Oct 25, 1998
\nHockenheim, Germany \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Team USA Scholarship star Paul Edwards strengthened his grip on the EFDA Formula Opel Winter Series today by taking his Team Meritus car to a hard-earned second-place finish at the famed Hockenheimring in Germany.<\/p>\n
Fresh off his victory one week earlier in England, Edwards arrived in Germany brimming with confidence and lost no time in asserting his superiority during testing.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The weather was good so I was able to learn the circuit in the dry and fine-tune the car to my liking,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d related Edwards. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We ended up quickest in testing with a time of 1m02.8s. The next quickest was a 1m03.3s. The car was perfect and I was ready for qualifying,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Edwards was undaunted by a sharp rain shower immediately prior to qualifying, and on wet tires was soon pacing the field.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We were on pole with 10 minutes to go in the 30-minute session,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d continued Edwards, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153but by now the track was beginning to dry and it was time to put on the slick tires. I knew I had to get a clean lap to keep my pole position. I went to start my one and only flying lap on dry tires and made the mistake of not remembering to put more brake bias to the front, which resulted in locking up the rears and ruining my lap, putting me fourth on the grid. I guess you have to learn sometime!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
A fine start saw Edwards immediately jump into second place. He then passed Richard Lyons and began to close on race leader Darren Malkin.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I reeled him in the best I could but there wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enough time,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Edwards. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I ended up second and turned the fastest lap of the race. It was another great weekend, and now we have just one more to go on the 21st of November. We have some tests lined up between now and then to find a bit more time out of me and the car to give us the best chance of taking the championship.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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