WEC 2024: Tampil Heroik, Sean Gelael Finis Keenam dengan Ban Aus di Qatar

I Gede Ardy Estrada

Editor: I Gede Ardy Estrada

Sean Gelael WEC 2024
Sean Gelael bakal kembali memperkuat Team WRT dalam ajang balap mobil ketahanan FIA WEC 2024. (Dede Sopatal Mauladi/Skor.id)

SKOR.id – Pembalap Indonesia Sean Gelael tampil heroik bersama Team WRT 31 dalam event pembuka World Endurance Championship (WEC) 2024, Qatar 1812 Km, Sabtu (2/3/2024) waktu setempat.

Memulai balapan di Sirkuit Internasional Lusail dari posisi ke-14, Sean serta kedua rekannya, Darren Leung dan Augusto Farfus, mampu mengatasi kendala hingga akhirnya finis di urutan keenam kelas LMGT3.

Leung diplot sebagai pembalap WRT 31 yang turun pertama dalam WEC Qatar 2024. Dari P14, racing driver asal Inggris ini melakukan start dengan mulus tanpa insiden walau posisinya tidak banyak berubah.

Saat pit, ia naik ke posisi 13 dan setelah kembali ke trek, melesat ke P9 karena mendapat keuntungan. Lalu kemudi beralih kepada Sean Gelael. Ia berhasil menyusul beberapa rival. 

Usai menyalip Esteban Masson (Akkodis ASP Team), lalu Rui Andrade (TF Sports), Michelle Gatting (Iron Dames), dan Ahmad Al Harthy (WRT), Sean membawa WRT 31 ke P6 dan mengembalikan kendali ke Leung.

Ia bisa menjaga posisi sebelum memberikan jatah menyetir mobil BMW M$ GT3 kepada Augusto Farfus. Di tangan pembalap Brasil tersebut, WRT 31 sempat naik ke urutan empat.

Farfus mampu melewati beberapa rival, salah satunya Thomas Flohr (Vista AF Corse). Secara umum posisi WRT 31 saat itu sudah aman pada kisaran P4 hingga P6. 

Namun drama terjadi ketika kemudi berpindah dari Farfus ke Sean. Pada stint pertama di sesi malam hari, ia memakai set ban baru yang dalam rencana digunakan untuk dua stint.

Pada stint awal, itu masih mulus. Hanya saja, di stint kedua, bannya cepat aus karena digunakan bersaing dengan dua mobil di depan yang sebenarnya tidak sedang berebut posisi dengan WRT 31.

Pemandangan horor pun terjadi di mana Sean yang tadinya memiliki peluang menyusul legenda MotoGP Valentino Rossi (WRT 46) malah kemudian melorot terus.

Bannya sudah sangat aus dan Sean tidak bisa berbuat apa-apa. Ia berusaha menyelamatkan mobil hingga bisa masuk pit dan berganti ke Farfus dengan ban baru. Saat itu, gap WRT 31 dengan P5 sudah terlalu jauh. 

Team WRT 31
Sean Gelael saat tampil memperkuat Team WRT 31 di balapan pembuka FIA WEC 2024, Qatar 1812 Km, di Sirkuit Internasional Lusail, 2 Maret 2024. (Dok. Team Jagonya Ayam)

“Saya terkena traffic, ada dua mobil di depan saya yang tak memberi jalan sampai beberapa waktu dan itu membuat ban saya cepat aus. Saya bersyukur bisa finis bagus, P6, dan mobil kami pun tak bermasalah,” ungkap Sean melalui keterangan tertulis.

Efek dari problem tersebut, Farfus setelahnya pun tidak mampu mendongkrak performa WRT 31. Ia lebih memilih untuk mengamankan posisi keenam ketimbang mengambil risiko memaksakan diri di race awal. 

“Terkahir kali finis P6 di awal musim, saya lalu meraih gelar juara umum pada akhirnya,” kata Darren Leung mencoba tetap positif atas hasil di balapan pertama WEC 2024.

Sementara Rossi, yang setim dengan Sean Gelael namun berbeda mobil, mengakhiri debutnya di FIA WEC di posisi keempat. Hasil yang terbilang impresif untuk mantan pembalap MotoGP tersebut.

“Saya senang karena sejak awal lomba kami senantiasa ada di Top 5. Saya sendiri masih beradaptasi dengan traffic, terutama oleh keberadaan mobil-mobil Hypercar yang sangat kencang,” tutur Rossi. 

Hasil Qatar 1812 Km Kelas LMGT3:

1 Team Manthey PureRxcing 92 (Porsche)

2 Heart of Racing Team 27 (Aston Martin)

3 D’Station Racing 777 (Aston Martin)

4 Team WRT 46 (BMW)

5 Vista AF Corse (Ferrari)

6 Team WRT 31 (BMW)  

Source: Team Jagonya Ayam

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