Race Report

FIA FORMULA 4
ADAC GERMAN CHAMPIONSHIP, Rounds 13/14/15

Circuit: Eurospeedway Lausitz (D), Length 3.442 km, 19^th/20^th/21^st August 2022
www.lausitzring.de

JENZER MOTORSPORT 2022:
Rasmus Joutsimies (FIN), Samir Ben (CH), Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi (THA)

Joutsimies shines with a Podium at the Lausitzring

The fifth of six race events featuring the FIA ADAC Formula 4 German Championship took place at the demanding infield circuit at the Eurospeedway Lausitz (D).

Qualifying

Friday, 19/08/2022, 17.30 – 18.05, Weather: Overcast, 21°C

According to the regulations, there are two 30-minute free practice sessions per race and two 15-minute qualifying sessions, which are held with a short 10-minute break in between. The fastest time per driver from the first session counts for the starting grid of the 1st race, the fastest time per driver from the second session counts for the starting grid for the 2^nd race. The 3^rd race will start in the same way as the 2^nd race ended, but with the eight drivers in reverse order. The three races each have a length of 30 minutes.

Results Quali 1, Race One grid
1st	Taylor Barnard (GB)	PHM	1.23.738
2nd	Kacper Sztuka (POL)	US Racing	1.24.110
3rd	Nikita Bedrin (RUS)	PHM	1.24.168
5th	Rasmus Joutsimies (FIN)	Jenzer Motorsport	1:24.503
8th	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi (THA)	Jenzer Motorsport	1:25.025
11th	Samir Ben (CH)	Jenzer Motorsport	1:25.197

 

Results Quali 2, Race Two grid
1st	Taylor Barnard (GB)	PHM	1.23.341
2nd	Kacper Sztuka (POL)	US Racing	1.23.606
3rd	Nikita Bedrin (RUS)	PHM	1.23.918
4th	Rasmus Joutsimies (FIN)	Jenzer Motorsport	1:24.102
9th	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi (THA)	Jenzer Motorsport	1:24.474
11th	Samir Ben (CH)	Jenzer Motorsport	1:24.986

 

FIA ADAC Formula 4 German Championship

Race One (30 minutes)

Saturday, 20/08/2022, 11.35, Weather: Rainy, 18°C

After the qualifying on Friday took place in the dry, it rained during the night and didn't stop until the race. The F4 field therefore got ready on wet weather tyres. There were hairy moments right from the start when some drivers didn't get off well. After an exciting first lap, in which several cars already endured spins on the slippery track and made a trip through the gravel, our drivers were in promising positions: Rasmus was 3^rd, Samir 6^th and Nandhavud 7^th. Rasmus defended 3^rd place during long laps against Sauter and Sztuka, but after grueling battles for the line, finally prevailed. Rasmus crossed the finish line in a brilliant 3^rd overall, and was also the best rookie. He proudly accepted the trophies on the podium. Samir was very well under way. But then a spin threw him back a few places. Nandhavud was now in 6^th position, which he defended against David in a tough side-by-side fight. But eventually David managed to get past Nandhavud and Ried followed suit. Samir was now directly behind Nandhavud and the two teammates were now fighting for positions. In the end, Samir managed to bring home an excellent 8^th place, and Nandhavud, who had made another little excursion through the gravel, reached the finish right behind him in a very good 9^th place. All had fought hard despite difficult conditions and reached the finish without damage.

Race One Results
1st	Nikita Bedrin (RUS)	PHM	28:08.280
2nd	Taylor Barnard (GB)	PHM	Gap	14.419
3rd	Rasmus Joutsimies (FIN)	Jenzer Motorsport	Gap	33.460
8th	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi (THA)	Jenzer Motorsport
9th	Samir Ben (CH)	Jenzer Motorsport
Fastest lap: Nikita Bedrin (RUS) 1:37.119

 

FIA ADAC Formula 4 German Championship

Race Two (30 minutes)

Sunday, 21/08/2022, 10.05, Weather: Overcast, 19°C

On Sunday morning the track was still damp from the overnight rain, but by the time the Formula 4 race started most of it had dried. Rasmus was able to keep his 4^th place after the start and defended it during long laps. Finally, Ried attacked and brought the overtaking maneuver to an end. Kluss managed to catch up and follow suit in the next lap. Rasmus was now in 6th place. Samir got off to a good start and immediately made up several places. He was running good in 7^th place, but when his tyres started to deteriorate he slowly dropped back to 10^th place. Nandhavud immediately found a very good rhythm and worked his way up lap after lap. In the last few laps he even managed to catch up with Rasmus and to put him under some pressure. Nandhavud finished a strong race in an excellent 7^th place.

Race Two Results
1st	Taylor Barnard (GB)	PHM	30:02.918
2nd	Kacper Sztuka (POL)	US Racing	Gap	4.458
3rd	Nikita Bedrin (RUS)	PHM	Gap	5.746
6th	Rasmus Joutsimies (FIN)	Jenzer Motorsport
7th	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi (THA)	Jenzer Motorsport
10th	Samir Ben (CH)	Jenzer Motorsport
Fastest lap: Taylor Barnard (GB) 1:25.329

 

Race Three grid
1st	Zachary David (MLT)	US Racing
2nd	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi (THA)	Jenzer Motorsport
3rd	Rasmus Joutsimies (FIN)	Jenzer Motorsport
4th	Jonas Ried (D)	PHM
5th	Valentin Kluss (D)	PHM
10th	Samir Ben (CH)	Jenzer Motorsport

 

FIA ADAC Formula 4 German Championship

Race Three (30 minutes)

Sunday, 21/08/2022, 15.35, Weather: Cloudy, 22°C

On Sunday afternoon the last race of the weekend started in front of a large crowd of spectators. The sun even made an attempt to appear. All the drivers seemed to be a bit electric and already on the first lap there were a lot of attacks and overtaking manoeuvres. This went on lap after lap until the end. On lap two, Rasmus took the lead from David. Rasmus managed to stay ahead for several laps until Barnard and Bedrin managed to use their experience to get past him into the lead. Rasmus came under pressure from Kluss later and fought a tough battle with him for the final podium spot. When the two crossed the finish line, a photo had to decide which was in 3^rd place. Kluss had made it onto the podium with a lead of 3 thousandths of a second! Rasmus ended up in a brilliant but thankless 4^th place. After the start, Nandhavud stayed in the leading group for a few laps, until he went wide a few times and the following competitors easily passed him. Nandhavud saw the finish in an excellent 6^th place. Samir was involved in tough fights with Sauter and Liu. When Samir briefly came off the track, it ended in a spin for him. He was able to continue, but had lost places and now crossed the finish line in 11^th place.

Thanks to the good results this race weekend, Rasmus moved up to the top of the table in the rookie classification and Nandhavud moved up to 4^th place in the rookie classification.

The next race meeting in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship is planned to take place on the weekend of 16^th October 2022 at the Nürburgring (D).

Race Three Results
1st	Taylor Barnard (GB)	PHM	27:15.660
2nd	Nikita Bedrin (RUS)	PHM	Gap	0.290
3rd	Valentin Kluss (D)	PHM	Gap	5.760
4th	Rasmus Joutsimies (FIN)	Jenzer Motorsport
6th	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi (THA)	Jenzer Motorsport
11th	Samir Ben (CH)	Jenzer Motorsport
Fastest lap: Taylor Barnard (GB) 1:24.875

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Championship Standings

FIA ADAC Formula 4 German 2022 after 15 races out of 18:
1^st Andrea Kimi Antonelli (ITA), 253 points; 2^nd Taylor Barnard (GBR), 219 points; 3^rd Rafael Camara (BRA), 155 points; 4^th Nikita Bedrin (RUS), 155 points; 5^th Conrad Laursen (DK), 129 points; 6^th Charlie Wurz (AUT), 111 points; 8^th Rasmus Joutsimies (FIN), 77 points; 15^th Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi (THA), 22 points; 18^th Samir Ben (CH), 7 points

Rookie-Standings:
1^st Rasmus Joutsimies (FIN), 241 points; 2^nd Rafael Camara (BRA), 225 points; 3^rd James Wharton (AUS), 188 points; 4^th Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi (THA), 120 points

2022 FIA F4 ADAC German Championship

22/23/24 April	Spa (B)
13/14/15 May	Hockenheim (D)
24/25/26 June	Zandvoort (D)
05/06/07 August	Nürburgring (D)
19/20/21 August	Lausitzring (D)
14/15/16 October	Nürburgring (D)

More info:

• www.adac-motorsport.de/adac-formel-4