After a joyous racing weekend at the Nürburgring, the 2021 class champions of the FFR-FOR were announced on Sunday, 17 October. Klaus-Dieter Häckel from Germany, the most consistent driver throughout the season, won the championship in the Formula Ford 1600 Class, after winning 9 out of 10 races in his VanDiemen RF91. With a total score of 85,67 points he also won first place in the AvD Historic Race Cup, beating Elio Cocciarelli from the HRA who scored an equally impressive 81,80 points.
In the Formula Ford 2000 class Max Wuttke, also from Germany, won the 2021 championship with his Reynard SF86, while Eric Heudicourt from France secured the Formula Ford Zetec championship in his Mygale SJ03, thanks to his two wins at the Nürburgring. Marvin Brandl from Germany won the trophy in the Formula Opel class, also winning 9 out of 10 races in his class.
Starting in two separate groups, the FFR-FOR and HRA brought 36 single seaters on the track for two exciting races. With the HRA and FFR-FOR starting in two separate groups, Marvin Brandl took first place in the Formula Opel class in race 1, benefitting from a 35-second time penalty given to Bernd Suckow, for overtaking behind the safety car. In race 2 Marvin set the pace, with the best overall result, closely followed by Bernd Suckow and Jochen Thissen. In the FF 2000 class Max Wuttke was a clear winner with 2 wins, Klaus-Dieter Häckel dominated the FF 1600 class and Eric Heudicourt won twice in the FF Zetec class.
The last racing weekend of 2021 for the FFR-FOR confirmed the reputation of the unpredictability of the weather at the Nürburgring, one of Germany’s greatest and oldest F1 circuits. The free training on Friday was driven in heavy rain, resulting in several small incidents. On Saturday however the two qualifying sessions were driven under chilly but dry conditions, while the races on Sunday were performed under perfect conditions that even saw a little sunshine.
