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

 

2011 European Championship F250: Round 4 – Viverone, Italy

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The JC Racing Team travelled to Italy for the final round of the European Formula 250 Series that was held on the fantastic Lake Viverone. Two second place finishes along with a final heat race win meant team driver Julian Codling secured second overall in the series to give him the silver medal to go with the bronze medal the team won last year.

 

Qualifying was again dominated by Demmler Racing Team driver Rene Behncke (GER) who was then followed by Max Cremona (ITA) who was racing in front of his home crowd. JC Racing Team driver Julian Codling qualified third on the jetty and was followed by Dimitry Gerasymenko (UKR), Alex Zinolli (ITA), Claudio Fanzini (ITA), Wayne Turner (GBR) and Stefan Probst (GER).

 

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Race 1

Julian once again got one of his lightning starts and as they appeared from the spray of the first two corners it was Rene Behncke (GER) who had the lead with Julian passing Max Cremona (ITA) on the outside of turn one to move into second place. As the pair raced towards the bottom turn Max tried to move up the inside of Julian but running the faster outside line Julian was able to hold of the challenge and hang on to second place. It was Rene Behncke who took the first race win with Julian in second and Wayne Turner (GBR) finishing third after Max Cremona (ITA) had broken down.

 

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Race 2

As the light went out and the 250cc hydroplanes burst into life it looked like Julian had got a blistering start and was ahead of Rene Behncke (GER) when his engine suddenly died. Fortunately he managed to keep it running but by the time it was back to full speed Julian found himself down in seventh position. Working hard he was able to pass both Stephan Probst (GER) and eventually Wayne Turner (GBR) but was unable to catch Dimitry Gerasymenko (UKR) and had to settle for fifth place. The race win once again went to Rene Behncke (GER) despite being chased hard by Max Cremona (ITA) who finished second.

 

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Race 3

starting from fifth place on the jetty it was Julian's best start of the weekend and as they came into view after the first corner he was along side Max Cremona (ITA). however Max was able to hold Julian off and maintained his second place for the whole race with the Julian having to settle for third place. However this third position was enough to guarantee the overall silver medal for the team. The race was won by Demmler Racing Team driver Rene Behncke (GER) who made it a hatrick of victories to guarantee the european title for the third year running.

 

 

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Race 4

With Rene Behncke (GER) already having maximum points it was between Julian and Max Cremona (ITA) to decide who take second and third place on the day. Julian made another excellent start and beat Max to the first corner and put in an impressive display to take a determined race win with Max Cremona (ITA) second and Dimitry Gerasymenko (UKR) third.

 

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Overall

The first place in the final heat was enough to give Julian Codling second place for the JC Racing Team ahead of Max Cremona (ITA) in third. First place went to Rene Behncke (GER) who made it a maximum 4 wins from 4 rounds not dropping a single point

 

2011 EUROPEAN F-250 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: ROUND 4 - VIVERONE ITALY
Position	No	Driver	Nationality	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Total Points
1st	109	René Behncke	GER	400	400	400	(0)	1200
2nd	91	Julian Codling	GBR	300	(127)	225	400	925
3rd	23	Massimiliano Cremona	ITA	(0)	300	300	300	900
4th	78	Alex Zinoli	ITA	169	225	169	(0)	563
5th	7	Dimitry Gerasymenko	UKR	127	169	(127)	225	521
6th	9	Wayne Turner	GBR	225	95	(0)	0	320
7th	49	Stefan Probst	GER	(0)	53	95	169	317
8th	6	Claudio Fanzini	ITA	0	71	0	(0)	71

 

 

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Overall Championship

With Rene Behcnke taking the European Formula 250 title for a third consecutive year it  was JC Racing Team driver Julian Codling who moved up a step from the previous year to take the silver medal and Dimitry Gerasymenko taking the bronze. Fellow LOBMBC driver Wayne Turner just missed out on the medals finishing fourth overall despite suffering some bad luck throughout the season.

 

OVERALL STANDINGS: EUROPEAN F-250 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Position	Boat No	Driver	Nationality	R1:Boretto (ITA)	R2:Baja (HUN)	R3:Bitterfeld (GER)	R4:Viverone (ITA)	Total Points
1st	109	René Behncke	GER	20	20	20	20	80
2nd	91	Julian Codling	GBR	17	17	17	17	68
3rd	7	Dimitry Gerasymenko	UKR	13	13	15	11	52
4th	9	Wayne Turner	GBR	11	15	11	10	47
5th	49	Stefan Probst	GER	8	11	10	9	38
6th	23	Massimiliano Cremona	ITA	15	-	-	15	30
7th	33	Peter Bodor	HUN	-	9	9	-	18
8th	42	Michal Kosut	SVK	-	-	13	-	13
=8th	78	Alex Zilioli	ITA	-	-	-	13	13
10th	57	Christoffer Soderstedt	SWE	10	-	0	-	10
=10th	27	Paul Jillings	GBR	-	10	-	-	10
12th	17	Francesco Marsala	ITA	9	-	-	-	9
13th	15	Andreas Otto	AUT	-	-	8	-	8
=13th	6	Claudio Fanzini	ITA	-	-	-	8	8
15th	19	Heiko Scmidt	GER	-	-	7	-	7
	18	Luca Galeverna	ITA	0	-	-	-	0
	63	Jürgen Kostecki	GER	-	-	0	-	0
	66	Frank Schulze	GER	-	-	0	-	0
	186	Roman Schnaider	GER	-	-	0	-	0
	237	Petr Suk	CZE	-	0	0	-	0

 

 

The JC Racing Team would like to congratulate Rene Behncke (Demmler Racing Team) for winning the Formula 250 title, Alex Cremona (ITA) for winning the Formula 350 title and Marian Jung (Demmler Racing Team) for winning the World Formula 500 series.