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

World O-250 Championship: Hirvensalmi - Finland

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The JC Racing team ventured off to Hirvensalmi in Finland to take part in the 2011 World O-250 championship. Finishing with two second places and a third meant the team took the bronze medal, only just missing out on the silver medal on total race time of four seconds, having tied on points with Salvatore Chiuri.

 

 

Time Trial

JC Racing team driver Julian Codling qualified in fourth position in time trials behind the ever impressive Rene Behncke (GER), Francesco Marsala (ITA) and Salvatore Chiuri (ITA). Christoffer Soderstedt (SWE) qualified in fifth with the rest of the field consisting of Riku Lehtonen (FIN), Rolandas Kavaliauskas (LIT), Stefan Probst (GER) and the finish trio of Pertti Virnala, Sami Reinikainen and Ikka Rytkonen.

 

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Race 1

After an excellent start, JC Racing team driver Julian Codling was able to pass both Francesco Marsala (ITA) and Salvatore Chiuri (ITA) and follow Rene Behncke into the first turn. Julian was able to stay in second place for the remainder of the race despite being chased hard by Christoffer Soderstedt (SWE) who finished in an impressive third position.

 

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Race 2

Race 2 saw Julian get another excellent start and as he chased Rene Behncke (GER) into the first corner, Salvatore Chiuri (ITA) come across the front of the JC Racing outfit nearly causing Julian to hook the boat. Fortunately he managed to keep the engine running but by this time he had been passed by Francesco Marsala (ITA) and found himself in fourth place.

 

Julian tried hard too chase down the Italian and his hard work gave him a little luck as Francesco Marsala engine died towards the end of the race meaning Julian took third position behind Rene Behncke (GER) and Salvatore Chiuri (ITA).

 

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Race 3

Another good start saw JC Racing team driver chasing Rene Benhcke into the first corner. As they came down to the second turn the engine suddenly stopped as Julian realise the throttle cable had broken. The DNF was even more frustrating when the ever consistent Rene Behncke also stopped which meant had the throttle cable not snapped Julian and the JC Racing Team would have possibly won the race guaranteeing them the silver medal.

 

The race was won by Francesco Marsala (ITA) with Salvatore Chiuri (ITA) finishing second and Christoffer Soderstedt (SWE) finishing third.

 

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Race 4

After failing to finish the third race, Julian had to start on last position on the jetty but after a lighting start Julian powered the JC Racing outfit away from the jetty and found himself ahead of Rene Behncke (GER) after 300 meters. However the superior speed of Rene Behncke (GER) and the Demmler Racing Team saw him move ahead as they approached the first turn and it was a lead he never surrendered. Julian was able to hold onto second position for the whole race despite a strong challenge from Salvatore Chiuri (ITA) who finished the final heat in third place.

 

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Final Standings

 

 

With three wins out of the four races it was Rene Behncke (GER) who was crowned the 2011 World O-250 Champion with Salvatore Chiuri (ITA) taking the silver medal despite finishing on the same number of points of the JC Racing Team driver Julian Codling who took the Bronze medal. Over the four races it was just four seconds that separated the two drivers which determined who took the silver and bronze medal.

 

2011 WORL F-250 CHAMPIONSHIP: - HIRVENSALMI FINLAND
Position	Boat No	Driver	Nationality	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Total Points
1st	109	Rene Behncke	GER	400 PTS	400 PTS	DNF	400 PTS	1200 PTS
2nd	72	Salvatore Chiuri	ITA	169 PTS	300 PTS	300 PTS	225 PTS	825 PTS
3rd	91	Julian Codling	GBR	300 PTS	225 PTS	DNF	300 PTS	825 PTS
4th	57	Christoffer Soderstedt	SWE	225 PTS	DNF	225 PTS	169 PTS	619 PTS
5th	17	Francesco Marsala	ITA	127 PTS	DNF	400 PTS	DNF	527 PTS
6th	04	Riku Lehtonen	FIN	71 PTS	169 PTS	169 PTS	53 PTS	409 PTS
7th	12	Rolandas Kavaliauskas	LIT	95 PTS	127 PTS	DNF	95 PTS	317 PTS
8th	02	Pertti Virnala	FIN	DNF	95 PTS	127 PTS	DNF	222 PTS
9th	83	Ilkka Rytkonen	FIN	DNF	DNF	DNF	127 PTS	127 PTS
10th	49	Stefan Probst	GER	53 PTS	DNF	DNF	71 PTS	124 PTS
11th	69	Sami Reinikainen	FIN	DNS	DNF	DNS	DNS	0 PTS

 

 

JC Racing Team driver Julian Codling would just like to say thank you to the Team Powerseal guys for travelling over to Finland to help mechanic and also Guisseppi Rossi for the continued support with the GRM 250cc engine.