R1 stalwart MOUZ has squeezed into the final six after holding off two Rennsport Community teams in the final regular season rounds of Rennsport R1. Despite Max Benecke having to take part in Round 4 alone, it still held on by 10 points at Laguna Seca and Fuji.
Verstappen Sim Racing and Porsche Coanda were once again placed in the same group, also the set containing MOUZ. Enzo Bonito took pole in a VSR 1-2, and escaped early in the first race as a rare Josh Rogers spin put Porsche Coanda out of sorts.
It also moved Benecke up to third, where he would finish in race one. In the other group, containing both community teams threatening MOUZ, Jack Keithley took the first pole as TC Esports began to find its feet again. Behind him on lap one, there was a huge crash on the front straight, taking out Kodi Nikola Latkovski from MOUZ’s closest challenging team.
He fought back to finish in seventh, while teammate Cristian Giannotta held onto third, keeping the fight alive coming into Fuji. Kevin Siggy took pole in Group A, while Benecke was down in fifth.
Soon, though, with a fantastic start diving down the inside into the big braking zone of turn one on the opening lap, the German was in second. Bonito would come back past a lap later, but it would be another third-place finish for MOUZ, giving the community teams a tall order to take their qualification spot off them.
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