Jos finishes fifth in sprintrace in Sepang
Published on 21 November 2005 by Thorsten Hendriks
We have spoken with Jos and this is his comment: "It was a good race. I had a little problem with New Zealand at the start, but I managed to came out safely. In corner 11 I overtook Ireland and New Zealand tried to block me, but I used a powerboost and overtook him. I held position 5 from that moment. We won't change to much in the setup, the car feels fine. The speed in general is the same for everyone but for some reason France is slightly faster. The feature race is going to be a good one!"
The sprintrace was all about the fight for first between France and Switzerland. Lap after lap Premat tried to overtake Jani. Altough Premat's car was slightly faster, Neel Jani kept the Frenshman behind him in a very professional way. This fight lasted until the penultimate lap and Premat finally managed to overtake the Swiss for P1.
France wins again, the seventh in a row. Switzerland came second and Great Britain were able to climb the lowest step of the podium.
TEAM LAPS TIME DIFFERENCE
1 FRANCE 15 29:21.541
2 SWITZERLAND 15 29:22.772 +1.231
3 GREAT BRITAIN 15 29:26.606 +5.065
4 BRAZIL 15 29:28.334 +6.793
5 NETHERLANDS 15 29:29.514 +7.973
6 NEW ZEALAND 15 29:34.703 +13.162
7 IRELAND 15 29:35.423 +13.882
8 MALAYSIA 15 29:37.323 +15.782
9 PORTUGAL 15 29:41.932 +20.391
10 USA 15 29:42.386 +20.845
11 INDIA 15 29:42.935 +21.394
12 GERMANY 15 29:44.648 +23.107
13 PAKISTAN 15 29:46.755 +25.214
14 JAPAN 15 29:47.788 +26.247
15 CANADA 15 29:48.949 +27.408
16 CZECH REP. 15 29:51.551 +30.010
17 ITALY 15 29:52.712 +31.171
18 AUSTRIA 15 29:53.179 +31.638
19 MEXICO 15 29:55.912 +34.371
20 CHINA 15 29:58.622 +37.081
21 SOUTH AFRICA 9 17:55.059 6 Laps
22 LEBANON 9 18:33.449 6 Laps
23 INDONESIA 5 12:20.152 10 Laps
24 AUSTRALIA 4 10:37.240 11 Laps
Thorsten Hendriks
