Nurburgring, Germany – Tucked into the picturesque Eifel mountains of Germany, the famous Nurburgring circuit was a wet and blustery place for this weekend's Formula Renault NEC race. With morning temperatures in the single digits and low hanging clouds rolling over the hills, each day was a guessing game as to what the conditions would be once cars were circulating the track.

Drivers struggled under the difficult circumstances as it was often just wet enough to make things very slippery on dry weather tires, but not wet enough for wet weather tires. This trend held true on race day as a small amount of rain prior to the start of the race kept teams guessing on tire decisions, however, dry weather tires were ultimately the only choice. Then, halfway through the race, things got very interesting as rain began to fall but only in 3 corners around the circuit. Richert managed to fight through the changing conditions to finish in 18th position and score more points towards the overall championship result.

"Racing at the Nurburgring has been a great experience despite the challenges presented by the weather conditions. It's always difficult to learn and get faster when each lap presents you with new grip levels but it's the same for everyone. So I just needed to push as hard as I could while avoiding any unnecessary risks." -David Richert

Richert's next race will take place in two weeks at another of Germany's historic Formula 1 circuits, Hockenheimring, from October 2 - 4.

Video Highlights of the race at Nurburgring can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qas8GmO5ZmY

"David Richert is a farm-kid turned professional race car driver from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. While continuing to work on his family's farm close to Niverville, Richert began cutting his teeth by racing karts in Gimli, Manitoba. He was then selected by Volkswagen as one of the top young race car drivers in North America and competed in the VW Jetta TDI Cup. After building the business side of his racing career, and bringing on board several prominent Canadian business leaders as investors, Richert is set to tackle the highest levels of racing. He is currently competing with Inter Europol Competition in Formula Renault 2.0 and is being supported by Princess Auto and Silver Jeans Co.