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Baptista cruises to win in second EF Open race at Spielberg

by Gruz David
Photo: FOTOSPEEDY

Photo: FOTOSPEEDY

Vitor Baptista took a lights-to-flag victory in the second Euroformula Open race at Spielberg to rebound from a retirement on Saturday.

The Brazilian had a great launch off the line with Yarin Stern staying close to him for the first half of the race.

As the race was coming to the end, Baptista managed to pull away and eventually finished 4.9 seconds clear.

Stern took second, fending off Yu Kanamaru, who completed the podium.

Konstantin Tereshchenko collected valuable points in fourth, and was another driver having to defend in the end.

His challenger was race one winner?Leonardo Pulcini, who overtook Tanart Sathienthirakul and looked eager to do the same with the Russian but he Italian had to settle for fifth.

Sathienthirakul ended up sixth, followed by Diego Menchaca, RP duo Damiano Fioravanti and Igor Walilko and first-time pointscorer Jose Manuel Vilalta.

Full results to follow