The “slow” time is coming when Sebastian and Andreas Estner the end: Soon you’re back in the race car.
Wall – deceleration in Corona, times are difficult in fashion. Andreas and Sebastian Estner can read your (forced) slower life style, and even on the speedometer. Instead of hunting with far over 200 kilometres per hour on the stretch, jerk the two brothers off the Wall currently, often at a snail’s pace over the roads in the district of Miesbach. “The trace of oil clean up is not so fast,” says Andreas Estner, learns how his brother Automotive mechatronics technicians in the collision repair business of his parents.
Actually, the Estners were already on the race tracks of Europe. As reported, you have the Top Dutch Team Van Amersfoort Racing signed up for the season 2020 of the Euro formula Open. However, shortly before the first test runs of the Europe-wide Lockdown. And also the fast brothers had to stay at home. There, they tried, with Fitness and in the Simulator at the start of the season to prepare. If and when the will did not know the Estners for a long time.
Eight race weekends between July and November
but Now they finally have certainty. Before the formula 1, the organizers of the Euro formula Open has published a new calendar. And is quite sporty. Eight weekends from the end of July until the beginning of November to the program. The opening concert of 23. to 26. July, the Hungaroring in Hungary. Then it’s on to Paul Ricard (France), Red Bull Ring (Austria), Monza and Mugello (Italy), Spa (Belgium), as well as Barcelona and Jarama (Spain). Without replacing the races in Pau (South of France), as well as at the Hockenheim ring are deleted. A home race for the Estners in order this year.
But can afford the racer. “We are just glad that we can heuer is moving at all,” says Andreas Estner. Even if it is now an extremely stressful second half of the year before. So, he has to discard after the journeyman examination in June there will be a lot of Tests in his study. Therefore, Andreas Estner does not even voluntarily on two test days.
Despite Tests, no comparison over Time possible
A couple of laps in the new Dallara 320, comes for the first time in the Euro formula Open, the brothers turned but already. At the end of may they were allowed to race on the new formula 1 track in the Dutch town of Zandvoort go. The journey got off without a hitch. In order to escape a possible quarantine, have you dispensed with but on the plane and be driving the car across the border.
Also on the track itself, the brothers have noticed the consequences of the Coronavirus. “We had to wear masks,” says Andreas Estner. However, just outside of the car, he says with a grin. “Otherwise, we have the helmet.” With the test results Estner is also satisfied. However, because only the Van Amersfoort Team, was on the track, could you do a time comparison. The Setup of the car you have can, however, vote on it already. And a physical deficit in the long Corona break to find the Estners also with you: your neck muscles no longer ached, because they were the centrifugal forces due to the high speeds used. “You can train at home bad”, says Andreas Estner. Not at trace of oil clean.
