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Renault Clio Cup's 4th leg was at Serres Circuit in Greece which
is organized by Renault and Performans Organization by the main sponsorship of
STS (Sakarya Telecommunication Systems) and with the co-sponsorship's of Kent,
Omsan, Elf, CMS and Michelin.
The most competitive and colorful race ever
in Clio Cup history started at Saturday's free trainings. By Clio Cup's new seeding
rules for this season, seeding laps started as 3 groups consist of 5 cars. Air
temperature was 40 degrees. As a result of the good seeding performance Mehmet
Zeytinoğlu had the best time by 1.29.764 and Selim Erol was 2nd by 1.29.876 following
Ahmet Atay by 1.29.883 as the third driver.
With the start on Sunday, in
battle between 14 pilots, Selim Erol had the first pace. With the edition of Ahmet
Atay, Mehmet Zeytinoğlu and Selim Özgörkey first four shaped. After 3 laps, Ahmet
Atay climbed to 2nd place. Selim Erol sweat to much because of the pressure he
had. Ahmet Atay dropped down three positions because of the mistake he made at
the end of start-finish flat. After this mistake Ahmet Atay climbed up again and
passed Hamdi Saraçkardeşler, Selim Özgörkey and Mehmet Zeytinoğlu till 2nd place.
And finally at the second last lap he passed Selim Erol and finished the race
in the 1st place increasing his point to 75 as the championship leader. Selim
Erol finished second and Mehmet Zeytinoğlu finished 3rd and stand on podium after
5 years.
OVERALL
1. Ahmet ATAY 2. Selim EROL 3. Mehmet ZEYTİNOĞLU 4. Selim ÖZGÖRKEY
5. Hamdi SARAÇKARDEŞLER 6. Volkan ÖZDEMİR 7. Aytuğ ŞENEFE 8.
Kenan DOĞULU 9. Erkut KIZILIRMAK 10. Cengiz ARTAM 11. Hakan ERGÜVEN
12. Osman UĞUR 13. Burak TEGUL 14. Yonca ZEYTİNOĞLU Seeding
: M.ZEYTİNOĞLU 1.29.764 Fastest Lap : Selim EROL 1.31.180 |

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Photos : Murat İLTER-Ömer KOÇYİĞİT
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