Jehan Daruvala rounded off his maiden Toyota Racing Series New Zealand on a high finishing 2nd overall in the championship.
Jehan entered the fifth and final round lying fourth overall in the championship table. He started on pole for race one but got bogged down a bit as the lights went out. Jehan lost two places and fell to fourth at the restart, before the safety car was deployed once again. Jehan retained his position to fourth place.
Race two starting grid was based on the top eight finishers of race one being reversed. Jehan started fifth and had a good start to move into third. He soon made a good move on Antoni Ptak and moved into second. Leitch won less than a second ahead of Jehan, while Ptak was third.
Jehan started from third in race three, but was overtaken at the start by Markelov. On lap two, Jehan ran wide and fell down to ninth. A few laps before the end he managed to overtake Ferrari Academy racer Zhou to finish the race in eighth. Jehan benefited and moved up a position into seventh, after Piquet was handed a post-race penalty.
Jehan had a spectacular run in the series and finished runners-up overall.
Next week, Jehan will begin testing in Europe. He will be contending for two separate championship titles, the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Series and the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC.
Final Championship Standings –
1. Lando Norris, England – 924 Points
2. Jehan Daruvala, India – 789 Points
3. Brendon Leitch, New Zealand – 754 Points
Jehan entered the fifth and final round lying fourth overall in the championship table. He started on pole for race one but got bogged down a bit as the lights went out. Jehan lost two places and fell to fourth at the restart, before the safety car was deployed once again. Jehan retained his position to fourth place.
Race two starting grid was based on the top eight finishers of race one being reversed. Jehan started fifth and had a good start to move into third. He soon made a good move on Antoni Ptak and moved into second. Leitch won less than a second ahead of Jehan, while Ptak was third.
Jehan started from third in race three, but was overtaken at the start by Markelov. On lap two, Jehan ran wide and fell down to ninth. A few laps before the end he managed to overtake Ferrari Academy racer Zhou to finish the race in eighth. Jehan benefited and moved up a position into seventh, after Piquet was handed a post-race penalty.
Jehan had a spectacular run in the series and finished runners-up overall.
Next week, Jehan will begin testing in Europe. He will be contending for two separate championship titles, the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Series and the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC.
Final Championship Standings –
1. Lando Norris, England – 924 Points
2. Jehan Daruvala, India – 789 Points
3. Brendon Leitch, New Zealand – 754 Points
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