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Sasolracing reaches new frontier
Audi Sasolracing delivered a top-class
performance at the Sasol Race Day, round
6 of the Bridgestone Production
Car Championship at Zwartkops
Raceway in late August.
the engine of air, and thus power, leaving
Bonafede to trail the field in 5th place.
means no overtaking. Groenewald was
later penalised 30 seconds after the race
which dropped him to 6th place.
Starting from pole position for
the longer, double-points scoring
feature race, and with a fresh set
of Bridgestone rubber bolted to
the Sasolracing Audi, Groenewald
defended his position off the line to
open up a commanding lead and
control the pace from the front. In
the closing laps, Groenewald eased
his pace to take his first victory
since the opening round in March.
Hennie Groenewald delivered a
dominant victory in the feature race
and teammate Gennaro Bonafede
continued to rack up points with
his fifth podium of the season,
retaining third place in the overall
championship standings.
Current champion Michael Stephen
(Audi) got a jump on the front row
of the grid to take the lead, while
Bonafede settled in behind Gavin
Cronje’s BMW. Cronje slowed
before each corner, forcing Bonafede
to slow, a tactic that negated the Audi’s
quattro advantage.
Inevitably, Bonafede made contact with
Cronje and the Sasolracing Audi suffered
a damaged air intake, effectively robbing
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