2024-07-07 10:42:21
Young Frenchman Isack Hadjar (Campos) won the first Formula 2 race at Silverstone and took the lead in the race.
Frenchman Isack Hadjar (Campos) won the first Formula 2 race at Silverstone, finishing 8th out of 14 of the season, and took the championship lead. The 19-year-old Parisian, who started from pole position, won in front of Barbadian Zane Maloney (Carlin) and James Crawford (DAMS), who finished first but received a five-second penalty for an incident that occurred during the move his to the hole.
Hadjar, who won the third race of the season after Melbourne (Australia) and Imola (Italy), took the opportunity to become the new leader of the general classification with 16 points ahead of Estonian Paul Aron (Hitech), only 12th in England.
“I’m happy, thanks to my team that provided the best car to win. It feels good to be at the head of the championship but I will keep the same way, that is to say control the race after the race. I will fight till the end for the title”Said the Frenchman, who is part of the Red Bull team and aims to get a seat in Formula 1.
On Friday, he also took part in the first free practice session of the British F1 GP at the wheel of Red Bull Mexican Sergio Pérez. On Saturday, in the rain, he was the victim of a track exit during the 2 Formula 2 race (ART), second on the grid and who had taken the lead of the race from the first corner, finally finished. fifth after leaving the track during a fight for first place with Hadjar.
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