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Home Formula 4Italian F4 Bohra takes maiden Italian F4 win in US Racing 1-2 at Paul Ricard

Bohra takes maiden Italian F4 win in US Racing 1-2 at Paul Ricard

by Roger Gascoigne

Photo: ACI Sport

Akshay Bohra held off US Racing team-mate Jack Beeton for his maiden Italian Formula 4 victory at Paul Ricard, with points leader Freddie Slater not taking the start.

Bohra made a perfect getaway from pole and was never challenged. Two successive fastest laps brought Beeton to within half-a-second of the leader midway through the race but he was unable to attempt a move and dropped back later on.

“A great feeling. We’ve done double pole, P2 for race three, and now a win. I can’t thank the team enough for all their hard work,” a delighted Bohra told Formula Scout after the race.

Despite the pressure from Beeton, Bohra felt that “everything was under control”.

“It’s such a long circuit, and it’s known for being a pretty high deg[radation] circuit, especially with the temperature. I wasn’t trying to overpush, especially in those demanding corners and there were a few moments when he got close but I don’t think there was anything I would have not expected,” he explained.

“I’ve been working on myself as a driver quite a lot. I’ve made quite a few not massive mistakes, but I definitely have not made everything perfect in the weekends so I’m just trying to get as good as possible and now I’m starting to really develop as a driver.”

Van Amersfoort Racing’s Hiyu Yamakoshi held on to take third while Prema’s Slater did not take up his grid slot. A deflating tyre in qualifying had left him back on the grid’s 12th row, and he told Formula Scout post-race that on the installation lap he had an engine problem limiting the revs.

Yamakoshi came under pressure from Matheus Ferreira, as the Brazilian looked to give US Racing a clean sweep of the podium positions, but the Japanese driver held on by 0.408s.

Alex Powell headed a four-car train of Prema drivers in fifth, ahead of Kean Nakamura Berta.

Rashid Al Dhaheri and Dion Gowda enjoyed a heated battle in the early stages, with Al Dhaheri running wide at the final corner as Gowda tried to regain the position with a dive to the inside. VAR’s Gustav Jonsson joined their battle before damaging his front wing, forcing him to pit for repairs and resulting in a 29th place finish.

Gianmarco Pradel and Maxim Rehm completed the top 10th, to round off a strong race for US Racing with five cars in the points.

Race results (16 laps)
Pos Driver Team Time
1 Akshay Bohra US Racing 33m41.017s
2 Jack Beeton US Racing +1.427s
3 Hiyu Yamakoshi Van Amersfoort Racing +4.228s
4 Matheus Ferreira US Racing +4.636s
5 Alex Powell Prema +6.243s
6 Kean Nakamura Berta Prema +7.882s
7 Rashid Al Dhaheri Prema +12.982s
8 Dion Gowda Prema +14.672s
9 Gianmarco Pradel US Racing +15.114s
10 Maxim Rehm US Racing +16.653s
11 Tomass Stolcermanis Prema +18.284s
12 Reno Francot Jenzer Motorsport +19.711s
13 Kabir Anurag US Racing +21.909s
14 Davide Larini PHM Racing +27.528s
15 Luca Viisoreanu Real Racing Team +28.246s
16 Andrija Kostic Van Amersfoort Racing +30.527s
17 Ethan Ischer Jenzer Motorsport +31.137s
18 Emanuele Olivieri AKM Motorsport +32.551s
19 Enzo Yeh R-ace GP +32.754s
20 Maximilian Popov PHM Racing +33.429s
21 Kamal Mrad PHM Racing +40.751s
22 Alvise Rodella Van Amersfoort Racing +40.892s
23 Alexander Savinkov AKM Motorsport +41.505s
24 Filippo Fiorentino Cram Motorsport +42.172s
25 Edu Robinson AS Motorsport +44.690s
26 Jan Koller BVM Racing +48.607s
27 Wiktor Dobrzanski AKM Motorsport +48.940s
28 Gabiel Holguin Maffi Racing +53.066s
29 Gustav Jonsson Van Amersfoort Racing +56.816s
30 Nathanael Berreby Maffi Racing +1m32.208s
31 Kai Daryanani Cram Motorsport +1m40.386s
Ret Lin Hodenius Van Amersfoort Racing
Ret Enea Frey Jenzer Motorsport
Ret Everett Stack PHM Racing
Ret Freddie Slater Prema
Fastest lap: Beeton, 2m05.794s

Championship standings
1 Slater 240   2 Yamakoshi 176   3 Bohra 159   4 Powell 134   5 Beeton 122   6 Al Dhaheri 74   7 Nakamura 67   8 Stolcermanis 58   9 Jonsson 56   10 Gowda 46