Budapest – Race 1: De Palo confirms, Deligny on the podium

Matteo De Palo clearly left little room for competition on Hungarian soil this Saturday. Posting the fastest time in qualifying this morning, the Italian driver dominated the first of the weekend's two races head and shoulders. Thanks in part to a better start than the other leaders, he was never caught again, leaving the podium contenders to battle it out.

Third, Enzo Deligny managed to gain a position on Rashid Al Dhaheri (Prema) without delay. In a duel with Brazilian Pedro Clerot (VAR) for several minutes, the Frenchman endured his opponent's aggressive defense but was unable to get the better of him. He nevertheless secured another podium finish, having still not managed to reach pole position so far this year, but continued his fine run, building on a valuable form of consistency.

Championship leader Freddie Slater (Prema) was unable to get away from Rashid Al Dhaheri. The Briton secured a good position, however, notably ahead of the other Frenchman on the grid, Evan Giltaire. The ART GP rider unfortunately got off to a less good start than he had managed in the last rounds, and saw Hiyu Yamakoshi (VAR) overtake him in the standings of this race. Further back, Dorian Pin failed to improve on her 19th place at Spa, her best result in FRECA this year, as she finished in 20th place. The other female rider on the grid for this weekend, Maya Weug, recovered from last place to finish 26th.

On Sunday, qualifying will take place from 8:30 a.m. (French time), while the second and final race of this weekend in Hungary will take place from 15:40 p.m.

FRECA – Budapest
The classification of Race 1

1. Matteo De Palo (Trident) – 33:54.794

2. Pedro Clerot (Van Amersfoort Racing) at 1.122

3. Enzo Deligny (R-ACE GP) at 1.501

4. Rashid Al Dhaheri (Prema Racing) at 2.847

5. Freddie Slater (Prema Racing) at 3.058

6. Hiyu Yamakoshi (Van Amersfoort Racing) at 3.618

7. Evan Giltaire (ART Grand Prix) at 3.962

8. Akshay Bohra (R-ACE GP) at 4.239

9. Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi (Trident) at 5.267

10. Nikita Bedrin (Saintéloc Racing) at 5.767

11. Dion Gowda (Van Amersfoort Racing) at 6.096

12. Kanato Le (ART Grand Prix) at 6.471

13. Taito Kato (ART Grand Prix) at 6.841

14. Jin Nakamura (R-ACE GP) at 7.956

15. Jack Beeton (Prema Racing) at 8.504

16. Michael Belov (CL Motorsport) at 8.853

17. Giovanni Maschio (RPM) at 9.243

18. Zachary David (CL Motorsport) at 9.504

19. Rui-Heng Yeh (RPM) at 10.011

20. Doriane Pin (Prema Racing) at 10.249

21. Aditya Kulkarni (AKCEL GP) at 10.448

22. Ruiqi Liu (Trident) at 10.607

23. Javier Sagrera (AKCEL GP) at 12.342

24. Yaroslav Veselaho (Saintéloc Racing) at 12.584

25. Enzo Richer (G4 Racing) at 13.041

26. Maya Weug (Saintéloc Racing) at 13.558

27. Edouard Borgna (G4 Racing) at 13.885

28. Edu Robinson (G4 Racing) 4 laps down

29. Saqer Al Maosherji (AKCEL GP) at 11 laps

30. Ean Eyckmans (RPM) at 17 laps