Felipe Drugovich Secures First Pole of the Year

Felipe Drugovich (16, Brazil, Van Amersfoort Racing) has secured the first pole position of the year in the ADAC Formula 4. At the season opener in Oschersleben, the Brazilian posted the fastest lap in qualifying of 1:25.746 minutes, consigning current rookie champion Nicklas Nielsen (20, Denmark, US Racing) to second place. The first race of the third season in the ADAC’s high-speed academy will get under way on Saturday at noon. SPORT1 and SPORT1+ will cover the event. The race can be viewed online as a livestream at adac.de/motorsport and sport1.de.

“We’re obviously dead chuffed. We’ve done the business. Things went well in the run-up to this meeting, and everything went extremely well today,” said Drugovich after his maiden Pole Position in ADAC Formula 4. “I’ve improved compared to last year and have come on as a driver. I now know what I have to do – we aim to win tomorrow, for sure!”

Qualifying on Friday was exciting until the very end. The lead changed hands several times between Sophia Flörsch (16, Grünwald, ADAC Berlin Brandenburg), Drugovich-Nielsen until Drugovich posted his best time which no one was able to beat. Fabio Scherer (17, Switzerland, US Racing) also led for a time. He finished fifth in the end behind Juri Vips (16, Estonia, Prema Powerteam) but in front of Jonathan Aberdein (19, South Africa, Motopark). Kami Laliberté (17, Canada, Van Amersfoort Racing), Juan Manuel Correa (17, USA, Ecuador, Prema Powerteam) and Marcus Armstrong (16, New Zealand, Prema Powerteam) completed the Top Ten. Belgian teenager Charles Weerts (16, Motopark) finished 17th and was best rookie.

Nicklas Nielsen will tackle the second race on Saturday (15.45 clock, live on SPORT1) from pole position in front of Drugovich. The second-best times from qualifying decide grid positions for this round, and once again, the top trio proved unbeatable. Scherer, Vips, Laliberté, Armstrong, Correa, Aberdein and Zendeli slotted into place behind them.

Sophia Flörsch initially qualified third for the first of second race, but was relegated to the back of the grid for both races as her car failed technical inspection after qualifying.

The grid slots for the third race are determined by the result of the first round. The Top Ten will line up on Sunday (11.45 clock, live at SPORT1+) in reverse order – the tenth-placed driver on pole position and the winner in P10.

 

Update:

Following technical inspection after qualifying, Sophia Flörsch (16, Germany, ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg eV) was disqualified from the first two ADAC Formula 4 races in Oschersleben. The rear brake discs on the vehicle bearing start number 4 were found not to comply with the sporting regulations of the ADAC Formula 4 (Article 27.17). Flörsch must therefore start from the back of the grid in the first two ADAC Formula 4 races on Saturday.

Everyone behind her moves up one place.

 

Oschersleben – Qualifying 1

1^st – No. 1, Felipe Drugovich Roncato, BRA, Van Amersfoort Racing, 1:25.746

2^nd – No. 27, Nicklas Nielsen, DEN, US Racing, 1:25.945

3^rd – No. 44, Juri Vips, EST, Prema Power Team, 1:26.043

4^th – No. 13, Fabio Scherer, SUI, US Racing, 1:26.052

5^th – No. 33, Jonathan Aberdein, GBR, Motopark, 1:26.074

6^th – No, 83, Kami Laliberté, CAN, Van Amersfoort Racing, 1:26.139

7^th – No. 5, Lirim Zendeli, DEU, ADAC Berlin-Brandenberg e.V, 1:26.181

8^th – No. 68, Juan Manuel Correa, USA, Prema Power Team, 1:26.202

9^th – No. 9, Marcus Armstrong, NZL, Prema Power Team, 1:26.203

10^th – No. 18, Julian Hanses, GER, US Racing, 1:26.231

11^th – No. 28, Kim Luis Schramm, GER, US Racing, 1:26.402

12^th – No. 7, Oliver Söderström, SWE, ADAC Berlin-Brandenberg e.V, 1:26.454

13^th – No. 79, David Malukas, USA, Motopark, 1:26.568

14^th – No. 2, Frederik Vesti, DEN, Van Amersfoort Racing, 1:26.582

15^th – No. 81, Michael Waldherr, GER, Neuhauser Racing, 1:26.615

16^th – No. 99, Charles Weerts*, BEL, Motopark, 1:26.650

17^th – No. 42, Leonard Hoogenboom, NLD, Motopark, 1:26.665

18^th – No. 80, Andreas Estner, GER, US Racing, 1:26.694

19^th – No. 98, Cedric Piro, GER, Team Piro Sport Interdental, 1:26.747

20^th – No. 11, Mick Wishofer*, AUT, Lechner Racing, 1:26.797

21^st – No. 26, Heinrich Laurin*, GER. Heinrich Laurin, 1:27.660

22^nd – No. 10, Richard Wagner*, GER, Lechner Racing, 1:27.832

23^rd – No. 6, Tom Beckhäuser*, CZH, ADAC Berlin-Brandenberg e.V, 1:29.393

 

Disqualified

No. 4, Sophia Flörsch, DEU, ADAC Berlin-Brandenberg e.V

 

Did Not Start

No. 3, Louis Gachot, GBR, Van Amersfoort Racing