2019 Dijon Motors Cup! Maxx Formula Racing in the Rain

Maxx Formula cars racing in the rain at Dijon.  The lead car is that of eventual winner Christophe Brenier in a 2009 Superleague Panoz DP09B

I came to Dijon expecting to see some spectacle and noise from the Maxx Formula cars.  I was not to be disappointed as the rain made the conditions very spectacular looking.  Unfortunately, the two runners with Formula One cars didn't start, but I don't blame them at all as the conditions were rather bad.  However, later in the day after the track dried out Dutch driver Klaas Zwart attempted to beat Alain Prost's unofficial lap record around Dijon that he set back in 1982 when gaining pole position in the Swiss GP.  The 2004 Jaguar R5 and its Cosworth V10 engine sounded wonderful and he looked quite fast but narrowly missed beating the record.

Klaas Zwart in his 2004 Jaguar R5-Cosworth V10 on a record breaking attempt.

The Maxx Formula is for powerful single seaters from the last 30 year and caters for Formula One, Superleague Formula, GP2 cars, World Series by Renault cars, F3000 and others.  This year they have raced at Zandvoort, Slovakia Ring and Zolder before coming to the Dijon Motors Cup.  Recently, Maxx Formula has become a sanctioned FIA International Racing Series.  It is new this year and obviously is similar to Boss GP where a lot of these cars also race.

Swiss driver Martin Kindler comes over the rise in his GP2 car kicking up a plume of water.

In the Saturday race at Dijon the French father and son, the Breniers finished 1-2 in their Superleague cars.  In the difficult conditions the pole position winner Martin Kindler crashed his 2016 Dallara GP2 car early on and brought out a safety car for much of the 20 minute race.   Thanks to all the brave competitors who did race and brought us some cheer during the downpour of rain.  Much appreciated!  I enjoyed the chance of taking pictures of fast single-seaters in the rain.

It took a while but Martin Kindler eventually extracted himself from his crashed Dallara GP2 car.

Swiss lady, Veronika Jaksch in her 2008 Dallara - Mecachrome GP2 finished fourth.

In the difficult conditions, Chritopher Brenier follows Karl-Heinz Becker.

Felix Grosse-Aschhoff in an old 1995 F3000 Reynard leads his brother Michael in a similar car.

The second placed Superleague car of Gilles Brenier.

Karl-Heinz Becker eventually finished third in his 2003 Dallara-AER 2.0 R4T  World Series by Nissan car, but here is seen leading Christopher Brenier.

We didn't see the car out on track for very long.  It is the 2006 F1 Super Aguri-SA06 - Cosworth V10.  Wolfgang Jaksch obviously decided the conditions were too bad after the warm up lap and went back to the garage.

The fifth placed F3000 Reynard of Michael Grosse-Aschhoff.

Another picture of Martin Kindler's Dallara GP2 car.

All of the other categories of racing at 2019 Dijon Motors Cup, coming soon.  They weren't all as wet as the Maxx race.   Follow my blog so you don't miss them.

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Klaas Zwart in the fast  F1 Jaguar R5-Cosworth V10.

Rear view of Veronica's Dallara GP2 negotiating the wet Dijon track.