The second round of the World Series by Renault took place at the historic Belgian circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, and Jaime Alguersuari finished in a deserved tenth position. The Repsol driver got a hopeful third place in the classification for the Group A this morning, but in the Superpole, some modifications to his car did not bring the hoped for performance, and this is why in the end he finished in tenth position.
This result in classification meant that he was condemned to starting in an uncomfortable 11th position and to cap it all on the first corner he was unfortunate to clash with James Walker’s car, this collision broke the nose and wing on his car. From then on Alguersuari tried to finish the race in whatever way possible, he even manged to climb one position. In the end tenth position for the Repsol driver Jaime Alguersuari, 30.837 seconds behind Marcos Martínez, winner for the third consecutive time this season.
Jaime Alguersuari
“I don’t think the first race was so bad considering where we qualified. We made a set-up change after the first qualifying session which didn’t really help us in the Super Pole session. Where we were losing most time was on the very long sector two, so we were losing a lot of time. Nevertheless I think we had a good car for the race and I made a good start, but I clashed with James Walker, which damaged the nose and front wing. That made the handling of the car very difficult in the race, especially on the right hand corners such as Eau Rouge, when there was a lot of vibration.But I think we have a good car for the second race tomorrow, we have made progress and have a good set up now. I think we should have the pace to be in the top five tomorrow.”
