We're approaching to the halfway point of the season so it's time to discuss the title and the people looking the best in contention for it!
JORGE CARO
Jorge finished off the end of last season as someone the paddock gunned as a future talent. However we may be living in the future right now it seems. He has put together an incredible run of races and now finds himself leading the driver's championship. It's a season where Blue Ridge look to win it all, but does Jorge have the resilience and wit to carry this form throughout the next 8 races?
JAAP WAGENVOORT
The reigning champion, Jaap started the season off in typical fashion, and it looked to be going Dutch very early on. However ironically in Zandvoort is where things started to go wrong. A string of damage limitation performances, involvement in many incidents and to top it all off a poor showing in Hungary despite a remarkable drive back onto the podium has allowed Jorge Caro to toss his hat into the mix. The next few races dictate the momentum for Jaap, and it'll be interesting to see how things play out going forward.
EVAN PARDY
The owner driver of Blue Ridge Racing certainly may have predicted a win or two but being in contention for the championship this early on may be a surprise. Despite having led the championship heading out of the season opener, Evan has always been adamant that his focus is on the constructors, maximising the lead for the team trophy by all means, and that the driver's title is not the priority at least for him right now.
He sits in 3rd, 19 points behind Jorge in 1st. Should the opportunity present itself in the latter half of the season, will Evan still answer the same question with the same answer?
SIMON WAGENVOORT
Quite possibly one of the most surprise wonderkids of the season. Simon came into AFO S3 as a rookie aiming to learn from his dad Jaap, maybe snag some podiums along the way. Instead he has been bringing the most out of his VegaSport machinery, often matching and on several occasions outpacing the reigning world champion. Many a time has Simon been in contention for the win before either a rookie mistake or unfortunate incident creeps into his race. It may be unneeded pressure on Simon to include him in this panel, but sat in 4th and only 32 points off of Jorge, a poor weekend from the top 3 could be all Simon needs to swing the odds in his favour.
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