Monday 12 o’clock. At the moment the camp site is almost cleaned up and we are preparing to leave to Delft with mixed feelings. Winners of the Engineering Design Event, Cost Event and the Most Fuel Efficient car, and also a third place on the Business Plan Presentation Event. We were on the way to the first place, and even Stuttgart was not able to stop us. The track times of the car were fantastic and our new drivers have proven themselves.

But then it happened, three rounds before the end of the Endurance race a glue layer in our drivetrain. We were devistated about it.

Nevertheless we can look back at a great year. We won both the Engineering Design events, in England and in Germany. This happened almost never before, it shows how much the car and our team is appreciated this year. The team spirit was great and we managed to establish our name again in the world.

I would like to thank all sponsors, friends, family and the team members of the past years for the support to get to this achievements. Not finishing the Endurance is a disappointment, but it is only a minor thing, we are very proud at everything we did.

The coming weeks will be about creating a new core team for the next year. I would like to wish them all luck in the name of the entire 09 team. I’m convinced that they are able to continue the achievements of the preceding years.

Now it is time to go home with 100 liters of diesel from Joop Verburg in the tank… and the event is finished.

Stef de Jong
Team Manager

You can read more about day 6 & 7 in our last newsletter of this event: please click here.