Piastri’s clean sweep in McLaren’s second home race

FORMULA 2

Alexander Dunne (Rodin Motorsport) won the Feature Race, to record his first victory in this category. The Irishman took the chequered flag ahead of the English driver Luke Browning (Hitech TGR) and Italy’s Leonardo Fornaroli (Invicta Racing). These three also head the classification, but in the reverse order: the Italian leads by one point ahead of his two rivals, while Spain’s Josep Maria Marti (Campos Racing) is fourth, three points behind last year’s Formula 3 champion.

As was the case in yesterday’s Sprint, the Soft was again probably the tyre most favoured by the drivers in the Feature Race. However, the Hard also worked well, because the overheating which mainly affected the softest compound, reduced the performance difference between the two choices. It led to an interesting race, with a balanced mix of strategies, the most effective being Soft-Hard.

FORMULA 3

Rafael Camara (Trident) won the Feature Race, making the most of starting from pole. The Brazilian thus extends his lead in the Drivers’ standings, 26 points ahead (56 to 30) of Germany’s Tim Tramnitz (MP Motorsport), who finished third today. Second past the chequered flag was the Brit, Callum Voisin, (Rodin Motorsport), third in the championship, three points behind Tramnitz.

From a tyre point of view, the race was affected by high temperatures, with degradation derived from overheating across the rear axle. The wind was stronger than yesterday and this made the cars more unstable. As always, those who did the best job of managing the tyres in the early stages, gave themselves a significant advantage towards the end, making up several places. Alternating push laps with others where the pace was managed to cool the tyres worked well.