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R-ace GP’s Oscar Piastri on Formula Renault Eurocup pole again at Silverstone

by Ida Wood

Photo: Renault Sport Series

Oscar Piastri topped Formula Renault Eurocup qualifying again at Silverstone, taking his second pole position by 0.595 seconds.

After struggling through much of the weekend, MP Motorsport’s Victor Martins looked like he could threaten R-ace GP pair Piastri and Alexander Smolyar for pole, and was fastest early on in the session.

The Frenchman was on top when the first runs were completed, but when cars returned to track with 15 minutes to go he was quickly brought back into a battle with Piastri and Smolyar. Martins’ team-mate Lorenzo Colombo also briefly went fastest, suggesting MP had overcome the problem that held it back through Satrday’s running.

Race one winner Piastri moved to the top with just under five minutes to go, and there were no more improvements until the very end of the session. With a already sizeable advantage, Piastri improved on his last lap to set a 1m57.022s, while Smolyar hooked together three personal best sectors to go second.

Martins had been occupying that position, but a weak final effort left him 0.808s behind and in third place, just ahead of his team-mate.

The third R-ace GP car of Caio Collet was fifth fastest, with JD Motorsport’s Ugo de Wilde next to him on the third row of the grid.

Seventh to 12th was covered by less than two tenths, with M2 Competition’s Yves Baltas and Kush Maini leading FA Racing by Drivex’s Callan O’Keeffe and Bhaitech’s Petr Ptacek, who was sandwiched by JD pair Joao Vieira and Leonardo Lorandi.

 

Qualifying results
Pos Name Team Time
1 Oscar Piastri R-ace GP 1m57.022s
2 Alexander Smolyar R-ace GP +0.595s
3 Victor Martins MP Motorsport +0.808s
4 Lorenzo Colombo MP Motorsport +0.985s
5 Caio Collet R-ace GP +1.027s
6 Ugo de Wilde JD Motorsport +1.072s
7 Yves Baltas M2 Competition +1.129s
8 Kush Maini M2 Competition +1.167s
9 Callan O’Keeffe FA Racing by Drivex +1.176s
10 Joao Vieira JD Motorsport +1.197s
11 Petr Ptacek Bhaitech +1.284s
12 Leonardo Lorandi JD Motorsport +1.287s
13 Lucas Alecco Roy M2 Competition +1.411s
14 Federico Malvestiti Bhaitech +1.514s
15 Xavier Lloveras Global Racing Service +1.799s
16 Patrick Schott FA Racing by Drivex +2.078s
17 Frank Bird Arden +2.157s
18 Patrik Pasma Arden +2.168s
19 Brad Benavides FA Racing by Drivex +2.259s
20 Amaury Cordeel MP Motorsport no time