Yet again the teams drivers struggled to get inside top 10 as the Simracing Team Challenge stopped at a wet Suzuka for the third race of the season.
Ivo Simons and Andreas Hultgren were the drivers for the event and the rainy conditions made it difficult for them in their Ferraris. Simons qualifyed down in 18th with Hultgren right behind him and they knew right away their pace wasn’t enough to challenge faster guys.
The race started off in damp conditions but soon it started to rain. Both drivers were on slicks and though, at one points, laptimes were over 12 second from their dry times neither went in for an unschedule stop. Then it started to dry again and the times went down and Hultgren were the first to pit at the halfway mark. He put on slicks but it soon started to rain again and to gamble a little Simons put on wet tyres the lap after. It was clear that one would benefit in the long run but not who.
After 15 or so minutes the rain stopped again and this time it was for good and the sun came out drying the track quickly. Simons had to pit again while Hultgren could drive to the line. In the end it was clear that more drivers went for wets as Hultgren managed to climb his way up to 13th while Simons finished 18th. The upside of the result is that once again both cars made it to the finish line but both drivers were a bit disapointed about the end result.
The team is now in 8th place overall and 8 points behind FlatOut Racing who is the closest team infront.
