C1 – Daruvala wins a bumpy race at Spa

Jehan Daruvala signs his first victory of the season on the Spa Francorchamps circuit while the championship leaders stumble.

Published on 27/07/2018 à 12:36

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Although he started from pole position, Jehan daruvala (Carlin) quickly lost the race lead in the slipstream game against Marcus Armstrong (Prema Racing), but a safety car allowed him to get closer to the New Zealander and take him back to 4^e turn.

Fighting with his teammates for the podium, Marcus Armstrong suffered a puncture and had to retire. A few laps later, it's Guanyu-Zhou (Prema Racing) to suffer the same fate and then give up in the fight for the podium. Finally, three minutes from regulation time, it was Enaam Ahmed (Hitech GP) who saw his hopes of a top 3 disappear after contact with Ralf Aron (Prema Racing).

Jehan Daruvala wins his first race of the season ahead of Alex Palou (Hitech GP) and Ralf Aron who takes the lead in the championship. Dan Ticktum (Motopark) takes 4^e place having left 13^e ahead of the Prema Racing Mick Schumacher and Robert Shwartzman. The Motopark of Jüri Vips and Marino Sato follow while Artem Petrov (VAR) and Fabio Scherer (Motopark) complete the top 10. Difficult race for Sacha fenestraz, the Carlin driver suffered two incidents in quick succession at the start of the event but nevertheless finished 13^e.