Polish racer Marcus Lisowski and Germany's Stefano Proetto took a victory apiece in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup's visit to the re-developed Red Bull Ring last weekend.
Lisowski claimed the spoils in a chaotic opening race, a rain-soaked track leading to several incidents at the Spielberg-based venue. The race was turbulent from the off, with a spinning Jonas Gießler collected by Maiken Rasmussen and legend racers Thomas Morgenstern and Sven Hannawald both forced to park up with crash damage.
Lisowski however was able to keep his head despite the difficult conditions and survived a safety car period to beat James Mobley and Ola Nilsson across the line.
"The result is fantastic," Lisowski beamed post-race. "Being the second winner at the second race – what more can you ask for? I had a good start. Fortunately, I didn’t really notice much about the accident behind me. In turn one I defended myself against an attack by Ola Nilsson, but that was a fair manoeuvre."
Proetto then prevented Lisowski from completing a clean sweep of the weekend by beating the Pole in the second race as the rain again made conditions tricky on the Austrian circuit. Dennis Trebing completed the podium in third.
"I’m overjoyed," Proetto said afterwards. "That was a hard job because Lisowski was breathing down my neck during the whole race. I couldn’t afford to make any mistakes. At the end I still had one push-to-pass left for the last lap which allowed me to get away from my immediate rivals."
Ski jumper Hannawald was the highest placed legend, taking 18th at the flag. The German will contest the ADAC GT Masters at the same circuit later this year and was pleased with the track time.
"For me it was important to have the chance to get to know the track,” said Hannawald. “In the beginning I had some difficulties adjusting to the front-wheel drive Scirocco but towards the end I understood the car. It does give me a bit of satisfaction to have won against the other Legends because I didn’t want to be just brushed off."
Lisowski continues to lead the championship standings on 108 points with Proetto his nearest challenger on 86. The series' next event takes place at Germany's Lausitzring over the weekend of June 17-18.
VW Scirocco R Cup results – Rounds 2 and 3, Red Bull Ring
Round 2
1 M. Lisowski Volkswagen 12 26.39,167
2 J. Mobley Volkswagen 12 + 0.07,618
3 O. Nilsson Volkswagen 12 + 0.07,788
4 M. Oestreich Volkswagen 12 + 0.16,277
5 A. Gladysz Volkswagen 12 + 0.17,407
6 D. Trebing Volkswagen 12 + 0.17,863
7 T. Schöffler Volkswagen 12 + 0.18,884
8 S. Proetto Volkswagen 12 + 0.26,756
9 E. Scheer Volkswagen 12 + 0.28,237
10 H. Knauß Volkswagen 12 + 0.29,167
11 A. Patel Volkswagen 12 + 0.29,790
12 F. Danz Volkswagen 12 + 0.29,954
13 D. Lloyd Volkswagen 12 + 0.32,978
14 X. Hiebner Volkswagen 12 + 0.34,508
15 S. Bolisetti Volkswagen 12 + 0.37,974
16 J. Rejlek Volkswagen 12 + 0.40,479
17 D. Bohr Volkswagen 12 + 0.47,043
18 M. Müller Volkswagen 12 + 0.49,900
19 M. Walchhofer Volkswagen 12 + 0.53,994
20 N. Schneider Volkswagen 12 + 1.04,719
21 N. Müller Volkswagen 10 - 2 Lp.
Retired
- B. Bayındır Volkswagen 7 -
- S. Hannawald Volkswagen 1 -
- T. Morgenstern Volkswagen 1 -
- J. Ubben Volkswagen 0 -
- J. Giesler Volkswagen 0 -
- M. Rasmussen Volkswagen 0 –
Round 3
1 S. Proetto Volkswagen 12 22.16,022
2 M. Lisowski Volkswagen 12 + 0.01,696
3 D. Trebing Volkswagen 12 + 0.09,223
4 A. Patel Volkswagen 12 + 0.12,438
5 J. Mobley Volkswagen 12 + 0.14,830
6 A. Gladysz Volkswagen 12 + 0.16,429
7 T. Schöffler Volkswagen 12 + 0.17,383
8 D. Lloyd Volkswagen 12 + 0.17,769
9 O. Nilsson Volkswagen 12 + 0.18,274
10 M. Oestreich Volkswagen 12 + 0.20,018
11 J. Ubben Volkswagen 12 + 0.20,732
12 N. Schneider Volkswagen 12 + 0.22,543
13 D. Bohr Volkswagen 12 + 0.26,636
14 S. Bolisetti Volkswagen 12 + 0.27,638
15 E. Scheer Volkswagen 12 + 0.28,265
16 J. Giesler Volkswagen 12 + 0.29,824
17 M. Rasmussen Volkswagen 12 + 0.31,566
18 S. Hannawald Volkswagen 12 + 0.35,150
19 F. Danz Volkswagen 12 + 0.35,594
20 T. Morgenstern Volkswagen 12 + 0.35,896
21 M. Walchhofer Volkswagen 12 + 0.37,152
22 N. Müller Volkswagen 12 + 0.38,914
23 X. Hiebner Volkswagen 12 + 0.44,029
24 M. Müller Volkswagen 12 + 0.46,104
25 B. Bayındır Volkswagen 12 + 0.59,337
Retired
- H. Knauß Volkswagen 1 -
Championship Standings (after 3 rounds)
1 M. Lisowski 108pts
2 S. Proetto 86
3 J. Mobley 72
4 A. Patel 65
5 D. Trebing, 65
6 O. Nilsson 61
7 A. Gladysz 61
8 D. Lloyd 59
9 T. Schoffler, 53
10 M. Oestreich 51
Next round: 17-18 June, Lausitzring
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