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Hauger wins, Italian F4 title rivals falter in Red Bull Ring race two

by Ida Wood

Photo: ACI Sport

Dennis Hauger led home Van Amersfoort Racing team-mate Niklas Krutten in the second Italian Formula 4 race at the Red Bull Ring, as Joshua Duerksen and Paul Aron went pointless.

Although they started eight positions apart – Krutten on pole and Hauger in ninth – they were separated by just one car after the first lap, which was interrupted by the safety car due to multiple drivers going off.

At the safety car restart, second placed Giorgio Carrara and his Jenzer Motorsport team-mate Jonny Edgar both went wide at Turn 1, promoting Hauger briefly to second. Jesse Salmenautio, who had started an impressive third for DRZ Benelli, was on the attack though and passed Hauger at Turn 3.

Hauger started setting fastest laps, even as it started to drizzle, and eventually moved up to second. Once there he closed on Krutten, passing him down the pit straight on the next lap.

In one lap he pulled away by almost a second, before Mucke Motorsport’s Duerksen and Erwin Zanotti spectacularly collided at the last corner and brought out the safety car. The rain increased during this time, leading to Nicola Marinangeli crashing out and extending the safety car period until the penultimate lap.

Hauger successfully fended off Krutten in the final lap shootout, with Salmenautio completing the podium. After hovering at the bottom of the points, R-ace GP’s Gregoire Saucy had a stunning final lap to capture fourth, ahead of William Alatalo (Mucke) and Ido Cohen (VAR).

Jenzer duo Edger and Carrara were seventh and eighth, followed by Gianluca Petecof. A post-race penalty meant he lost his race one points, and his championship lead over Hauger now stands at 10 points.

Sauber junior Roman Stanek started 21st and finished 12th, with Mercedes junior Paul Aron going the other way and falling from 12th to finish 23rd. He was also penalised for hitting Duerksen.

 

Race results (19 laps)
Pos Driver Team Time
1 Dennis Hauger Van Amersfoort Racing 32m04.635s
2 Niklas Krutten Van Amersfoort Racing +0.209s
3 Jesse Salmenautio DRZ Benelli +0.681s
4 Gregoire Saucy R-ace GP +1.025s
5 William Alatalo Mucke Motorsport +1.304s
6 Ido Cohen Van Amersfoort Racing +1.690s
7 Jonny Edgar Jenzer Motorsport +2.385s
8 Giorgio Carrara Jenzer Motorsport +2.556s
9 Gianluca Petecof Prema +2.715s
10 Alessandro Famularo Prema +2.940s
11 Mikhael Belov Bhaitech +3.477s
12 Roman Stanek US Racing +3.687s
13 Lucas Alecco Roy Van Amersfoort Racing +4.063s
14 Nico Gohler Mucke Motorsport +4.459s
15 Ivan Berets DRZ Benelli +4.843s
16 Axel Gnos Jenzer Motorsport +5.374s
17 Amna Al Qubaisi Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema +5.689s
18 Filipe Ugran BVM Racing +5.984s
19 Pietro Delli Guanti BVM Racing +6.133s
20 Sebatian Freymuth AS Motorsport +8.113s
21 Daniel Vebster Cram Motorsport +8.615s
22 Hamda Al Qubaisi Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema +10.222s
23 Paul Aron Prema +14.919s
Ret Nicola Marinangeli Bhaitech
Ret Erwin Zanotti Mucke Motorsport
Ret Joshua Duerksen Mucke Motorsport
Ret Roee Meyuhas Cram Motorsport
Ret Umberto Laganella Bhaitech
Ret Emilio Cipriani Cram Motorsport
Ret Oliver Rasmussen Prema
Ret Emidio Pesce Jenzer Motorsport
Ret Lazslo Toth R-ace GP
Fastest lap: Hauger, 1m31.362s

Championship standings
1
?Petecof 157? ?2 Hauger 147? ?3?Durksen 83? ?4?Krutten 78? ?5?Aron 77? ?6?Cohen 69? ?7?Alatalo 66? ?8?Belov 65? ?9?Rasmussen 52? ?10?Stanek 38