesome job of quickly getting both me and the car up to speed, even though we had to miss most of Thursday’s practice. A double podium and huge extension of my championship lead here in Portugal was much more then I had hoped for this weekend. I feel the Italian RP Motorsport Team and myself now are really starting to gell and they know how to make the car work really well for me. I am excited moving on towards the next circuit in Germany, which I know well and am hoping to be even more competitive at”.
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