Last lap mistake by Levin hands Cockerill A1 win
A last lap mistake by Top Qualifier Oskar Levin handed Schumacher’s Tom Cockerill the win in the opening A-Main of 2WD Buggy at the DHI Cup in Denmark this morning. Getting a clean start Levin looked to be in control of proceedings, the Swede even seeing off a mid race challenge from Cockerill before the British driver rolled his Cougar KF as he started lap 9 of 14. With a comfortable gap over his rivals the battle for third well back in the distance, Levin just had to cruise to finish but right in front of the drivers stand the Team C driver spun on the wooden section. Losing over 2-seconds, the mistake was enough to allow Cockerill to slip through to win by 8/10th of a second. Completing the Top 3 was Kim Nielsen. Defending champion Joern Neumann, who started third, never featured in the race eventually finishing the race a half a lap down on Cockerill.
Levin said his spin was ‘A stupid mistake’. Feeling a bit nervous he said he just got on the power a little earlier than normal and the rear end of his TM2 just came around. In terms of the car the 19-year-old said he couldn’t ask for anything more from it describing the buggy as ‘super consistent’. He said he has the equipment to win and just needs to make no more ‘stupid’ mistakes to get it done.
Albeit a little late, Cockerill’s response to be handed the win was ‘Happy Christmas’. Running a fresh set of the controlled Schumacher tyres he said his car was a little slow at the start but after a few laps he was able to start to close in on the lead. After his mistake he said he settled for second as Levin was ‘gone’ so Levin’s mistake came as big as surprise to him as anyone else. With used tyres for A2, Cockerill is confident he can take the fight to Levin this time from start.
2WD Buggy A1 Result
1.(2) Tom Cockerill (GB) – Schumacher – 14/5:07.583
2.(1) Oskar Levin (SE) – Team C – 14/5:08.406
3.(4) Kim Nielsen (DK) – Team C – 14/5:13.381
4.(3) Jörn Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – 14/5:17.430
5.(7) Niclas Månsson (SE) – Team Associated – 14/5:20.156
6.(8) Villalba Zacarias (ES) – Team C – 13/5:00.279
7.(6) Jonas Kaerup (DK) – Team Associated – 13/5:02.067
8.(5) Jesper Rasmussen (DK) – Team Associated – 13/5:05.106
9.(9) Martin Bayer (CZ) – Team Xray – 13/5:09.492
10.(10)Thomas Andersson (SE) – Schumacher – 13/5:11.279
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