Stian Paulsen ran into 4th place in Germany
08.09.2010Racer Driver Stian Paulsen (22) from the KNA Indre Ytre Østfold drove into 4 place in the first of the two races in this weekend’s round of the SEAT Leon Eurocup at Oschersleben in Germany. “It was aGodrace. From 10 starting position, I managed to take me up to 3 place before the end of the first turn. Eventually I had to let a competitor past, but I’m very happy with fourth place, “says Stian Paulsen. It was the second time this year he took fourth place in this tough racing series, where all participants driving identical cars, SEAT Leon. -It-HAD they been fun to fight for a podium, but I quickly realized that Duarte da Costa who was behind me drove faster. In order not to risk any, I let him pass. I thought I’d take my first podium today, then I would start from the fourth track, Stian Paulsen can tell. But it was not a good prelude to today’s race. First, Paulsen and his aides kept waking up in the repository into the night by noisy members of a Czech team that did a karaoke competition was a smart action.
“It was so bad that I finally had to find a Wire cutter and cut the cord to their facility,” says Stian Paulsen. With a few hours of sleep in the body should Paulsen also have a very poor start in today’s race. It’s almost embarrassing. Yesterday we had a rolling start, but today we had standing start. I did understand that there would be a green shelter when the red had gone out, and that the start should go then. But it was not so. There was never a green light, so I was completely on the heel when the others went off. Paulsen came out on a 12 place. Drove up a couple of places, and subsequently had a little help of a couple of drivers ahead of him had to retire. This was the 8th place in goal. “It was very disappointing what happened today. I was prepared to fight for a podium, whether it was all destroyed in the beginning, “said Paulsen. With 4 and 8 place over the weekend advanced Stian Paulsen, 13 to 12 place in the summary. Next run-those in the SEAT Leon Eurocup run 18-19. September in Valencia, Spain. It’s a whole new path for me, so I’ll take a few laps on the Playstation to learn it.







