Review: Swiss teams top again 🎥
From a Swiss perspective, there was plenty to cheer about this weekend, especially at the Nürburgring. The Formula 1 race at Spa-Francorchamps even featured the Swiss anthem.
The Nürburgring was a good place for Swiss racing drivers this weekend. In the fourth round of the Endurance Cup of the GT World Challenge, Raffaele Marciello (gallery left) and his teammates Jules Gounon and Timur Boguslavskiy celebrated a victory that was never in danger. The #88 Mercedes led the race from start to finish, with them only relinquishing the lead during the refueling stops.
Ricardo Feller in 3rd place
Marciello was not the only Swiss on the podium. Ricardo Feller (center gallery) secured third place as the best Audi driver - with a twelve-second lead over brand colleague Patric Niederhauser. Mercedes driver Miklas Born also achieved an absolute top result. The Basel native sensationally finished sixth overall with his two stablemates David Schumacher and Marius Zug, thus securing class victory in the Gold Cup - ahead of Rolf Ineichen on Lamborghini Huracan.
Title for the Swiss trio
Alex Fontana, Niki Leutwiler and Ivan Jacoma also had every reason to celebrate. With second place in the class, the trio secured the title in the Pro AM category ahead of schedule.
Alex Fontana: "I had no ABS for two or three laps and was more beside the track than on it. But we got through this critical phase and then fought our way back onto the podium."
Victory for Jenzer Motorsport
There was also a Swiss victory to cheer in Spa. With a start-finish triumph, Morris Schuring gave Team Fach Auto Tech its second victory of the year. See report in this newsletter. The Swiss anthem also sounded in Formula 3. Team Jenzer Motorsport from Lyss secured the best result of the season: victory for Briton Taylor Barnard. Third place went to Russian-born Nikita Bedrin ahead of Mexican Alejandro Garcia.
Léna Bühler also stood on the podium twice this weekend. In the sixth round of the F1 Academy, the driver from Vaud finished second twice. In the overall standings, Bühler is in second intermediate place ahead of the finale in Austin at Formula 1 on October 21 and 22. The gap to the leader Marta Garcia is 50 points.
6th place for Sébastien Buemi
For Sébastien Buemi (gallery, right), the Formula E season ended on a conciliatory note in London (see video). The former Formula 1 driver finished on the podium for the first time in three years. Buemi thus ended the season in 6th place. What matters even more: Buemi and his teammate, New Zealander Nick Cassidy, secured the team championship for the Envision Racing team. Nico Müller finished 19th in the final classification, Edoardo Mortara 14th.
Opportunities for Tiziano Kuzhnini
Tiziano Kuzhnini has a good chance of winning his second international karting title. The 13-year-old from Lucerne secured another final victory at the penultimate round of the IAME Series Italy in Lonato and leads by 17 points ahead of the final race on September 9 and 10 (also in Lonato).
Karel Staut, who competed for Switzerland in the FIA Academy, finished the season in 15th place with 28 points. At the finale in Cremona, Staut was sensationally on course for the podium when he was shot down by an opponent.
Source: Auto Sport Switzerland
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