Chloe Chambers claimed her first F1 Academy win with a shocking drive within the second race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Sunday.
American Chambers began from second however an important begin off the road noticed her brilliantly move Britain’s Abby Pulling on the run to the primary flip.
From there, the Haas-bound driver cruised to victory to win by 6.6 seconds from Pulling, who fended off a late problem from Hamda Al-Qubaisi.
“It is superb,” Chambers mentioned. “I do not know methods to clarify it. I have been engaged on all of it yr and we’re solely midway via the season, so to get it this early is an enormous enhance for my confidence.
“I believe the remainder of the season has extra wins to return and I am unable to wait to see what occurs.
“Yesterday I had a foul begin, however at the moment I centered on the beginning. I used to be capable of take the lead, which was the most effective situation for me, so I am very pleased with that.
“It made my life simpler to be on the entrance with the tires getting worse and I managed the tires as greatest I may and received the quickest lap initially of the moto, then managed that and was behind Abby on a regular basis.
“It appeared like an entertaining race trying on the TV screens across the observe. I realized this trick from Fernando [Alonso]!”
Pulling, who received the primary race in Spain, initially put strain on Chambers within the early phases however started to battle with tire degradation as Nereo Marti, Al Qubaisi and Darian Pin joined within the battle for second.
Al Qubaisi made an important transfer to move Marty on lap 12 when overtaking proved troublesome at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya to assert her first F1 Academy podium.
The Mercedes Junior Pin began third, however one other poor begin for the second day in a row noticed her drop to sixth on the primary lap and will solely get better to fifth.
Leah Block had her greatest results of the season, ending sixth after Bianca Bustamante was handed a five-second penalty for sprinting.
Tina Hausmann was eighth, Lola Lovinfosse completed ninth and Emelie de Heus rounded out the highest 10.
Outcomes of the second F1 Academy race in Barcelona
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