The second race event of the 2021 edition of The Real Race presented by Lamborghini Esports took place over the 11th July weekend. This time, only the NALA region races were broadcasted live on the Lamborghini Esports YouTube, but the standings were run down at the beginning of the broadcast and the full results are available on The Real Race website.
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, as it’s known in the real world, is a 2.238-mile, 3.602-kilometre circuit near Monterey, California. Built in 1957, Laguna Seca hosts a myriad of racing series that are mostly U.S.-based. As recently as 2019, Laguna Seca played host to the championship round in the NTT IndyCar Series.
Like Monza, qualifiers were open beforehand to get the 20 best in each region entered into the event. After closed qualifying the day before, the dual races per region took place on Sunday. APAC ran first, then the EMEA group second. The final regional group of drivers, the North American Latin American region, closed out the second round of events.
NALA LAGUNA SECA: Clean Sweep for Hendrickson
It was a disastrous first outing for William Hendrickson at Monza a few weeks ago. After qualifying third, an early issue forced him to retire before the green flag of the first race. That made his second race a tough outing to gain spots after having to start in last. This week at Laguna Seca, Hendrickson was nearly flawless in the wet weather.
From the pole position, Hendrickson pulled away as the field got clustered behind him. In dominating fashion, Hendrickson was able to score the first race victory by almost 20 seconds over Diego Cargnin. The second race had a cleaner start into the first turn, but they waited this time to wad it up just before the corkscrew. Hendrickson once again prevailed and scored a second victory on the day.
Fidel Moreira didn’t have the same luck as he did in Monza with a dry track, scoring a fifth and fourth place in the wet at Laguna Seca. Moreira does retain the regional lead with a total of 74 points. Hendrickson managed to jump up to second in the standings from way lower, now tied with Gabriel Felipe to round out the podium.
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