Aitken takes Maiden Euroformula Open Win
Unlike yesterday, it was an incident-free first lap. Aitken made a solid start and set the pace from the very first lap, with Pulcini one of the few able to match his speed. Pushing a little more his metronomic pace of 1:34 was too much for Pulcini. Lap by lap, Aitken pulled away and at the end of the race, the British/Korean racing driver took the chequered flag nine seconds ahead of second-placed Pulcini. It was still an extremely rewarding weekend for Pulcini, as he is now first in the drivers’ standings.
Fioravanti rounded off the race for RP Motorsport as he came third. Fioravanti’s podium was under threat at the beginning, but finally the Italian racer secured his brilliant 3rd-place finish. Menchaca and Herta battled for fourth place, but the Mexican Campos Racing driver kept his US rival at bay.
Tatiana CalderĂ³n (Teo MartĂn Motorsport) and Habsburg played another eye-catcher role in the first laps but the Austrian lost his momentum, ran wide and dropped several places in the order to 9th. Igor Walilko (Fortec Motorsports) tried to overtake CalderĂ³n, but she finished 6th ahead of the Polish driver. 8th-placed Julio Moreno (Campos Racing) was able to fend off Habsburg, ninth, and Keyvan Andres (Carlin Motorsport) also claimed a top ten finish.
The second round of the Euroformula Open will be held at Spa-Francorchamps on 21-22 May.
Estoril, Race 2
1st, No. 4, Jack Aitken, GBR^, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 19 laps, 30:08.185
2nd, No. 8, Leonardo Pulcini^, ITA, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, Gap: 9.258
3rd, No. 3, Damiano Fioravanti^, ITA, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, Gap: 10.964
4th, No. 7, Diego Menchaca^, MEX, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, Gap: 15.930
5th, No. 98, Colton Herta*, USA, Carlin, Dallara F312, Gap: 16.156
6th, No. 10, Tatiana Calderon, COL, Teo Martin Motorsport, Dallara F312, Gap: 21.910
7th, No. 37, Igor Walilko^, POL, Fortec Motorsports, Dallara F312, Gap: 24.852
8th, No. 6, Julio Moreno^, ECU, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, Gap: 27.043
9th, No. 62, Ferdinand Habsburg*^, AUT, Drivex School, Dallara F312, Gap: 27.626
10th, No. 47, Keyvan Andres*, GER, Carlin, Dallara F312, Gap: 30.574
11th, No. 27, Kang Ling, CHN, DAV Racing, Dallara F312, Gap: 32.046
12th, No. 51, Ameya Vaidyanathan*, IND, Carlin, Dallara F312, Gap: 34.636
13th, No. 2, Kantadhee Kusiri^, THA, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, Gap: 39.313
14th, No. 21, Ye Hongli*^, CHN, BVM Racing, Dallara F312, Gap: 41.191
15th, No. 5, Tanart Sathienthirakul^, THA, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, Gap: 42.216
16th, No. 72, Nikita Zlobin, RUS, Teo Martin Motorsport, Dallara F312, Gap: 42.952
17th, No. 20, Daniel Pronenko*^, RUS, BVM Racing, Dallara F312, Gap: 50.477
18th, No. 18, Daniele Cazzaniga*, ITA, DAV Racing, Dallara F312, Gap: 51.512
19th, No. 11, Petru Florescu*, ROU, Teo Martin Motorsport, Dallara F312, Gap: 1:00.659
20th, No. 14, Jose Manuel Vilalta, MEX, Teo Martin Motorsport, Dallara F312, Gap: 1:07.765
21st, No. 9, Gulhuseyn Abdullayev*^, AZE, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, Gap: 1:09.286
Did Not Start
No. 1, Antoni Ptak^, POL, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, Lap 1
Fastest Lap
No. 4, Jack Aitken, GBR^, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:34.235, 159:763 kph
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