{"id":3688,"date":"2021-09-14T17:41:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=3688"},"modified":"2021-09-14T17:41:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:41:11","slug":"dominant-weekend-for-jak-crawford-at-red-bull-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/14\/dominant-weekend-for-jak-crawford-at-red-bull-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominant Weekend For Jak Crawford at Red Bull Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two wins, 3 fastest laps, pole in EFO outing<\/em><\/p>\n

SPIELBERG, Austria \u2013 (12 September 2021)<\/strong> \u2013 Red Bull Junior team driver Jak Crawford scored an emotional victory for the Stars and Stripes on 9-11 Saturday, leading all the way to win the opening Euroformula Open race at Red Bull Ring.<\/p>\n

After finishing fifth in the morning round with an inverted grid, the 16-year-old Texan finished the weekend by leading all the way in winning Sunday\u2019s final race. He won his fourth pole in as many attempts in addition to running the fastest race lap in all three events, and made three podium visits, including being the top rookie in the second race.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a good one for America,\u201d Crawford said from victory circle after his Saturday triumph. \u201cObviously, 20 years ago was a tragic event, so this was a good one for my country, and for myself as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was quite a good weekend, obviously,\u201d Crawford summed up. \u201cTwo race wins, the pole and three fastest race laps is pretty good. I\u2019m happy with the weekend. We had the best speed, and the most points as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crawford showed why Red Bull Ring is one of his favorite tracks from the beginning of the weekend. He dominated Friday\u2019s practice, only to lose fast time in the closing minutes by 0.358-seconds. In Saturday morning\u2019s qualifying, he set fast time several times, only to be knocked off the pole three times. But each time he came back with an even faster lap, finally capturing pole position with a lap of 1:22.093-seconds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy to be on pole,\u201d Crawford said after qualifying. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy; times are always really close at the Red Bull Ring since there aren\u2019t that many corners.I made a mistake on my last lap, which I probably could have had another tenth or so. But still happy with the pole.\u201d<\/p>\n

The opening race saw Crawford get off to a 0.9-second lead on lap one, eventually building up to a whopping 6.911-second gap on the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cRace 1 was pretty dominant It was an easier one today, because I didn\u2019t have much pressure, but I\u2019m excited about the victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The top six finishers were inverted for Sunday morning\u2019s second race, putting Crawford sixth on the grid. He gained two positions on the opening lap with a pair of passes, and then bided his time in fourth \u2013 setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 11. He slipped up and lost two positions on lap 14, although he gained one back on the following lap and finished fifth.<\/p>\n

\u201cRace 2 was a bit unfortunate, because I had a few incidents,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a difficult one, being very difficult to overtake. I got up to fourth and held that position, but then I got attacked from behind while being stuck behind a train of cars in front of me. We had the speed to win \u2013 and got the fastest lap \u2013 but it was difficult to overtake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sunday afternoon was a repeat of race one. Crawford started on the pole by virtue of setting the fastest lap in race two. He led by 1.2-seconds after the opening lap, set fastest race lap four times and gapped Team Motopark teammate and point leader Cameron Das by 4.602-seconds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a fun race,\u201d Crawford said. \u201cI had a good start and they were battling behind me, so I got a quite comfortable lead. After that, I was trying to be as consistent as possible with no mistakes while managing the gap. Quite an easy one. I\u2019m happy with the win, and the points as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crawford managed to gain ground with the solid weekend to gain on the leaders from third position. However, he will miss the penultimate round of the campaign at Monza due to an FIA Formula 3 conflict with the new season finale at Sochi in Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to race Monza, which is a bit unfortunate,\u201d he said. \u201cI think the championship is a bit out of reach unless something crazy happens. But we do get to race in Sochi, which will be the first time for me \u2013 the first time for nearly everyone. So the playing ground will be a bit more even, and I\u2019m looking forward to another good weekend like Zandvoort, with all three races in the points.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Euroformula Open season ends at Barcelona on Oct. 22-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve driven there quite a bit, and it\u2019s one of my favorite tracks in the world,\u201d Crawford said. \u201cI\u2019m looking to get some good results there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Images via Red Bull<\/em>
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