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DUT Racing retired during Endurance

July 19th, 2010

Yesterday was the last day of the FSUK 2010 event. On Sundays, Endurances are driven. At the beginning of the Endurance, we were 2nd overall in ranking. The weather was still a threat during the start of the Endurance. After the Alternative fuel class, the top ten of Class I started. Ravensburg was the first team to start the Endurance. After one lap, the car started to show some problems: it was unable to shift gears. After half a lap, the car broke down and the DUT Racing was virtually number 1 overall. Then it was our turn for the Endurance. Erik Schmidt was the first driver to come out. The grand stand exploded as he passes the first time. The first part of the Endurance went excellent, setting laps of 58 seconds on the scoreboard. Then the driver change was about to happen. The change was no problem, until the restarting of the engine: no response of the engine at all due to a broken starting relais. Two minutes later, DUT Racing was officially out of the race… Again, not Delft winning FSUK after 3 years of second places overall.

The sadness was enormous. But we have to look forward as FSG will start in two weeks. The team is tremendously motivated to improve on every area and eventually hoping to become champion in Germany!