Hitech GP’s Leo Robinson wins FWinter Series’ third Valencia race

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Hitech GP’s Leo Robinson was victorious in the third Formula Winter Series race at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit.

Some wheelspin off the line compromised US Racing’s poleman Gabriel Gomez as it had in race two, and Robinson went straight past him into the lead.

Gomez sought the outside line at turn one as an attempt at reclaiming first place, and got back alongside Robinson until both went off at turn two.

It took three laps for Robinson to build a lead of a second, then after that he and Gomez traded fastest laps for a while. There was 1.3 seconds between them on lap 13 when the safety car came out due to a crash.

AS Motorsport’s Sebastian Bach had made a diving move on Campos Racing’s Chloe Chambers, which worked, and Van Amersfoort Racing’s Gino Trappa had followed him through. Two corners later he went to the inside of Bach, who locked up. They made, with Trappa breaking his front wing and Bach being sent spinning into the gravel. Chambers reclaimed her lost places, as Trappa dropped down the order.

The restart took place on lap 16, and Robinson weaved in an attempt to break the tow to Gomez. He had previously had VAR’s Maximilian Popov on his tail, but this time shook him off as the third placed driver defended against US’s Kabir Anurag. AS’s Andrea Dupe, who had already been spun around by Chamber early on, got involved in a clash that led to the safety car coming out again, but racing could resume on lap 18.

There was no changes to the top 10 in the final laps of racing. VAR’s Dante Vinci was fifth, Jenzer Motorsport’s Emil Frey finished ahead of US’s Maxim Rehm thanks to a diving move that included a huge lock-up on lap four, and Hitech’s Fionn McLaughlin had an anonymous run to eighth.

Race results (19 laps)