Kimminen steps towards title with Sakhir Pole

Finland’s Vaino Kimminen extended his lead to 22 points at the top of the 2015-16 FF2M Asia Drivers Championship by taking pole position for tomorrows Feature Race on the outer circuit at Sakhir International Circuit.

The Tornado test driver who also topped the times during the FF1M Engine Manufacturer Test yesterday was half a tenth of a second ahead of Willows Genjo Tse, with the second Willows of Esteban Ocon third with all three drivers qualifying using the Soft tyres, which means they will contest the Feature Race on the slower Hard compound.

Kimminen’s nearest challenger in the title race James Clark faces an uphill task to keep the championship going until the final round, starting the race from nineth on the grid having chosen to qualify on the Hard compound. With a maximum of 42 points now available over the final two rounds, the Gojira driver needs to outscore Kimminen for the rest of the weekend to ensure that he still has a mathematical chance of taking the title. Clark’s task will not be helped by the likes of Atlantic’s Mattia Alfonsi and LiquiTarget’s Pierre Gasly starting ahead of him in fourth and seventh respectively on the same Soft tyre compound.

The Feature Race will be broadcast live tomorrow on the FF1M YouTube channel.

FF2M		AFIA INTERNATIONAL FF2M CHAMPIONSHIP
		SAKHIR		ROUND 5 – QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION
POS	NUM	DRIVER NAME	NAT	TEAM	T	LAPTIME	GAP	PTS
1	5	Vaino Kimminen	FI	Spaniel Racing	S	1m 0.381s		2
2	4	Genjo Tse	CN	Willows Junior	S	1m 0.438s	0.057
3	3	Esteban Ocon	FR	Willows Junior	S	1m 0.558s	0.177
4	22	Mattia Alfonsi	IT	Team Atlantic	H	1m 0.636s	0.255
5	23	Artem Markelov	RU	Team Atlantic	S	1m 0.712s	0.331
6	9	Jordan King	GB	Olm Hulk Racing	S	1m 0.764s	0.383
7	16	Pierre Gasly	FR	Liqui Target	H	1m 0.772s	0.391
8	19	Naoki Yamamoto	JP	Shake N Bake Junior	S	1m 0.841s	0.460
9	1	James Clark	GB	Gojira2 Sport	H	1m 0.871s	0.490
10	7	Benjamin Pryor	GB	Stv Racing	H	1m 0.916s	0.535
11	8	Catharina Caracciola	CH	Stv Racing	H	1m 0.943s	0.562
12	14	Sergio Sette Camara	BR	Grm Junior	S	1m 1.052s	0.671
13	18	Brendon Hartley	NZ	Shake N Bake Junior	S	1m 1.055s	0.674
14	10	Mitch Evans	NZ	Olm Hulk Racing	H	1m 1.115s	0.734
15	11	Oliver Rowland	GB	Magnum Force	H	1m 1.18s	0.799
16	2	Daniil Kvyat	RU	Gojira2 Sport	H	1m 1.25s	0.869
17	21	Rio Haryanto	ID	Danish Racing Team	H	1m 1.256s	0.875
18	20	Pascal Wehrlein	DE	Danish Racing Team	H	1m 1.299s	0.918
19	12	Sean Gelael	ID	Magnum Force	S	1m 1.31s	0.929
20	15	Roy Nissany	IL	Grm Junior	H	1m 1.311s	0.930
21	6	Sergey Sirotkin	RU	Spaniel Racing	H	1m 1.323s	0.942
22	17	Nikita Mazepin	RU	Liqui Target	H	1m 1.727s	1.346