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Saturday in Valencia Part 2 – Hahn wins first race

Saturday in Valencia Part 2 – Hahn wins first race

25. April 2015Valencia - The cloud cover stayed, but the temperature had climbed past 25°C — ideal racing weather. Jochen Hahn certainly seemed to think so, the German driving a disciplined race and collecting a start-to-flag victory. After the rolling start he turned in ahead of Kiss into the first sweeping left-handed curve. Having the inside line, he was able to hold his position with ease. But the hawkish Hungarian was onto his German quarry again at the start of the second lap on the inside of a tight left-hand bend. This time the bantam from Altensteig held him off till the two reached a right-handed curve a few hundred metres ahead in which Hahn had the better line. The duel had cost both valuable seconds, allowing Lacko, whom the two had pulled out ahead of, to latch back on.
Hahn meanwhile proceeded to stretch his lead, while Kiss and Lacko fought a spirited battle for second place. They were presently joined by Lacko’s teammate Vršecký in an intriguing three-way cockfight. Shortly before the finish Vršecký drifted momentarily into the gravel and dropped back, while Kiss managed to salvage second place by half a trucklength.
Vršecký was trailed to the flag by Albacete in fifth. For about half of the race the somewhat quicker Spaniard had battled Reinert for the spot the German had snatched from him right at the start and then held onto, parrying the Spaniard’s every attack lap after lap. To the jubilation of his numerous fans Albacete finally swept past the German on the inside of one of the many curves.
Seventh place too was the object of a tightly fought duel between 2014 teammates Anthony Janiec and Ellen Lohr, the Frenchman managing to keep his nose ahead by a half-second at the flag.
With her eighth-place finish, Lohr now has pole for the second race.
The two final places in the points went to Kleinnagelvoort and Rodrigues.

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Saturday in Valencia Part 2 – Hahn wins first race
Saturday in Valencia Part 2 – Hahn wins first race