Belgium🇧🇪 debrief Paul edition 🏎️

3rd in F2 standings

Qualified - 1 (2 points)
Sprint - 20th (10 place grid penalty from Hungary)

Sprint: 18
Positions: +2

Feature: 16

Positions: -15

During the start of the sprint race Paul moved up to 17th from 20th. On lap 3 Paul dropped to 18th. On lap 7 after laps behind the safety car due to Pepe stopping, a red flag was called because conditions were bad. The race was stopped after 8 laps because conditions were not safe to go back racing.

Paul managed to keep the lead at the start of the feature race but an early safety car neutralised the race. During the restart Paul kept the lead but another safety car came out on lap 4. At the second restart Paul still kept the lead keeping Hadjar at bay. On lap 8 Paul moved to 2nd as Hadjar took the lead. Paul pitted on lap 9 for his mandatory pit stop and came out in 16th. On lap 11 Paul overtook Hadjar for 8th which at the time was the net race lead. On lap 13 Hadjar took 8th place back but Paul remained in DRS range. Lap 16 Paul moves up to 5th due to others serving their mandatory pit stops. On lap 18 Paul moved to 3rd place. On the last lap Paul had an issue with the engine and slowed down dropping down to 16th. It was a really disappointing situation after he did so well and I just hope Hitech get their act together over the summer break.

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Madpanda Motorsport No.90 Nürburgring🇩🇪debrief

SILVER-CLASS

Ezequiel Perez Companc
Patrick Assenheimer
Tom Kalender

QUALIFYING:
Overall - 44
In class- 7

RACE:
Overall - 32
In class- 5

DRIVING ORDER: Patrick➡️Tom➡️Ezequiel

A massive well done to the team to come back and finish 5th in class after their Q3 session was ruined by another car. They did well move up the order from 44th to 32nd and at some stage were in contention for a podium finish. Also a massive well done to Tom Kalender who stepped in as the 3rd driver this weekend. Super duper proud of the entire team🤍🐼🖤

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Haupt Racing Team No.77 Nürburgring🇩🇪debrief

GOLD-CLASS

Arjun Maini
Jusuf Owega
Michele Beretta

QUALIFYING:
Overall - 26
In class- 3

RACE:
Overall - 19
In class- 3

DRIVING ORDER: Arjun➡️Michele➡️Jusuf

An incredible job from the team to secure another class podium. Gaining a lot of positions at the start of the race put them in good contention for the podium. The team worked very hard and for quite a bit of the 3 hour race they were leading their class. This result has jumped them up to 3rd in the Gold Cup standings. Super duper proud and congrats to the the entire team 🥳🤍

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Belgium 🇧🇪 debrief McLaren & Mercedes edition 🏎️

Lando (2nd in the standings) :

Qualifying: 5th but starts 4th due to Verstappen’s grid penalty
Grand Prix: 5 (10 points +1 for fastest lap due to George’s disqualification)
Positions: -2

Oscar (4th in the standings):

Qualifying: 6th but starts 5th due to Verstappen’s grid penalty
Grand Prix: 2 (18 points due to George’s disqualification)
Positions: +2

Mclaren had a tale of two halves with Oscar finishing 3rd and Lando finishing in 6th. Lando cost himself a better finish after a bad start that cost him so many positions whereas Oscar had a way better start and moved forward. Andrea said that overtaking was harder than expected and Lando said that the undercut was the better strategy and powerful and that with hindsight it would have been better to do that.

Lewis (6th in the standings):

Qualifying : 4th but starts 3rd due to Verstappen’s grid penalty
Grand Prix: 1st (25 points due to George’s disqualification)
Positions: +2

George (7th in the standings) :

Qualifying: 7th but starts 6th due to Verstappen’s grid penalty
Grand Prix: Disqualified due to the car being underweight
Positions: N/A

Mercedes did an incredible job to finish in a 1-2 when they had a disastrous few days especially in qualifying. It’s good to see that the team has been getting podiums consistently and it’s a good thing to carry over into the summer break. George made a good call to gamble on the one stop and it paid off. However, George got disqualified due to the car being underweight so Lewis inherited the win which was rightfully deserved since the team messed up his race by calling him in to the pits when he still had good tyres. It’s unfortunate for George but rules are rules.

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Hockenheim🇩🇪 Madpanda Motorsport debrief

PRO-CLASS

Ezequiel Perez Companc
Phil Keen

QUALIFYING 1:
Overall - 20th
In class- 7th

RACE 1:

Overall - DNF
In class - DNF

DRIVING ORDER: Phil➡️ Ezequiel

Up until the pit window they fluctuated between 28th and 30th.
When the pit window came along Phil pitted and swapped with Ezequiel who came out of the pits 32nd (10th in class).
At around 20 minutes left of the race Ezequiel brought the car to the pits for some reason and remained there. The car did DNF and the team clarified later on that they had to retire the car due to a technical issue during the pit stop.

QUALIFYING 2:
Overall - 11th
In class- 8th

RACE 2:
Overall - 10th
In class- 7th

DRIVING ORDER: Ezequiel ➡️ Phil

During the start only one place was lost dropping them down to 12th (9th in class) but on lap 3 they moved into 10th (7th in class) due to one of the Mclarens getting tagged and spinning. Lap 4 they dropped to 11th (8th in class) as they were overtaken by a Ferrari. Lap 7 they dropped down to 13th but then on Lap 12 moved into 12th after one of the Tresoor Audi’s pitted. On Lap 16 they moved up to 7th (4th in class) due to other cars pitting for the mandatory pit stop.

On lap 17 they pitted for their mandatory pit stop with Ezequiel swapping with Phil who came out of the pits in 9th (7th in class). On lap 18 they moved up to 7th (6th in class) due to other cars pitting.
At the Chequred flag the car dropped to 11th at the very last corner but then moved up to 10th due to a car ahead getting a 5 second time penalty.

Well done to the entire team for bouncing back in Race 2 after an unfortunate incident in Race 1 🤍🐼🖤!!
Next up is Nürburgring 🇩🇪 this weekend for the Endurance Cup!!

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Hungary🇭🇺 debrief McLaren & Mercedes edition 🏎️

Lando (2nd in the standings) :

Qualifying: Pole
Grand Prix: 2 (18 points)
Positions: -1

Oscar (5th in the standings):

Qualifying: 2nd
Grand Prix: 1 (25 points)
Positions: +1

Mclaren did well to finish 1st and 2nd. Oscar deserved his first win, he did so well the entire race despite Lando making it difficult by not following team orders right away and being difficult. Although that being said McLaren should have pitted Oscar first to avoid this entire situation because there was no need to pull a stunt like that. Lando needs to learn to be a team player because countless times Oscar has let him through on team orders and the attitude he showed should not be tolerated. Overall the team need to do better to manage both drivers because something like this cannot happen again.

Lewis (6th in the standings):

Qualifying : 5th
Grand Prix: 3rd (15 points)
Positions: +2

George (8th in the standings) :

Qualifying: 17th
Grand Prix: 8th (4 points +1 for fastest lap)
Positions: +7

Mercedes did well to help George recover from his shocking qualifying session to finish 8th and score valuable points. Lewis did well to charge up the field and score his 200th career podium and add to the consistent good run of form that Mercedes have had. However, the team’s strategy when it comes to pit timing needs to be looked at because Lewis was just about holding off Max even though he was struggling on his tyres.

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Hungary🇭🇺 debrief Dino edition 🏎️

6th in F3 standings

Qualified - 12th (due to Browning losing his times for causing a red flag and Dufek getting disqualified from qualifying)

Sprint - Pole

Sprint :
P3 (8 points)
Positions: -2

Feature :
P10 (1 point)
Positions: +2

Dino had a good start during the sprint race but lost the lead to Bedrin in turn 3 on the opening lap. He stuck within DRS range of Bedrin for several laps constantly putting pressure on Bedrin.

On lap 10 Dino attempted to take the lead but he caught the curb and dropped down to 3rd but still within DRS range. He ended the race in 3rd place securing valuable points for his championship.

On the first lap of the feature race Dino moved from 12th to 9th. He remained there stuck in a DRS train but on lap 14 he lost 9th place to Goethe.

On lap 22 a safety car was deployed so the race ended under the safety car so Dino finished the race in 10th.

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Hungary🇭🇺 debrief Paul edition 🏎️

2nd in F2 standings

Qualified - 1 (2 points)
Sprint - 10

Sprint: 6 (3 points)
Positions: +3

Feature:
DNF
Positions: -21

During the start Paul dropped down to 15th from 10th due to those on soft tyres having better grip from the get go while those on the hard which includes Paul have to play a waiting game.

At lap 9 the hard tyre has become the faster tyre compared to the softs.

On lap 12 Paul moved down to 15th place. He was stuck at the end of a DRS train On lap 18 Paul moved up to 14th due to Kimi pitting.

On lap 20 Paul moved up to 13th and on lap 21 moved up to 12th then 11th due to Durksen pitting. Lap 23 Paul moved up to 10th and on lap 24 he moved up to 8th, into points positions then on lap 25 he moved up to 7th where he ended the race.
However post race penalties saw Vershcoor get disqualified for a technical infringement meaning that Paul ended the race in 6th.

Paul had a very poor start tumbling down to 7th on the opening lap after having a huge lock-up. Then on lap 7 he had contact with Maloney and spun effectively ending his race.

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Silverstone 🇬🇧debrief McLaren & Mercedes edition 🏎️

Lando (2nd in the standings) :

Qualifying: 3rd
Grand Prix: 3
Positions: -18

Oscar (5th in the standings):

Qualifying: 5th
Grand Prix: 4th (12 points)
Positions: +1

Mclaren messed up Oscar’s race when they left him out for an extra lap instead of double stacking him with Lando. He was in contentions for a podium but that was ruined by a poor strategy call by McLaren. They made another mistake by letting Lando go onto the soft tyres instead of the mediums leaving him vulnerable to Max and costing him P2. McLaren need to get their strategy calls together and their pits stops together because it’s these small things that are costing them wins.

Lewis (8th in the standings):

Qualifying : 2nd
Grand Prix: 1st (25 points)
Positions: +1

George (7th in the standings) :

Qualifying: 1st
Grand Prix: DNF
Positions: -18

After an incredibly run and start to the weekend George had to retire due to an issue with the water system. He did so well the entire weekend and it’s extremely disappointing that he had to retire at his home race. Lewis had an incredible weekend starting the race in P2 and going on to win his first race in a long while at his home Grand Prix. Incredible work from everyone involved.

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GT World Challenge Asia - Suzuka🇯🇵debrief

Climax racing car number 22 (Pro-Am)

Lineup:
-Ralf Aron
-Wang Zhongwei

Race 1
Wang ➡️ Ralf

Qualifying:
Overall - 19th
In class - 8th

Results:
Overall - 20th
In class - 9th

Race 2
Ralf ➡️ Wang

Qualifying:
Overall - 2nd
In class - 2nd

Results:
Overall - 24th
In class - 10th

In race one it was a decent start from Wang who managed to keep the car in one piece during the start although they did drop down 4 positions. The pit window opened under safety car conditions and lot of drivers including Wang took the opportunity to pit. He swapped with Ralf handing over the car when it was 20th overall and 8th in class. Ralf came out of the pits 23rd and 8th in class. With 15 minutes left till the end an other safety car was deployed and it returned to the pits with 7 minutes to go. They ended up finishing the race in 20th overall (9th in class) unfortunately due to the multiple stops in the race they couldn’t progress further up the grid.

In race 2 it was a good start from Ralf who managed to move up to 12th on the first lap. The safety car was then deployed on lap 3 due to two Audis going off in the gravel. On lap 8 the race resumed and Ralf managed to hold onto 12th place during the restart before handing the car over to Wang when the pit stop window opened. Wang came out of the pits in 17th place (11th in class).
On lap 13 the safety car was deployed again and Wang moved up to 13th (8th in class). The safety car came in on lap 16 with just under 14 minutes left. On lap 17 an incident occurred which caused Wang to tumble down all the way to 27th (12 in class) A FCY was then called after another car went off track with 9 minutes to go. The safety car was then deployed with only 90 seconds to go and the race finished behind the safety car so the car finished in 24th (10th in class)

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Silverstone🇬🇧 debrief Dino edition 🏎️

6th in F3 standings

Qualified - 19
Sprint - 19 but started 18th due to Goethe getting a 5 place grid penalty after the sprint

Sprint :
P12
Positions: +7

Feature :
P19
Positions: -1

During the first lap Dino dropped down to 23rd but made his way back up to 21st. On lap 2 a VSC was called due to devri on track. Lap 4 we went back to green flag conditions but then another safety car came out due to two cars going into the gravel. At this stage Dino has moved up to 19th. On lap 8 he moves up to 15th. There was a DRS train from 6th all the way down to 15th making it hard for Dino to overtake Nikita Bedrin who was in 14th place. On lap 12 a VSC was deployed again after 2 cars made contact. Lap 17 Dino made his way up to 12th where he ended the race.

The feature race was chaotic with unexpected rain coming in making drivers pit for wets and some staying out on slicks. On lap 4 Dino had contact with Sophia’s car causing a Safety car On lap 6 Dino came in to fit wet tyres. The safety car came in lap 8 and the race resumed.

Multiple cars shuffled down the order during the restart moving Dino to 12th since he was on the wet tyres and on lap 9 another safety car was deployed due to a collision between 3 cars. Dino moves up to 11th during the safety car restart with 12 minutes left. Dino moves into 10th with 10 minutes to go then he moves up to 9th.

With 6 and a half minutes left the slicks become the faster tyre and Dino falls down to 12th. With 5 minutes left Dino was being investigated for track limits violations and was given a 5 second time penalty while he dropped down to 14th. Due to the penalty Dino dropped down to 19th when the race ended

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Silverstone🇬🇧 debrief Paul edition 🏎️

2nd in F2 standings

Qualified - 12
Sprint - 12

Sprint:
DNF
Positions: -8

Feature:
P12
Positions: =

The Sprint Race was a wet race with conditions worsening. By lap 4 Paul had moved up to 10th but the race was suspended after 5 laps. The race then began again with behind the safety car and on lap 7 they got back to full racing action. On lap 8 Paul had an incident which caused him to DNF. Pepe made contact with the back of Paul’s car taking him out of the race.

Paul maintained 12th place during the start but an early safety car came out due to Kimi spinning moving him up to 11th. Paul tumbled down to 19th on lap 3 due to a puncture from contact with Durksen. The safety car came in on lap 6 which also signalled the opening of the pit window. On lap 10 he moved up to 10th due to other cars making their mandatory pit stops.

Paul got a 10 second time penalty after causing a collision with Durksen. On lap 15 Paul moved into 7th place but he still hasn’t made his mandatory pit stop. On lap 23 Paul moved up to 1st but he still has to serve his mandatory pit stop and his 10 second time penalty. Paul came into the pits on lap 28 he served his 10 second penalty and took his mandatory pit stop then came out of the pits in 14th. Paul finished the race in 12th moving him down to 2nd in the championship standings

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Austria🇦🇹 debrief McLaren & Mercedes edition 🏎️

Lando (2nd in the standings) :

Sprint qualifying: 2
Sprint race: 3 (6 points)

Qualifying: 2nd
Grand Prix: DNF
Positions: -18

Oscar (6th in the standings):

Sprint qualifying: 3
Sprint race: 2 (7 points)

Qualifying: 7th
Grand Prix: 2nd (18 points)
Positions: +5

Mclaren were incredibly strong during the sprint race with both drivers having a go at max and also battling each other. They didn’t have the pace to take the win from max but it’s promising to see that they could both take the fight to him.

Well the Grand Prix was chaotic. Lando and Max fighting from the start but then a very careless moves from Max caused both drivers to collide and Lando retired from the race. If I am honest the way those two were going at it they were bound to collide. Oscar did well to capitalise on an opportunity to get another podium and managed to finish in second place.

Lewis (8th in the standings):

Sprint qualifying: 6
Sprint race: 6 (3 points)

Qualifying : 5th
Grand Prix: 4th (12 points)
Positions: +1

George (7th in the standings) :

Sprint qualifying: 4
Sprint race: 4 (5 points)

Qualifying: 3rd
Grand Prix: 1st (25 points)
Positions: +2

Mercedes struggled during the sprint race with George losing 4th at the start but getting it back a while later. Lewis remained 6th the entire race. Both cars clearly struggled for pace given the big gap between them and Max.

Mercedes first win was achieved by George this weekend as he capitalised on Lando and Max colliding. The team did will to give him a good car this weekend. Lewis had a tougher race from getting a 5 sec penalty and the team telling him to give back a position even though race control didn’t issue anything. He still managed to finish in 4th despite carrying damage from earlier in the week which hindered his pace.

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Austria🇦🇹 debrief Dino edition 🏎️

4th in F3 standings

Qualified - 5
Sprint - 8

Sprint :
P15
Positions: -7

Feature :
P3 (15 points)
Positions: +3

During the first lap Dino spun dropping from 8th to 28th. The safety car also got deployed during the first lap.

He moved up to 25th during the safety car restart on lap 5.
On lap 11 he moved from 23rd to 21 slowly but surely making his way up the field.
By lap 15 he moved up to 19th place.
On lap 17 he moved up to 17th due to Montoya spinning and the safety car was deployed.
The safety car came in on the final lap and by the end of the race Dino finished in 15th.

Dino made up 2 places within the first lap of the feature but stayed 11th until the last lap where he moved up to 9th due to another car falling down the order. It looked like he was struggling for pace the entire race and was just managing to hold position

In the Feature Race Dino moved up to 2nd positions within the first couple of laps and was fighting at the front the entire way swapping back and forth with Gabriele Mini but ultimately losing 2nd place to his teammate but managed to keep 3rd place.

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Austria🇦🇹 debrief Paul edition 🏎️

F2 CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER

Qualified - 5
Sprint - 6

Sprint:
P3 (6 points +1 for fastest lap)
Positions: +3

Feature:
P5 (10 points) due to Pepe getting a post race time penalty
Positions: =

Paul had a good start and moved up to 5th and on lap 7 he moved up to 4th after overtaking Barnard.

On lap 21 Paul moved up to 3rd place overtaking Maini.

Paul held on till the very end to finish in 3rd place adding another podium to his tally

During the feature race Paul moved up to 4th during the start and for the first few laps was fending off isack

On lap 8 he overtook Durksen to take 3rd place. He pitted on lap 10 and came out in 14th

On lap 17 Paul got a 5 second time penalty for forcing Isack off track
Paul moved up to 11th due to Bearman retiring from the race

Lap 25 Paul moved up to 8th overtaking Durksen
Paul moved up to 5th on lap 33 due to others pitting
Paul drops to 5th after Franco overtook him
He finished in 5th but dropped to 6th due to the 5 second time penalty. However a post race time penalty for Pepe promoted Paul to 5th place.

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Haupt Racing Team No.77 CrowdStrike 24HRS of Spa 🇧🇪debrief

GOLD-CLASS

Arjun Maini
Jusuf Owega
Michele Beretta

QUALIFYING:
Overall - 16
In class- 2
(Within top 20 so made it into super-pole)

SUPER-POLE
Overall - 11
In class -3

Began the race in P10 due to updated starting grid

RACE:

AFTER 6 HOURS:
Overall - 47
In class - 4

AFTER 12 HOURS:
Overall - 40
In class - 3

AFTER 18 HOURS
Overall - 17
In class - 2

AFTER 24 HOURS
Overall - 17
In class - 3

DRIVING ORDER:
Arjun x2 ➡️ Jusuf ➡️ Michele x2 ➡️ Arjun x2 ➡️ Jusuf x2 ➡️ Michele x2 ➡️ Jusuf x2 ➡️ Arjun x3 ➡️ Michele x2 ➡️ Jusuf x2 ➡️ Arjun ➡️ Jusuf x2 ➡️ Arjun

It was quite an eventful race for HRT filled with FCY and safety cars. The team faced many setbacks such as on lap 69 Michele ended up in the gravel at T6 due to a collision and dropped down several positions but the car managed to rejoin but it was 57th (6th in class) and a lap down.

The team worked very hard throughout the night using every opportunity and wave by to try get back onto the lead lap. After 12 hours during the safety car restart on lap 240 Arjun manages to get the car back into the lead lap. The team fought to the very end despite the car having damage and on Lap 441 the car getting a 30 second pit stop penalty due to multiple track limits violations, to bring the car home 3rd in class.

Congratulations to the entire team, you guys fought really hard and should be very proud of yourselves 🥳🤍🖤

Madpanda Motorsport No.90 CrowdStrike 24HRS of Spa 🇧🇪debrief

SILVER-CLASS

Ezequiel Perez Companc
Patrick Assenheimer
Karol Basz
Alain Valente

QUALIFYING:
Overall - 39
In class- 5
Ended up starting 44th after Alain’s and Patrick’s best laps were deleted

RACE:

AFTER 6 HOURS
Overall - 24
In class - 5

AFTER 12 HOURS
Overall - 44
In class - 6

AFTER 18 HOURS
Overall - 34
In class - 6th

AFTER 24 HOURS
Overall - 31
In class - 4

DRIVING ORDER:
Ezequiel x2 ➡️ Alain ➡️ Patrick x2 ➡️ Karol x2 ➡️ Alain ➡️ Patrick x2 ➡️ Karol x2 ➡️ Patrick x2 ➡️ Ezequiel x2
➡️ Karol ➡️ Ezequiel x2 ➡️ Patrick ➡️ Alain

It was a very eventful race for the Madpanda crew with Sakura taking quite a few knocks.

On lap 132 the car spun and dropped down the order but they managed to rejoin the track and on lap 185 Karol had a spin and was in the gravel at T13 tumbling down the order and bringing in another FCY. They managed to get to the pits but they remained in the pits until lap 190 dropping them down to 46th (7th in class).

The team fought hard till the very end switching between 5th and 6th in class but ended up finishing the race 4th in class.

Congratulations to the entire team, you guys did so well and should be so proud of yourselves🥳🤍🐼🖤

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GruppeM Racing No.130 CrowdStrike 24HRS of Spa 🇧🇪debrief

PRO-CLASS

Ralf Aron
Frederik Vesti
Daniel Juncadella

QUALIFYING:
Overall - 52
In class- 24

RACE:

AFTER 6 HOURS
Overall - 12
In class - 9

AFTER 12 HOURS:
Overall - 24
In class - 15

AFTER 18 HOURS:
Overall - DNF
In class - DNF

DRIVING ORDER:
Daniel ➡️ Frederik ➡️ Ralf ➡️ Frederik x2 ➡️ Daniel x2 ➡️ Ralf ➡️ Frederik ➡️ Daniel x 2 ➡️ Ralf

After a race full of safety cars and FCY, with the team climbing up the order after starting 52nd unfortunately the car was forced to retire after lap 285 and didn’t finish the race due to the splitter being unrepairable after sustaining damage in lap 256.

The team did really well to make up positions and even leading the race at some points so it’s unfortunate that they couldn’t finish but hopefully they will be back stronger next year🤍.

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Barcelona🇪🇸 debrief McLaren & Mercedes edition 🏎️

Lando (2nd in the standings) :

Qualifying: Pole
Grand Prix: 2nd (18 points + 1 for fastest lap)
Positions: -1

Oscar (6th in the standings):

Qualifying: 10th
Grand Prix: 7th (10 points)
Positions: +3

Mclaren were incredibly strong this weekend with another podium for Lando but with potential to have gotten the win if he had gotten a better start. Oscar did well to recover from an unfortunate qualifying session and drove really well despite struggling with the tyres and grip.

Lewis (8th in the standings):

Qualifying : 3rd
Grand Prix: 3rd(12 points + 1 for fastest lap)
Positions: =

George (7th in the standings) :

Qualifying: 4th
Grand Prix: 4th (15 points)
Positions: =

Lewis finally gets his first podium of the season after driving incredibly well and executing his strategy well. George had an incredible start of the race taking the lead and holding it for a while but it was just unfortunate that the team made the wrong call running the hard tyres for the last stint and struggled to keep up with the top 3. Mercedes seem to be working their way back up but it’s still a long season ahead and consistency is key.

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Barcelona🇪🇸 debrief Dino edition 🏎️

5th in F3 standings

Qualified - P14 but started the feature race P13 due to Sami getting a 5 place grid penalty after the Sprint Race
Sprint - P14

Sprint :
P8 (3 points)
Positions: +6

Feature :
P9 (2 points)
Positions: +4

It was a good start to the sprint race where Dino made up 3 positions within the first lap. An early safety car saw him jump up to 9th then an overtake on Arvid saw him jump up to 8th. A late safety car to the end of the race secured P8 for Dino. It was an incredible recover to finish within the points.

Dino made up 2 places within the first lap of the feature but stayed 11th until the last lap where he moved up to 9th due to another car falling down the order. It looked like he was struggling for pace the entire race and was just managing to hold position

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