Homburg: Frustration instead of victory for Robin Faustini

MISSING CATALYST Instead of Massongex, Robin Faustini raced in the German hill climb Homburg. Because no catalytic converter was mounted on his Reynard, the commissioners sent him home on Sunday in the lead. Not during the technical scrutineering before the race, but only during the event, the missing catalytic converter was discovered on Robin Faustini's Reynard-Mugen K01 Nippon [...]

Editorial - July 10, 2018

Robin Faustini was the fastest man in Homburg with his Reynard K01 until his exclusion (Photos: Thomas Bubel).

Not during the technical inspection before the race, but only during the event, the missing catalytic converter on Robin Faustini's Reynard-Mugen K01 Nippon was criticized. In Switzerland and in the European Mountain Championship this is not mandatory, but according to DSMB regulations in Germany.

The aim and purpose for Faustini was primarily to carry out further setup work on his newly acquired ex-Formula Nippon race car and to get further accustomed to its handling. The 20-year-old from Aargau already competed on this 2.6 km track in Saarland last year with the Reynard 92D F3000.

Robin Faustini: The joy subsequently turned into frustration.

No mercy before justice for the Swiss guest
Although he was only a guest driver, the stewards showed no mercy before justice and took the Swiss out of the race. Just when he had set the best time of the day in the first and second race runs - the competition, which was still behind him in practice, was obviously not happy about this...

Faustini realizes his mistake, but is still disappointed by the Germans' behavior.

Robin Faustini: "I was motivated and hungry for the overall win, which I would have deserved. I was aware that there could be problems. But since I was invited and they had also used me to advertise the Homburg hill climb, I didn't see it as a problem. Besides, as a guest driver I wasn't taking points away from anyone. Everyone knows that you don't lose much performance with a cat."

One of his rides in Homburg can be seen in the following inboard video:

https://www.facebook.com/robin.faustini/videos/1863597383661674/

His next start will be in Anzère on July 21/22. There, the up-and-coming talent achieved a surprising third place overall behind Marcel Steiner and Eric Berguerand last year. His first podium in the Swiss mountain championship.

At this year's Hemberg hill climb he won the E2-SS+2000 class as overall third behind Steiner and Balmer.

Day victory to a Frenchman
After the Swiss was eliminated, the 34-year-old Frenchman Anthony Loeuilleux in a Tatuus-Honda Formula Master came to his first overall victory in Germany, after he had been eliminated unhappily in each of the two previous years at the Karlsberg.

A master at the wheel, even on the hill: Timo Bernhard in the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.

With the currently two best German hillclimbers Thomas Conrad (CRS-Renault) and Frank Debruyne (Dallara-Opel F3), the former mechanic of the Luxembourg Hauser team fought a close three-way battle for hundredths of a second in the beginning, before he made everything clear in the last run.

Skillful is skillful
Victory in the closed cars (Division 1) went to Porsche works driver Timo Bernhard. Last year's Le Mans winner and endurance world champion is a member of the organizing Homburg Automobile Club and brought a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup from his own team to the start.

The crowd didn't give a damn and relegated the fastest touring car drivers from the KW-Berg-Cup to their places.

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Information about the race: Thomas Bubel

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