Marco had a difficult race today in Valencia. Starting from 5th, his ambition was to get onto the podium and to defend his championship contender status. Unfortunately, a broken part on his car from lap 1 caused quite a lot of trouble. Marco dropped from fifth on the grid to 10th on the opening lap after twice getting wide onto the grass in the first few seconds of the race. His car was obviously not as efficient as in qualifying and, as he was trying to get the most out of it, he went off a few minutes later. As he went more …
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At the 4.005 kilometres long track near Valencia, Edoardo Mortara (Signature, 1:28.583 minutes) was fastest in a qualifying session of the Formula 3 Euro Series for the first time in his career. As a result, the 23-year old will be starting from pole position into tomorrow’s fifth season round of the world’s toughest junior race series. The Geneva-based Italian will be followed on the grid by the best-placed rookie, Daniel Juncadella (Prema Powerteam, 1:28.787 minutes) and Valtteri Bottas (ART Grand Prix, 1:28.827 minutes).
Just before the halfway point of the session, Mortara took the lead and just before the end, he was only outpaced briefly. However, more …
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Marco Wittmann, winner of Saturday’s race in Hockenheim, finished today’s second race in 4th position, while Spain’s Roberto Merhi won the fourth round of the Formula 3 Euro Series, passing early leader Antonio Felix da Costa and holding off a late surge from Daniel Juncadella.
Juncadella (Prema) made a decent start from pole, but not good enough to hold off da Costa (Motopark) into Turn 1. Merhi (Mucke) further demoted Juncadella at the Spitzkehre hairpin on the opening lap, leaving the poleman Valterri Bottas (ART) on his tail. Signature duo Edoardo Mortara and Saturday race winner Marco Wittmann quickly moved up to fifth and more …
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