Complete Race - 100 Laps of Berghem 27 May 2015

Circuit Park Berghem Karting - On May 27th 2015 Advanced Racing Project drivers Justin Rotte and Berend Stofferis finished first in the ‘100 Laps of Berghem’ endurance race held at Circuit Park Berghem. This video shows the complete race footage. The race was held on the Estoril layout, while using kart #11 (type: eco).
Race Report:
On this sunny Wednesday evening, 22 teams had gathered to compete. Qualifying went somewhat adversely: Justin Rotte recorded the sixth time (01:05:121) and had to switch karts at the end of the session due to some issues. The team ended up with kart #11, which handled dreadfully, but had an edge over other karts with tremendous acceleration and huge straight line speed. As a consequence the race pace attainable with this material was roughly 1 second per lap faster than most of the competition, leading to a very one-sided race. Already in the first lap, Justin Rotte put the team in first position, and apart from some changes of position during pitstops, other teams where not able to contest for first place. Avoiding mistakes thus became the key to victory, i.e. driving at 90% and no risky overtaking. Speeding in the pitlane nearly cost the team a drivethrough, however only a warning was issued. In the end, both ARP-drivers managed to build up a comfortable lead, finishing two laps ahead of the second and third place teams (GCC, kart #24 and Karrewiel, kart #35, respectively). Moreover, Berend Stofferis had driven the fastest lap time of the complete race in lap 38.
Highlights:
00:00:46 Secured 1st Position
00:13:19 Small Mistake
00:31:46 First Pitstop - Driver Change
00:32:22 Warning for Speeding in the Pits
00:41:04 Start Fastest Lap B. Stofferis
00:45:24 Small Mistake
00:56:53 Second Pitstop - Driver Change
01:03:42 Start Fastest Lap J. Rotte
01:15:13 Third Pitstop - Driver Change
01:44:52 Dodging Spinned Karts
01:50:09 Pushed
Filming Equipment:
The footage of the parts driven by Justin Rotte, is filmed with a GoPro Hero3+ Silver Edition. The stints driven by Berend Stofferis have been recorded using a GoPro Hero3 Black Edition.