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Damien Faulkner back in contention 27.05.08

Rain limits overtaking opportunities for Moville driver

DAMIEN Faulkner finished second in Monaco on Sunday to move back into contention in the Porsche Supercup series. The Moville driver was denied a prestigious first win in Monte Carlo by Dutch racer Jeroen Bleekemolen.
The pole-starter paid tribute to Faulkner’s sportsmanship after his win remarking ‘Damien was obviously faster, but never did an unfair manoeuvre to get past me.’
Because of heavy rain on the morning of the event, the race was started behind the safety-car and later, instead of the planned 16 laps it was shortened to a 35 minutes
Damien Faulkner racing in Monaco.
distance.
Starting from second on the grid Faulkner an enormous pressure on last year’s winner Bleekemolen. On lap four Bleekemolen makes a mistake but the Moville race, who had his own problems holding off third placed Uwe Alzen.
Damien Faulkner in the Porsche Supercup at Monaco. Faulkner kept up the pressure on Bleekemolen, but couldn’t force a way through on the streets of the principality, which are notorious difficult for passing.
The result leaves Faulkner in 3rd position on 64 points, 12 points back from joint leaders Jan Seyffarth and Bleekemolen.
Speaking afterwards the Lechner Racing team driver said he was
happy with he result.
“It’s great to finish on the podium in Monte Carlo, but to miss the win after being so close is a bit hard to take. But I’m happy for everybody in the team, they have worked so hard to get us back on the podium.
Starting behind the safety car It was not the norm, a bit bizzare, but because of all the rain, we thought there was going to be some kind of rolling start and it was probably the right decision,” said the 33 year old.
The next stage of he Porsche Supercup takes place at Magny Cours in France on June 22.
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