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Legris amazes once again
Albacete in 40 degree heat was the scene of rounds 5 and 6 which Jonathan and Team West-tec knew a result similar to that in Spa was an impossible task and from the first test on Friday it was evident just how far off the pace the 2000 car is around albacete compared to the newer 2006 and 2008 cars. Not helped by a visit to the hospital after an accident the day before, the 20 year old struggled to get the set-up on what was a very hot and dusty circuit.
Qualifying went all the wrong way, with a much more driveable car after extensive changes, the first part was to place a time and check the set-up but , coming into the pits at the last second, Jonathan was called into the weigh bridge where the car would not start losing valuable time. When the car finally started, their was no time on the clock for Jonathan to put on his second set of new tyres so opted to finish the qualifying session on the same set. 17th was the result, but knowing that he can race and the times were not too far off, a sense of optimism was in the team.
With a mediocre start in race 1, Jonathan got passed by the faster starting 2008 cars but with a strong driving performance on the opening 2 laps, he soon found himself in 11th, right behind team mate, Christian Ebbesvik, now in the new 2008 car. A car falling off ahead promoted him up to 10th where he would stay, hassling his team mate into mistakes and defensive moves throughout.
Race 2 though was a totally different story, with a good start, and once again a few storming overtaking manouvres on the first lap, Jonathan jumped straight into 6th. After having early on lap 1 overtaken race 1 winner Sanchez, Jonathan withstood all the pressure put on him while still keeping in close contact with the cars ahead. All the fun though came at the end, with 2 laps to go, the cars infront started battling allowing Jonathan and the pursuing cars behind a chance to gain another place. Jonathan unfortunately was the slowest in the group but with good tactics, he made a stunning move around the outside at the fast 3rd to last corner moving up to 5th on the last lap, only 2 tenths from 4th. This also gave him his 6th trophy of the year, with a 3rd in class after his 4th in race 1. "No one expected a top 5, especially qualifying 17th and the odds were stacked heavily against us, but we did damage limitation to our championships and thats what we aimed for this weekend and we got a bit more". "It was also a hard weekend for the team with alot of changes beforehand so i must thank them for their job" Jonathan now drops back from second in the standings to 4th overall in an 8 year old car, only 7 points behind going into the fast and unknown Valencia Street circuit in 4 weeks time.
Published: 2008-06-30
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| 1 | Craig Baird | 29 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 18 |
| 3 | Gabriel Chaves | 15 |
| Frédéric Vervisch | 15 | |
| 5 | Wayne Boyd | 14 |
| Nigel Moore | 14 | |
| 7 | Jan Magnussen | 13 |
| Earl Bamber | 13 | |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | 12 |
| 10 | Gary Findlay | 11 |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | 10 |
| Devin Jones | 10 | |
| Jonathan Adam | 10 | |
| Dino Zamparelli | 10 | |
| 15 | Andrew Mill | 9 |
| Ben Winrow | 9 | |
| Jeff Westphal | 9 | |
| Caine Lobb | 9 | |
| Eddie Nakato | 9 | |
| Toon Rutgers | 9 | |
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