Stuart White got the best out of his car on the Nevers Magny-Cours circuit and finished on the topmost step of the podium after a hectic race. Charles Milesi took second place after a good fightback and Hugo Chevalier completed the top 3 in the second heat of the weekend.
Today, Sunday 10th September, the second heat of the weekend for the drivers in the French F4 Championship took place. It was a hotly-disputed one all through the field. Stuart White, fourth on the grid, fought his way up to first where he stayed for the rest of the race pulling away from his rivals as he reeled off the laps.
Charles Milesi is also having a good weekend as proved by his second place. He started in eighth place on the grid and picked off his rivals one by one to score precious points in the overall classification. Completing the top three was Hugo Chevalier after a solid drive. He held on to second for a long time until Milesi got the better of him.
Arthur Rougier drove an intelligent race and finished fourth bagging precious points in the title chase. Florian Venturi on the front row made a great start, but was unable to keep up the momentum and saw the flag in fifth place. Colombian Christian Muñoz lost positions at the start which he managed to make up in masterful fashion to finish sixth. Jean-Baptiste Mela came home just behind him thrilling the crowd with some great overtaking moves.
Pierre-Alexandre Jean and Thomas Drouet were locked in battle for a long time and finished eighth and ninth respectively. Ugo de Wilde confirmed his encouraging performances and rounded out the top 10. Noah Watt seems to have found his marks and didn’t allow the pressure to get to him in race 2 as he clinched 11th position for the second time this weekend. Javier Gonzalez managed to secure 12th despite a penalty for a collision with Amaury Cordeel.
Victor Martins, who was very quick yesterday, was the unfortunate victim of a collision at the start of the race so he had to pit to change the nose and finished 13th. Cordeel had to retire after a collision with the Mexican driver. Pierre-Louis Chovet’s race ended this morning with a jumped start and a failure to respect a drive-through penalty, but he racked up precious kilometres and was involved in a scrap for 10th place.