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Oscar Piastri dominates second Eurocup race at Silverstone

by Ida Wood

Photo: Renault Sport Series

Oscar Piastri took a dominant back-to-back Formula Renault Eurocup win at Silverstone, heading R-ace GP team-mate Alexander Smolyar.

Smolyar briefly got alongside Piastri at the start, but after that had no response to his team-mate’s pace and finished 3.426 seconds behind.

Having solved the issues that hampered him in the first race to qualify third, MP Motorsport’s Victor Martins took his second podium of the season behind them, and moved up to second in the standings.

Martins’ fellow Renault Sport Academy member Caio Collet leaped Lorenzo Colombo at the start to make it three R-ace cars in the top four, with Martin’s MP team-mate Colombo completing the top five.

There was little in overtaking after the first lap, where M2 Competition’s Kush Maini got past JD Motorsport driver Ugo de Wilde for sixth. It wasn’t until the 12th lap when another move was made in the top 10, with FA Racing by Drivex’s Callan O’Keefe demoting de Wilde to eighth.

Yves Baltas (M2 Competition) and race one podium finisher Joao Vieira (JD) ended the race ninth and 10th.

 

Race results (17 laps)
Pos Name Team Time
1 Oscar Piastri R-ace GP 33m49.755s
2 Alexander Smolyar R-ace GP +3.426s
3 Victor Martins MP Motorsport +4.273s
4 Caio Collet R-ace GP +9.927s
5 Lorenzo Colombo MP Motorsport +10.346s
6 Kush Maini M2 Competition +12.686s
7 Callan O’Keeffe FA Racing by Drivex +14.040s
8 Ugo de Wilde JD Motorsport +17.152s
9 Yves Baltas M2 Competition +18.654s
10 Joao Vieira JD Motorsport +20.901s
11 Leonardo Lorandi JD Motorsport +22.252s
12 Xavier Lloveras Global Racing Service +26.656s
13 Amaury Cordeel MP Motorsport +27.448s
14 Lucas Alecco Roy M2 Competition +31.752s
15 Petr Ptacek Bhaitech +32.260s
16 Patrik Pasma Arden +35.207s
17 Patrick Schott FA Racing by Drivex +40.369s
18 Brad Benavides FA Racing by Drivex +40.745s
19 Federico Malvestiti Bhaitech +1m28.441s
NC Frank Bird Arden +1 lap
Fastest lap: Piastri, 1m58.968s

Championship standings
1?Piastri 62? ?2?Martins 46? ?3?Smolyar 43? ?4?de Wilde 41? ?5?Lorandi 32? ?6?Maini 33? ?7?Colombo 33? ?8?Collet 28? ?9?Vieira 25? ?10?Ptacek 17