14/06/2026
Season speeding up, another win!
At Zandvoort during the second raceday of the season took his second wij of this year. But it did not come easy and without some luck.
Full story below, races with live onboards from our car can be seen on YouTube.
Race 1: https://www.youtube.com/live/7XXdKUdnMrY?is=qyRt3lvkat3zAB7s
Race 2: https://www.youtube.com/live/7XXdKUdnMrY?t=16543&is=lwM2nhV1UAxl9oiU
Race 3: https://www.youtube.com/live/7XXdKUdnMrY?t=24752&is=N-70mb2o1Zk4QOW8
Full story
During qualifying Maikel noticed 2 issues, a lack of grip turning left and a slipping clutch between 3rd and 4th gear. Luckily he still managed a 3rd place in qualifying and the team set to work to change the clutch.
With race 1 just 2hrs later and a car on just stands out was a race against the clock but the team managed with 20min to spare, just in time to go to the pre-grid.
With a good start and some early overtakes Maikel managed to take the lead of the race and held on until the final straight. With Liroy Stuart, who had helped keep the lead during the race, jumping out of the slipstream for a dash to the line and just cliching the win ahead of Maikel.
Race 1: P2 or not....
After the race there was a scrutineering check in which a number of cars where found to have an infringement with the regulations which meant Maikel got P1.
Race 2 was another close battle with Maikel still struggling with grid in the left turns at Zandvoort even though the team tried to resolve them.
Positions varied throughout the race between P1 and P4. To the line Maikel had a slipstream to claim P3 just ahead of Yannick Rehorst.
Race 2: P3 or not....
Again after the race some cars where found to have infringements with the regulations and Maikel moved up to P2.
Race 3 the team decided to use a different set of tires on the right-hand side of the car which improved the handling. A late in the race code 60 caused the field to bunch up and some wild action developed into the last laps. What looked like a P4 at the line became a P3 after penalties for track limits for winner Marcel Dekker with many drivers receiving penalties for speeding under code 60.
Overall result for the day P1!