
Photo: Dutch Photo Agency
R-ace GP’s Tuukka Taponen led lights-to-flag for a second consecutive Formula Regional European Championship win at the Hungaroring.
The result meant he made a small indent on the points lead of Prema’s Rafael Camara, who finished second to make it eight podiums from eight races so far this season.
There was little movement at the front of the field throughout the race. Prema’s Ugo Ugochukwu took second off the line, jumping ahead of Camara and Van Amersfoort Racing’s Brando Badoer, with gaps of less than a second across the top 10.
The field ran in formation, and bunched up even more when the safety car appeared due to Trident’s Niko Lacorte and Iron Dames’ Marta Garcia colliding. MP Motorsport’s debutant Isaac Barashi also suffered an incident at the same time that left him with rear-right suspension damage.
When racing eventually resumed, Ugochukwu and Camara fought each other and Taponen pulled away. A side-by-side moment led to Ugochukwu running wide, and enabling Badoer to get past him into third.
Camara held off Badoer after that, with Ugochukwu finishing ahead of team-mate James Wharton and ART Grand Prix’s Alessandro Giusti, who both passed R-ace’s Enzo Deligny late on
After being disqualified from race one on Saturday, Sainteloc Racing’s Theophile Nael and Matteo de Palo bounced back to finish ninth and 10th behind VAR’s Pedro Clerot. Their team-mate Enzo Peugeot, who was also lost points to a disqualification in race one, could only come home in 25th place. Sainteloc has appealed the disqualifications.
Race result (17 laps)
Pos | Driver | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tuukka Taponen | R-ace GP | 32m55.356s |
2 | Rafael Camara | Prema | +1.423s |
3 | Brando Badoer | Van Amersfoort Racing | +2.061s |
4 | Ugo Ugochukwu | Prema | +4.272s |
5 | James Wharton | Prema | +5.204s |
6 | Alessandro Giusti | ART Grand Prix | +5.650s |
7 | Enzo Deligny | R-ace GP | +6.360s |
8 | Pedro Clerot | Van Amersfoort Racing | +6.684s |
9 | Theophile Nael | Sainteloc Racing | +7.430s |
10 | Matteo de Palo | Sainteloc Racing | +8.549s |
11 | Michael Belov | Trident | +9.107s |
12 | Zachary David | R-ace GP | +10.905s |
13 | Evan Giltaire | ART Grand Prix | +11.186s |
14 | Nikhil Bohra | MP Motorsport | +11.898s |
15 | Noah Stromsted | R-P-M | +12.300s |
16 | Kanato Le | G4 Racing | +12.655s |
17 | Ivan Domingues | Van Amersfoort Racing | +13.184s |
18 | Ruiqi Liu | Trident | +13.400s |
19 | Valerio Rinicella | MP Motorsport | +13.797s |
20 | Giovanni Maschio | R-P-M | +14.869s |
21 | Edgar Pierre | R-P-M | +15.146s |
22 | Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi | KIC Motorsport | +15.991s |
23 | Alex Sawer | KIC Motorsport | +17.095s |
24 | Jesse Carrasquedo | G4 Racing | +17.443s |
25 | Enzo Peugeot | Sainteloc Racing | +18.792s |
26 | Lena Buhler | ART Grand Prix | +19.612s |
27 | Yujia Gao | KIC Motorsport | +30.323s |
28 | Yaroslav Veselaho | ART Grand Prix | +41.404s |
Ret | Isaac Barashi | MP Motorsport | |
Ret | Marta Garcia | Iron Dames | |
Ret | Niko Lacorte | Trident | |
Ret | Romain Andriolo | G4 Racing | |
Fastest lap: Taponen, 1m41.396s
Championship standings |