French victory at Le Castellet
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| By: Fanni Váradi | Photo: Joe Portlock / GP3 Series Media |
Following the start Giuliano Alesi and Nikita Mazepin put the French poleman under pressure with Niko Kari and Leonardo Pulcini battling for fifth place behind the top trio. Boccolacci soon found his speed and left both drivers behind taking his first position and building up a gap ahead of them.
When the end of the main race was coming, Anthoine Hubert already was chasing Boccolacci for the first place not leaving more than 0.6 seconds between themselves trying to attack. MP Motorsport’s driver defended the leadership securing the team’s maiden victory.
Unfortunately, MP Motorsport’s Dorian Boccolacci grabbed pole position and sprinted to victory at the Paul Ricard circuit with 0.6 seconds ahead of Anthoine Hubert. Although the Frenchman could not be happy for his achievement as following the race the winner and his teammate the Finnish Niko Kari have been disqualified for not having enough gasoline in their cars for the regular check. The victory has been given to the other local Anthoine Hubert followed by the other ART driver Nikita Mazepin and Trident’s Italian Giuliano Alesi.
The Italian duo with Leonardo Pulcini and Alessio Lorandi followed the Ferrari junior with Pedro Piquet, Joey Mawson and Callum Ilott completing the points scorers. The Australian Joey Mawson 2015 Champion of the German F4 scored his first ever GP3 points after arriving to the series in the beginning of the year.
Following the disqualifications the British Callum Ilott took pole position for the sprint race of GP3 Series round at the Paul Ricard circuit.
Feauture Race Results:
POS NO DRIVERS TEAMS LAPS TIME GAP INT. KPH BEST LAP
1 2 A. Hubert ART Grand Prix 20 37:55.061 0.673 0.673 184.783 1:52.551 17
2 3 N. Mazepin ART Grand Prix 20 37:59.422 5.034 4.361 184.429 1:52.917 16
3 6 G. Alesi Trident 20 38:03.394 9.006 3.972 184.109 1:52.779 13
4 18 L. Pulcini Campos Racing 20 38:05.980 11.592 1.477 183.900 1:53.167 19
5 8 A. Lorandi Trident 20 38:08.767 14.379 2.787 183.676 1:52.840 16
6 5 P. Piquet Trident 20 38:14.474 20.086 5.707 183.220 1:53.484 15
7 16 J. Mawson Arden International 20 38:21.040 26.652 6.566 182.697 1:53.643 15
8 1 C. Ilott ART Grand Prix 20 38:21.274 26.886 0.234 182.678 1:53.180 15
9 10 J. Correa Jenzer Motorsport 20 38:22.186 27.798 0.912 182.606 1:53.614 16
10 4 J. Hughes ART Grand Prix 20 38:22.479 28.091 0.293 182.583 1:53.387 9
11 7 R. Tveter Trident 20 38:22.544 28.156 0.065 182.577 1:53.576 11
12 23 C. Lundgaard MP Motorsport 20 38:22.590 28.202 0.046 182.574 1:53.572 12
13 19 S. Laaksonen Campos Racing 20 38:36.930 42.542 14.340 181.444 1:53.895 16
14 20 D. Menchaca Campos Racing 20 38:37.393 43.005 0.463 181.408 1:54.077 16
15 14 G. Aubry Arden International 20 38:38.264 43.876 0.871 181.339 1:53.723 17
16 15 J. Falchero Arden International 20 38:42.433 48.045 4.169 181.014 1:54.389 16
17 9 T. Calderón Jenzer Motorsport 20 38:43.343 48.955 0.910 180.943 1:53.329 20
18 11 D. Beckmann Jenzer Motorsport 20 38:57.441 63.053 14.098 179.852 1:52.812 19
24 N. Kari MP Motorsport 20 38:04.503 10.115 1.109 184.019 1:53.032 16