Formula BMW Germany - Nürburgring - Races 13&14 - 31st August-2nd September 2007

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Races 13 + 14, Formula BMW Germany, 31st August - 2nd September 2007,
Nürburgring.

Wittmann victorious at the Nürburgring.

Nürburgring (2nd September 2007). The seventh race weekend of the 2007 season
in Formula BMW Germany was dominated by the thrilling battle for supremacy in
the overall standings. Jens Klingmann (Leimen/Eifelland Racing) won Saturday's
race from Adrien Tambay (FRA/Josef Kaufmann Racing) and Daniel Campos-Hull
(ESP/Eifelland Racing). Meanwhile, rookie Marco Wittmann (Markt Erlbach/Josef
Kaufmann Racing) took the honours on Sunday ahead of Campos-Hull and Philipp
Eng (AUT/ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg) to record his second victory of the season.
Klingmann finished in fourth position. Both the weekend's races at the
Nürburgring saw the teams and drivers having to contend with the changeable
weather conditions typical of the Eifel mountains

In the overall standings the 18-year-old Campos-Hull - on 538 points - still
lies just three points behind series leader Klingmann (541). Wittmann remains
third (496), although he has extended his advantage over Eng to 14 points.
Spanish driver Campos-Hull was happy with his weekend's work - "It was
important to pick up points here" - and made an early declaration of intent
three weeks ahead of his home race in Barcelona: "I'll go away now, get some
good preparation work under my belt and take on daily fitness sessions. I know
the track in Barcelona well, so I'll be hoping to record two wins out of two."
A look at the statistics reveals just how exciting the duel between the two
championship leaders has become. Both Klingmann and Campos-Hull have notched up
eleven podium finishes this season to date.

The drivers spent the weekend glancing anxiously skywards, with showers a
constant threat. The conditions were decidedly tricky, with nobody ever quite
sure if it was about to rain. Although overjoyed with his win, Wittmann
expressed the hope that rather warmer and more settled weather might be on the
cards in Barcelona. Looking back on Sunday's victory in the Eifel, which
followed hot on the heels of his win the previous race weekend in Oschersleben,
he quipped: "More of the same would be great, but back-to-back wins next time
around wouldn't be too bad either." While likewise pleased with his
performance, Eng was impressed by the speed of Campos-Hull, who passed him on
lap three: "I was certainly surprised at how quickly he was onto me." However,
the Austrian also put in a strong showing, setting the fastest lap on Sunday.

The race was dominated by Wittmann, who started from pole position and went on
to complete a lights-to-flag victory. Campos-Hull slipped past team-mate
Klingmann on the opening lap, before adding Eng to his victims later on in the
race. Klingmann crossed the line fourth after repelling a wave of attacks from
French driver Adrien Tambay (Josef Kaufmann Racing), who had to be content with
fifth. All of which meant that Tambay (431 points) was unable to make up any
ground on Wittmann (496) at the top of the rookie standings.

Races 17 and 18 of Formula BMW Germany will take place at the Circuit de
Catalunya outside Barcelona on the eighth race weekend of the season from 21st
- 23rd September.

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Race 13, placings (top 5): 1. Jens Klingmann (Leimen/Eifelland Racing),
21:56.666, 2. Adrien Tambay (FRA/Josef Kaufmann Racing) 21:57.324, 3. Daniel
Campos-Hull (ESP/Eifelland Racing) 22:00.227, 4. Maximilian Wissel
(Hörstein/GURacing Team International) 22:01.180, 5. Philipp Eng (AUT/ADAC
Berlin-Brandenburg) 22:01.434.

Race 14, placings: 1. Marco Wittmann (Markt Erlbach/Josef Kaufmann Racing)
21:56.046, 2. Daniel Campos-Hull (ESP/Eifelland Racing) 21:57.252, 3. Philipp
Eng (AUT/ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg) 21:57.645, 4. Jens Klingmann
(Leimen/Eifelland Racing), 21:58.478, 5. Adrien Tambay (FRA/Josef Kaufmann
Racing) 21:58.772, 6. Niall Quinn (IRL/AM-Holzer Rennsport) 22:02.451, 7.
Mathijs Harkema (NED/Josef Kaufmann Racing) 22:03.724, 8. Tiago Geronimi
(BRA/Eifelland Racing) 22:07.262, 9.
Luuk Glansdorp (NED/Zettl Motorsport) 22:10.123, 10. Markus Pommer
(Erlenbach/ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg) 22:12.201, 11. Johannes Seidlitz
(Wassertrüdingen/G&J Motorsport) 22:13.973, 12. Samuel Curridor (LUX/Team
Zinner) 22:15.081, 13. Kevin Mirocha (Hamm/ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg) 22:15.193,
14. Nikolay Varbitcaliev (BUL/ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg) 22:21.596, 15. Jens
Höing (Berlin/GU-Racing Team International) 22:21.678, 16. Timo Walter
(Limbach/IBEX
Motorsport) 22:23.203, 17. Carlos Gaitan (COL/GU-Racing Team International)
22:24.497, 18. Michael Zettl (Weng/Zettl Motorsport) 22:32.941, 19. Marlene
Dietrich (Mannheim/Team Zinner) 22:37.949, 20. Otto Briznicks (LAT/GU-Racing
Team International) 22:48.534, 21. Daniel Juncadella (ESP/AM-Holzer Rennsport)
+ 1 lap. DNF: Maximilian Wissel (Hörstein/GU-Racing Team International), Pedro
Bianchini (BRA/ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg), Thomas Hylkema (NED/Eifelland Racing).
Pole position: Wittmann. Fastest race lap: Eng 1:32.680 min. Circuit length:
50.806 km (14 laps).

Race 14, rookie placings (newcomers to formula racing):
1. Wittmann, 2. Tambay, 3. Geronimi, 4. Glansdorp, 5. Pommer, 6. Seidlitz, 7.
Curridor, 8. Mirocha, 9. Varbitcaliev, 10. Walter, 11. Zettl.

Championship standings after 14 out of 18 races: 1. Klingmann (541 points), 2.
Campos-Hull (538), 3. Wittmann (496), 4. Eng (482), 5. Tambay (431), 6. Quinn
(357), 7. Wissel (340), 8. Mirocha (309), 9. Harkema (284), 10. Geronimi (246),
11. Pommer (238), 12. Seidlitz (210), 13. Glansdorp (206), 14. Höing (160), 15.
Curridor (154), 16. Varbitcaliev (148), 17. Gaitan (132), 18. Walter (126), 19.
Bianchini (122), 20. Dietrich (108), 21. Zettl (90), 22. Hylkema (82), 23.
Wagner (76), 24. Juncadella (42), 25. Surtees (24), 26.
Harnagea (18), 27. Briznicks (2).

Rookie standings: 1. Wittmann (496 points), 2. Tambay (431), 3. Mirocha (309),
4. Geronimi (246), 5. Pommer (238), 6. Seidlitz (210), 7. Glansdorp (206), 8.
Curridor (154), 9. Varbitcaliev (148), 10. Walter (126), 11. Bianchini (122),
12. Zettl (90), 13. Hylkema (82), 14. Wagner (76), 15. Surtees (24).

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