#F2: Alpine junior Martins untouchable in Spielberg qualifying

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F2: Alpine junior Martins untouchable in Spielberg qualifying

Victor Martins went from strength to strength in qualifying at the Red Bull Ring, as he secured his second pole position of his rookie Formula 2 season. The Frenchman maintained his hold on the top spot throughout, pipping championship leader Frederik Vesti by 0.139s. The title fight continues to heat up as the Mercedes junior outqualified his nearest rival Theo Pourchaire, who secured a 1-3 for ART Grand Prix. F3: Saucy on pole after Aron loses fastest lap in Spielberg As drivers squabbled for track position around the short Austrian circuit, Martins stayed out of the fray. Going fastest on his first attempt, his 1:14.926 kept him ahead of Amaury Cordeel throughout the opening half. Bolting on a second set of the soft tyres, the Alpine junior posted a 1:14.643 to remain out front, as Vesti and Pourchaire improved into the top three in the final minutes. Kush Maini bounced back from a disappointing Barcelona weekend to take fourth, as track limits forced Jack Doohan to settle for fifth. Sixth-placed Enzo Fittipaldi looked rapid throughout but couldn’t put it all together, after Jehan Daruvala rejoined the track in his path and then suffering a huge lock up on his next run. Cordeel held on to seventh ahead of Arthur Leclerc, Daruvala and Jak Crawford, who rounded out the top 10. The Hitech Pulse-Eight driver will now line up on reverse grid pole for Saturday’s Sprint Race at 13:45 local time. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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F2: Crawford claims maiden win in slippery Spielberg Sprint

Red Bull junior Jak Crawford impressed at his academy’s home event in Austria, taking his first Formula 2 victory in the Sprint Race. A pre-race shower saw the field split between slicks and wets and, although he lost the lead at the start, the Hitech Pulse-Eight driver looked untroubled once he returned to the front of the field on Lap 6. Victor Martins and Clement Novalak also benefitted from running the softs, as they made their way to the podium from P10 and P20, respectively. F2: Alpine junior Martins untouchable in Spielberg qualifying Starting on the wet tyres, Arthur Leclerc utilised the better traction from third to take the lead from reverse grid pole-sitter Crawford at Turn 4. However, the DAMS driver boxed under the second of two early Safety Cars within the first five laps, after both Jehan Daruvala and Richard Verschoor spun off in separate incidents. Meanwhile, Martins charged through the order overtaking Zane Maloney and Juan Manuel Correa to get into second but couldn’t catch up to Crawford. Novalak too went late on the brakes, dispatching the Van Amersfoort Racing driver for third and allowing Hitech’s Isack Hadjar to follow him through. Roman Stanek secured a double points finish for Trident in sixth, as Dennis Hauger wrestled seventh away from Jack Doohan with a switchback on the final lap. Meanwhile, all four of the top championship contenders failed to score, with PREMA Racing’s Oliver Bearman and Frederik Vesti just missing out in ninth and 10th. F3: Aron takes maiden F3 win in Spielberg as he fights back in the Sprint Martins will have his eye on more when he lines up on pole for Sunday’s Feature Race, which gets underway at 0955 local time. For an in-depth report on the FIA Formula 2 Sprint Race, visit the official website here. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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F3: Aron takes maiden F3 win in Spielberg as he fights back in the Sprint

Paul Aron made up for the disappointment of losing pole to track limits by winning his first FIA Formula 3 race in the Spielberg Sprint Race. The PREMA Racing and Mercedes Junior Team driver fought back from eighth on the reverse grid to come through and take victory late on. Aron made a strong start, climbing up the order on an action-filled first lap in very wet conditions. He was up to third by the end of the opening lap and after several prior attempts, cleared ART Grand Prix’s Kaylen Frederick to move up to P2 and set up the fight for victory. F2: Alpine junior Martins untouchable in Spielberg qualifying Reverse grid pole sitter Josep María Martí had led every lap of the race until a mid-race Safety Car for a crash between Rodin Carlin’s Oliver Gray and Van Amersfoort Racing’s Rafael Villagómez. It set up a battle between Martí and Aron for victory. The Estonian made the move at Turn 3 on Lap 18, going three-wide with Martí and Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Gabriele Minì. The Alpine Academy junior then made his own move on Martí to secure P2. F3: Saucy on pole after Aron loses fastest lap in Spielberg Caio Collet was on the podium for the first time since Round 1, beating Martí and Zak O’Sullivan to the final podium place with a pass on the Campos Racing driver at the final corner on the penultimate lap. For an in-depth report on the FIA Formula 3 Sprint Race, visit the official website here. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com