Sean Gelael Racer, Son Of KFC Boss Ricardo Gelael, Is On The Podium At WEC Belgium

Sean Gelael took the podium at WEC Belgium. (Photo: Instagram @gelaelized)

JAKARTA - Indonesian racer Sean Gelael and his friends performed amazingly at the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and successfully climbed the third podium in the race that took place at the Franchorchams Spa Circuit, Belgium, Saturday, May 1 local time (Sunday WIB).

Sean, who strengthened the JOTA team with Stoffel Vandoorne and Tom Blomqvist, started the LMP2 class race from sixth position and this result is considered quite good considering the competition has been tight since the start of the race.

"Alhamdulillah. I didn't expect to get on the podium again because the car was not ideal and the opponents were tough too. Thank you to Stoffel and Tom, also to the entire JOTA team who today are very happy to have won the double podium", said Sean Gelael in a statement, quoted from Antara.

The son of the KFC boss, Ricardo Gelael and Rini Gelael, said he was happy because for the second time he had a sweet result in Ramadan. Previously in 2018 in Monaco, he was runner-up in Formula 2 during Ramadan.

The JOTA #28 team's journey to third place was painstakingly done. Together with Stoffel Vandoorne and Tom Blomqvist, Sean continued to put pressure on the opponent. Especially after starting his position had slipped to ninth position. At that time the steering was held by Stoffel.

Sean Gelael then took turns driving. He had brought his team to third place. It's just that, worn tires and the development of conditions on the track make the position sag. Tom became the last racer to drive the Oreca 7 based car. He managed to make the fastest lap for his team, and even got in second place.

However, an incident where Tom was deemed to have nudged another racer made him a drive through penalty, so that second place belonged to another JOTA car, #38. Tom himself finished in P3.

Finishing on the podium is the main target of the JOTA team, considering their car is far from perfect from the prologue, free practice, to qualification. But when the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps race started, things were different.

After completing the race in Belgium, Sean Gelael and his friends will return to show their abilities at the 8 Hours of Portimao series race, held in Portugal, June 13.