F3 – The surprise of Menezes, the continuity of Ocon

Esteban Ocon (Prema Powerteam) will still be hard to beat this weekend at Spa-Francorchamps where the fifth round of the F3 European Championship. The leader of the Championship won during the first qualifying session with a time of 2'10"049 allowing him to be ahead by only 61 thousandths Max Verstappen (Van Amersfoort Racing), Antonio Fuoco (Prema Powerteam) and Lucas Auer (Mücke Motorsport) forming the second row with less than three tenths behind Gustavo Menezes (Van Amersfoort Racing) who put in a good performance, finishing half a second behind. -second from pole.

But the American did not stop there and offered himself the privilege of winning pole for Race 2 on a wet track with a time of 2'25"458, the resident of Van Amerfoort Racing more than a second ahead of his teammate Max Verstappen who will complete the first row. Esteban Ocon will “only” have to settle for third position after losing seven tenths to his Dutch opponent, starting ahead of John Bryant-Meisner (Fortec Motorsports) and Felix Serralles (Team West-Tec F3)

Esteban Ocon took his revenge on the second best times which gave him pole for Race 3 with four tenths ahead of John Bryant-Meisner and half a second over Felix Serralles. Felipe Guimaraes (Double R Racing) will complete the second row ahead of Max Verstappen and the surprising poleman from the previous race.