| Red Bull Juniors occupied half the podium places at Paul Ricard. After Liam Lawson and Jehan Daruvala put on a great show at the head of the field in France on Saturday, Ayumu Iwasa was in a class of his own on Sunday, winning the Feature Race by over 8 seconds. Dennis Hauger fought back from Practice and Qualifying hit by technical issues.
Hauger struggles to overcome Friday technical issues
Friday: “We had an issue at the beginning of the second run which didn’t allow us to use the last set, but with the first set, we were not there, things for me to work on definitely and things to focus on going into the race. It has been a hard day,” stated the 19-year-old Norwegian.
Saturday: «I had a decent start but lost out in turn 4 just been caught in a melee that cost me a bit. Throughout the race, I didn’t really have the pace and struggled to get close to the cars in front. It was a tough one for sure, and we definitely want to improve going forward. We made up some positions, but the pace wasn’t what we wanted. We have to look into it for tomorrow.»
Sunday: «It was a hard race. I had a decent start and a decent first lap, and I gained a few positions. Then two cars in front just collided, and I just got caught up in the middle of it, couldn’t avoid it. After that, I made a few positions up on Options and at the beginning of the Prime stint. I don’t know if there was some damage, but I struggled a lot with rear temps. Definitely some good bits coming up in the middle of the race, which was still compromised by the early crash.» |
