You win some, you lose some… Particularly when you start the weekend by picking up the (P1) trophy from the previous event, and eventually settle for a smaller one (P4) on that weekend to make sure everything fits in the car on the way back.
Despite a disappointing result for H2R, the penultimate race weekend had the full package of emotions for our team:
- E46 being a true BMW and transforming engine oil into warning light: CHECK
- Driver #1’s E90 showing the E46 how it’s done with 4 warning lights: CHECK
- Traffic jam simulator to get on track for touristenfahrten: CHECK
- H2R realizing that driving a 325i in GLP would be exhausting: CHECK
- 2.5€/L gasoline: CHECK
- H2R spending the rest of their lunch money on automatic carwash: CHECK
- H2R further realizing that a 325i would require refueling at >3€/L during GLP: CHECK
- H2R torn by the trade-offs between a 316i and a 325i: CHECK
- H2R drinking to forget: CHECK
And this was only Friday afternoon! More challenges stood in the way of our drivers on their way towards Advanced class victory and securing P3 overall. The weather wasn’t one of them, as conditions were ideal on this sunny day, giving Driver #1 legitimate reasons to complain about the dirty windshield. But neither the lack of visibility nor the attempts of other competitors to spill oil in treacherous places got in the way of a near-perfect performance from Driver #1, surely the Coke had something to do with it.
Taking over for the second stint after a traditional “no pressure!”, Driver #2 was soon hit by the trauma of having been forced to do manual labor the day before and could only deliver clumsy confirmation laps that would be worth more penalty points than what H2R usually receives in a full event.
To add to the damage, another familiar light appeared on the dash. While much less bright than the morning sun, it did nonetheless bring about another difficulty: lack of brakes.
All in all a second stint that will hopefully soon be forgotten, and a consolation in the fact that H2R still finished the race without a black flag and a ‘not-so-disastrous’ P4 in class and P12 overall, consolidating the team’s position in the overall rankings despite a higher-than-expected threat from competitors as they head to the last event in October.
The team is also looking forward to welcome the representative of its main sponsor TherapyLift as a driver in the last event, for a demonstration of what a sound mind can do on track! That is, if Driver #2 manages to change the brake pads and recover once again from manual labor.
In the meantime, take a look at the overall rankings where our drivers stand proudly in P3 ! RCN GLP Gesamtwertung 2026