A win in the first race of the weekend and third in the finale on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, have kept 360 Racing’s Jerome De Sadeleer well in touch for his push towards the Radical UK Challenge title.
De Sadeleer qualified his Radical SR3 RSX on pole for the opening race and with team mate Mark Richards alongside, it was an all 360 front row.
It was a flying start for De Sadeleer too, quickly consolidating his lead, over defending champion and championship leader Dominik Jackson. “I had a good start but had to close the door on Dominik at Copse on the first lap to get away,” he said.
Richards had ben fourth early on, but succumbed to pressure from Joe Stables. “Our qualifying set up had been great with a bit of wet about, but no so effective in the dry. I had oversteer and spun it at Luffield,” he explained.
De Sadeleer pitted from a lead of 5.873 secs and once the stops had been completed, was back ahead and continued to dominate with over 15 seconds in hand over Jackson as he took the flag.
John Harrison also had a strong second half securing 10th on the last lap. Richards however had more dramas, “I tried to go around the outside of Mark Crader at Brooklands, we touched, he spun and rolled back into me,” he said after the race was red flagged.
Martin Verity and Jason Rishover both gained too in the closing laps, to finish 12th and 13th respectively. It was a disappointing race for Rishover however, “I had been in the top 10 in the first half but started to overheat and lost places,” he said.
Although De Sadeleer started the shorter race two from pole, he lost out to his rivals on the opening lap and spent most of his race chasing hard from fifth place.
