A Weekend of Results – 17th/18th April

I’ve been trying to work out the best way to post results after the weekend because I don’t think reading a full race report out on a podcast works very well so I’m planning to do a post each week on the Feeder Series that have been racing. So here we go;

Formula Two

The season, has officially started. This weekend we had Formula Two and World Series action in England and Spain. Formula Two’s opening round took place on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit; Friday saw Dean Stoneman and Johan Jokinen take the lead in free practice 1 and free practice 2 showing that no-one had an all out advantage at the British circuit. Saturday saw Jolyon Palmer take pole in qualifying 1 ahead of Johan Jokinen and Dean Stoneman for Saturdays race 1 with Philipp Eng taking pole ahead of Palmer and Stoneman in qualifying 2 for race 2 on Sunday.

Race 1 took place later on Saturday with Palmer taking a lights to flag win ahead of Stoneman who span in first few laps but managed to collect second place 3 seconds behind Palmer. Sergey Afanasiev came third with Eng taking fourth. A full race report is avaliable here.

Race 2 on Sunday proved to be a close one, Eng managed to keep Palmer at bay winning by eight tenths, he described the race; “It was a very tough race,” said Eng. “Jolyon was pushing very hard and for me it was like qualifying every single lap, because I was always trying to get the maximum out of the car. I would have liked to get a podium in the first race – anyway I won this race and fourth in the first race is a good effort.” The full race report is avaliable here.

Following the first two rounds, the championship looks like this;

1. Palmer 43 points

2. Eng 37 points

3. Afansiev; 23 points

4. Stoneman; 18 points

5. Bratt; 18 points

Formula Renault 3.5

The first round of the World Series circus was in Spain at the Motorsport Aragon circuit, Sten Pentus and current British Formula 3 champion Daniel Ricciardo took the advantage in practice with Ricciardo taking pole for in qualifying for race 1 and race 2.

The first race of the season took place in wet conditions, Mikhail Aleshin took the advantage at the start overtaking Ricciardo into the first corner, despite all efforts he couldn’t get past and after making mistakes he moved down into third, overtaken by Daniel Zampieri who finished second. A full race report is avaliable here.

The second race saw Ricciardo again fail to use his pole advantage letting Sten Pentus and Jan Charouz through into turn one with Pentus holding his lead after the compulsory pit stop to the chequered flag. Ricciardo came in second and Nathanael Berthon in third. Although he didn’t win a race, Ricciardo said “Tonight I lead the championship. After winter testing disturbed by to a number of things, I was hoping to make a reasonably good start and leave here in the top 3. So in that respect, mission accomplished! Scoring points is important. Now I need to work on my starts. At the moment, that’s my weak point …” A full race report is avaliable here.

The championship looks like this;

1. Ricciardo 20 points

2. Aleshin 17 points

3. Pentus 15 points

4. Daniel Zampieri 12 points

5. Charouz 12 points.

Thats it for this weeks results. It’s my ARDS test on Wednesday so if you’ve enjoyed reading the Go Motorsport series then another one shall be up soon.

The next Feeder Series action is on 1st and 2nd May with Formula Two and World Series races.