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Lights to flag win by Alesi
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Written by | Photo: Fanni Váradi |
The American got the start well and so did his teammate Giuliano Alesi who attacked him from the back, aiming first place on the 17 laps long race. For the second sector, the Frenchman won the battle taking the leadership away, followed by his 3 teammates, Tveter, Joerg and Boccolacci who was under pressure by Alessio Lorandi during the whole lap when finally, the Italian overtook him at Turn 14 in the end of it.
It was not the best weekend for Arden’s Dutch Steijn Schothorst whose race finished before time again due to mechanical issues causing yellow flag at Sector 1 for a lap.
Following Lorandi, Bruno Baptista had to finish early causing Virtual Safety car period. At the restart, the championship leader restarted well and overtook Raoul Hyman getting already ninth position.
Yesterday’s winner Jack Aitken made it a bit too wide and ran out on track overtaking Boccolacci with a questionable movement in lap 11 at Turn4 for fourth place. One lap later the Briton made a mistake at Turn 1 loosing several positions falling back to P7 just before his teammate George Russell. The ART drivers then contacted when Aitken got a puncture and both had to pit. Russell got new front wing and went back to race, while the Renault junior had to retire from the sprint race.
Another puncture affected the race, now with Julien Falchero at Turn1 with only 3 laps before the end. Following a virtual safety car period George Russell run the fastest lap of the race with 1:33.715 while Trident drivers made it a 1-2-3-4 victory for the Italian team with Giuliano Alesi on front followed by Ryan Tveter, Kevin Jörg and Dorian Boccolacci.
Results
Driver Team
1. Giuliano Alesi Trident
2. Ryan Tveter Trident
3. Kevin Jörg Trident
4. Dorian Boccolacci Trident
5. Anthoine Hubert ART Grand Prix
6. Niko Kari Arden International
7. Raoul Hyman Campos Racing
8. Marcos Siebert Campos Racing
9. Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport
10. Leonardo Pulcini Arden International
11. Matthieu Vaxivière DAMS
12. George Russell ART Grand Prix
13. Tatiana Calderon DAMS
Not Classified
Julien Falchero Campos Racing
Jack Aitken ART Grand Prix
Bruno Baptista DAMS
Alessio Lorandi Jenzer Motorsport
Steijn Schothorst Arden International
Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix
Fastest Lap
George Russell 1:33.715 on lap 16
The next round will take place in Spa between the 25th and 28th of August after the summer break.