A dominant pole position for the Hungarian turned into a relatively untroubled win, backed up by team mate Lucas Murno’s aggressive undercut moving him up the field from 5th to 2nd.
With Rouven Meschede conspicuously absent, it was Philipp Puschke who challenged Jakab for pole in qualifying. Oscar Soltero and Jose Soriano were 3rd and 4th, but by pitting early, Murno was able to move into second place by the end of the race; it was fairly status quo after that, nobody able to move up in the tight twists under Singapore’s night sky.
It was a competitive performance again for David Fidock and Luke Mitchell, who ultimately crossed the line 6th and 7th ahead of KV86’s Patrekur Magnusson.
Mike Kwint drove a great race on the counter strategy to move up 17 places from his grid slot, to finish in P11 ahead of Scott Mitchell-Malm, who scored his second consecutive points in a row.
With Jakab now 56 points behind with only 50 points left though, it meant Jose Soriano was crowned champion, securing the championship with relative ease in the end. The Spaniard has been the class of the field in the second half of the season after a strong start in the first few races. For a while it looked like Rouven Meschede would take the championship, but mistakes / DNFs at Mexico, Hungary and Germany put paid to his challenge.
The team’s championship fight continues, with Netrex and True North separated by 21 points in favour of Netrex, but the 1-2 for True North has really bolstered their chances as we head into the final two races.
