UET European Championship for Apprentices.
Irish leading Apprentice driver Jonathan Cowden finished 3rd, which is the best result to the date since Ireland’s participation in the UET championships.
13 best Apprentices from all over Europe, competed on Mallorca’s Hippodrome Son Pardo on Friday 28th of June.
The championship consisted of four races, where drivers were collecting winning points (20;15;12;10;9;8 .. )
In first of the races Jonathan came 4th, collecting 10 points. Race was won by Dutch driver Micha Brouwer.
The finish of the second race resulted in photo-finish, where Jonathan collected points for a 2nd place, losing to Swedish driver Mats E Djuse by a nose.
Third race was unfortunate disqualification due to no fault of the driver.
After the third race, Dutch driver was already difficult to catch as he led by points overall. Jonathan was sharing 4th position with 25 points.
The last and most competitive race was won by Mark Moes from Belgium, but Jonathan’s 3rd gave the Irish another set of points and brought him to a winning podium.
🥇 Micha BROUWER (Netherlands)
🥈 Marc MÖES (Belgium)
🥉 Jonathan COWDEN (Ireland)
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