Oulton Broad

Date	Time
28th Apr	6.00pm
2nd May	12.00pm
12th May	6.00pm
19th May	6.00pm
26th May	12.00pm
9th Jun	6.00pm
16th Jun	6.00pm
23rd Jun	6.00pm
30th Jun	6.00pm
7th Jul	6.00pm
14th Jul	6.00pm
21st Jul	6.00pm
28th Jul	6.00pm
4th Aug	5.45pm
11th Aug	5.30pm
18th Aug	5.30pm
29th Aug	4.00pm
11th Sep	12.00pm

Hydroplane Meetings
2nd May	Round 1: Oulton Broad
11th-12th Jun	Round 2: Bodymoor
3rd-4th Sep	Round 3: Bodymoor
24th-25th Sept	Round4: Stewartby
6th-7th Aug	Sprints: Stewartby

European Formula 250cc
7th-8th May	R1: Boretto
1st-3rd Jul	R2: Baja
12th-14th Aug	R3: Bitterfeld
World Circuit 0-250
16th-17th Jul	Hirvensalmi

 

European Championship F-250: Round 4 - Boretto, Italy

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The JC Racing team finished their debut international powerboat racing season with a second place finish at the final round of the European Formula 250 Series in Boretto, Italy. The result gave the team third place in the overall european series.

 

 

JC Racing team driver Julian Codling went into the final round of the championship in third position, with Italy's Salvatore Chiuri in second with a ten point buffer on him and Sweden's Christoffer Soderstedt just five points behind in fourth place.

 

Time Trials

The team knew they had to be on top form to be on the podium come the end of the series and was a little disappointed with qualifying managing sixth place behind the ever impressive Rene Behncke (GER), Salvatore Chiuri (ITA), Francesco Marsala (ITA), Luca Bonassina (ITA) and Christoffer Soderstedt (SWE). The field was completed with Stefan Probst (GER) and Andreas Otto (AUT)

 

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Race 1

As the lights went out the eight 250cc engines burst into life and it was a lightning start for the JC Racing team driver Julian Codling as he powered away from the jetty soon finding himself moving from sixth to second place, a position he was able to hold until the end of the race.

 

Once again the race win went to Rene Behncke, which virtually guaranteed the European Formula 250 title would be heading back to Germany with the Demmler team for a second year running. Third place went to the quick young Swedish driver Christoffer Soderstedt.

 

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Race 2

The second race saw team driver Julian get another tidy start from second on the grid but this time he was not quite able to hold on to second place as Salvatore Chiuri (ITA) was back on full throttle as he took second place behind Rene Behncke (GER) with Julian finishing in third place for the JC Racing team.

 

 

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Race 3

The third race was a replica of the second with Rene Behncke (GER) motoring past the chequered flag first with Salvatore Chiuri (ITA) trying everything possible to catch him finishing in second. Julian finished third ahead of Christoffer Soderstedt (SWE), which meant it guaranteed the JC Racing team the bronze medal in the series.

 

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Race 4

With a maximum three wins from three races Rene Behncke (GER) sat out the final race. As they raced away from the start it was Luca Bonassina (ITA) who made a fantastic start and powered through the field to take the chequered flag, with Julian finishing second and Christoffer Soderstedt (SWE) bringing his 250cc outfit home in third.

 

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Overall Results, Boretto - Italy

With two second and a third place finishes being Julian's best results from the four races, meant the JC Racing team finished the meeting in second place on the podium behind Rene Behncke (GER) and ahead of Salvatore Chiuri (ITA) in third.

 

EUROPEAN F-250 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: ROUND 4 - BORETTO ITALY
Position	Boat No	Driver	Nationality	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Total Points
1st	109	Rene Behncke	GER	400 PTS	400 PTS	400 PTS	DNS	1200 PTS
2nd	91	Julian Codling	GBR	300 PTS	225 PTS	225 PTS	300 PTS	825 PTS
3rd	72	Salvatore Chiuri	ITA	169 PTS	300 PTS	300 PTS	0 PTS	769 PTS
4th	57	Christoffer Soderstedt	SWE	225 PTS	DNF	169 PTS	225 PTS	619 PTS
5th	58	Luca Bonassina	ITA	95 PTS	DNF	DNF	400 PTS	495 PTS
6th	49	Stefan Probst	GER	71 PTS	169 PTS	DNF	169 PTS	409 PTS
7th	17	Francesco Marsala	ITA	127 PTS	DNF	DNF	DNF	127 PTS
8th	15	Andreas Otto	AUT	53 PTS	DNF	DNF	DNF	53 PTS

 

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European F-250 Championship Series Final Standings

The 2010 European Formula 250 Series was retained by Rene Behncke (GER) of the Demmler Racing team scoring a perfect 80 points followed by Salvatore Chiuri (ITA) in second with 64 points. Julian finished on the podium with third place overall for the JC Racing team with 56 points.

 

OVERALL STANDINGS: EUROPEAN F-250 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Position	Boat No	Driver	Nationality	R1:Baja (HUN)	R2:Bitterfeld (GER)	R3:Auronzo (ITA)	R4:Boretto (ITA)	Total Points
1st	109	Rene Behncke	GER	20 PTS	20 PTS	20 PTS	20 PTS	80 PTS
2nd	72	Salvatore Chiuri	ITA	17 PTS	15 PTS	17 PTS	15 PTS	64 PTS
3rd	91	Julian Codling	GBR	11 PTS	13 PTS	15 PTS	17 PTS	56 PTS
4th	57	Christoffer Soderstedt	SWE	13 PTS	11 PTS	10 PTS	13 PTS	47 PTS
5th	17	Francesco Marsala	ITA	-	17 PTS	9 PTS	9 PTS	35 PTS
6th	15	Andreas Otto	AUT	-	10 PTS	8 PTS	8 PTS	26 PTS
7th	49	Stefan Probst	GER	-	9 PTS	6 PTS	10 PTS	25 PTS
8th	58	Luca Bonassina	ITA	-	-	11 PTS	11 PTS	22 PTS
9th	7	Dimitriy Gerasymenko	GER	9 PTS	8 PTS	-	-	17 PTS
10th	33	Peter Bodor	HUN	15 PTS	-	-	-	15 PTS
11th	18	Luca Galaverna	ITA	-	-	13 PTS	-	13 PTS
12th	42	Michal Kosut	SVK	10 PTS	-	-	-	10 PTS
13th	63	Jurgen Kostecki	GER	-	7 PTS	-	-	7 PTS
14th	9	Heiko Schmidt	GER	-	6 PTS	-	-	6 PTS

 

Reflecting on his first international season, JC Racing team driver Julian Codling was extremely happy finishing on the podium in third place.

 

 

The team would like to thank everyone who helped out the team during the season, the organisers of each round of the championship and the other teams who made them feel welcome during their first season of international racing. The team also hopes to be competing again on the international scene in 2011.