Remarkable weekend for DR Racing at the World Champs

The fast Russian, after an intense fight for 4^th in the final confirms his skill and the competitiveness of the DR chassis powered by Tm, the first chassis after five Otk at the chequered flag.
After stopping the 20th fastest time in qualifying, the Russian recovered well in the heats, taking 4^th in the first with the fastest lap of the race, coupling this result with 5^th and 6^th in the following. Had it not been for an incident at the start of the second, he would have started the prefinal from the top rows of the grid. Instead, row 5 start and all to race for in a comeback mode.
Petrov is superb after a cautious start and by lap 4 he’s already in the top-5 fighting hard with the leading group. Two laps later the DR driver is 4^th, hassling 3^rd placed driver Drugovich for the remaining part of the race. In the end he would settle for 4^th, with a positive 4 row start for the final.
Lapping consistently in the 46"3 like the fastest drivers in the race, Petrov soon comes back leapfrogging through the field after losing few positions at the start. By lap 6 the Russian is in 7^th place 1”5 off the 3-kart train fighting for 4^th. In a matter of two laps the gap is cut down to a mere 2 tenths, and Petrov is protagonist of a nail-biting fight that would continue until the end of the 21-lap final, providing the crowds and live streaming spectators with a confrontation of the ages. Attacks and counterattacks at each and every corner that reward the DR driver with a positive 6^th place, with a slight regret for a potentially better result considering his pace matching that of the podium winners.
 
Positive performance also by the other Russian Nikita Aleksandrov (15th) who manages to lap in the 46”3 in the final after showing great speed in the heats (2^nd, 7^th and 8^th his best results) and in prefinal where he fought for the top-5. Also Lithuanian Justas Jonusis (26th) confirms the competitiveness of the material making it to the final 34 out of the almost 100 entries. Italy’s Filippo Lazzaroni and Spain’s Martin Herencia completed the DR line up in La Conca showing good potential in the most competitive race of the season.
 
 
RESULTS
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N.	Driver	Q	H1	H2	H3	H4	H5	INT	PF	F
122	A.Petrov	20	4*	28	5	6	10	18	(9) 4	(8) 6
136	F.Lazzaroni	74	15	15	30	19	30	71	-	-
139	J.Jonusis	46	21	16	11	15	7	35	(18) 15	(29) 26
150	M.Herencia	82	32	30	25	31	27	95	-	-
189	N.Aleksandrov	23	2	11	20	7	8	17	(9) 8	(15) 15

 
( ) Starting grid position
* Fastest lap