In a repeat of Saturday's incident, Facu Regalia was knocked out of contention by another driver, in this case Petri Suvanto, who hit him from behind on the fourth lap, which prevented him climbing higher than twelfth in the second Formula BMW Europe race of Spa-Francorchamps round.
The Argentinean-Spanish driver continued his stream of bad luck - today the problem came from behind - damaging the rear of his car.
He started very well on the dry track from the sixth on the grid, but he couldn’t do anything against his bad luck. “I reacted very well to the lights. I decided to go on the outside of the first corner so I could make up some positions, but I was blocked and I had to brake a little earlier than I expected”, explain the Eifelland Racing youngster. In the beginning of the race he was fighting with some drivers ahead and he made some good overtaking manoeuvres, until the fatidic moment of the fourth lap.
Petri Suvanto, who was behind Facu Regalia, forgot to brake, taking with him the Spanish-Argentinean driver, who spun. Beside lost time, his car had some damage that prevented him to keep racing at the pace that he showed before. “When I looked in the mirrors I saw Suvanto very far away. But he must have forgotten to brake, because he hit me hard on the back. I spun and lost lot of time and the rear wing was damage, so I couldn’t do anything in the five remaining laps”, said disappointed the young driver.
Regalia is already looking forward to Monza, where he expects “to be luckier than in the last few races”
2nd race - classification1. Robin Frijns (Josef Kaufmann Racing) 22:54.9372. Javier Tarancon (DAMS) 22:55.2653. Côme Ledogar (Eifelland Racing) 22:59.2134. Jack Harvey (Fortec Motorsports) 22:59.5005. Daniil Kvyat (Eurointernation) R 23:05.6446. Timmy Hansen (Mücke Motorsport) 23:08.7587. Hannes Van Asseldonk (Josef Kaufmann Racing) R 23:14.2008. George Katsinis (Fortec Motorsports) 23:14.2709. Petri Suvanto (Josef Kaufmann Racing) R 23:14.73210. Maciej Bernacik (Mücke Motorsport) R 23:17.68711. Michael Lewis (Eurointernational) 23:23.73312. Facu Regalia (Eifelland Racing) 23:25.91613. Marc Coleselli (Eifelland Racing) R 23:40.208
Drivers’ Standings: 1. Jack Harvey 340, 2. Robin Frijns 333, 3. Timmy Hansen 210, 4.Carlos Sainz R 201, 5. Javier Tarancon 161, 6. Facu Regalia 185, 7. CômeLedogar 159, 8. George Katsinis 139, 9. Hannes Van Asseldonk R 138, 10.Daniil Kvyat R 114, 11. Fahmi Ilyas 88, 12. Petri Suvanto R 82, 13. MaciejBernancik R 79,14. Michael Lewis 67, 15. Christof von Grünigen 60,16. MarcColeselli R 47.
