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grid for Race 2.
And he made good use of it, sprinting
into the lead at the start; he was
chased by Halder and Proczyk who had
climbed to third on lap 5. In the
meantime, Engstler was elbowing his
way through the field making a
number of risky overtaking manoeuvres
that resulted in a lot of contact with
other competitors. He was involved in
a ruthless fight with Antti Buri, Pascal
Eberle, Benjamin Leuchter and Jussi
Kuusiniemi that ended with Eberle’s
Cupra rolling in the middle of the
track.
In the final part of the race, Langeveld
was put under huge pressure from
Halder, Proczyk and Buri; the
Dutchman dropped to fourth but
retook third from Buri who retired
soon after. On the final lap, Langeveld
attacked Proczyk who wisely let him go
as he was watching in the mirrors
Engstler’s car getting closer. Halder
claimed his third victory of the season,
beating Langeveld by half-a-second and
Proczyk.
In the final standings, Proczyk was
crowned champion with 421 points,
followed by Engstler on 414, Langeveld
403 and Halder 366. The icing on the
cake for HP Racing International was
taking the Teams’ title, while Max
Hesse won the Rookie Trophy in the
PROSport Performance Audi RS3 LMS.
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Hockenheim, Round 13, Saturday 22
September 2018
1. Harald Proczyk (Opel Astra); 2. Mike
Halder (Honda Civic FK7); 3. Luca
Engstler (Hyundai i30 N)
Hockenheim, Round 14, Sunday 23
September 2018
1. Mike Halder (Honda Civic FK7); 2.
Niels Langeveld (Audi RS3 LMS); 3.
Harald Proczyk (Opel Astra)