Verschoor leads the Van Amersfoort Team to its first success in F2 and the Netherlands on the top step of the podium on the day in which the death of 18-year-old Dilano Van’t Hoff, a family friend of the winner of the Feature Race, is still mourned in Spa: ” Right now I’m only thinking about Dilano who was a friend of mine, today this victory is for him.” Today the Austrian GP on Sky Sport F1, Sky Sport Summer, in 4K e in streaming su NOW
THE STARTING GRID OF THE AUSTRIA GP
The Formula 2 takes to the track for his Feature Race after a crazy and spectacular Formula 3 race, which amused the spectators and left a lot to think about the actual levels of abrasiveness of the track towards the tyres. Having set aside the doubts relating to the use of dry or wet tires that had marked (and conditioned) yesterday’s qualifying sessions, the Teams presented themselves on the starting grid with their own certainties and convictions, each elaborating own strategies: those in front oriented to start with the supersofts, then calculating the right moment to rejoin and take full advantage of the harder option, bearing in mind the time of 31.5″ necessary to enter and exit the pit lane lane and stop and change tyres.
Dry track, therefore, and line-up obviously respectful of the times recorded in qualifying, with Martins (ART) and Vesti (Prema), in front of everyone, but above all in front of Théo Pourchaire (ART), positioned in the second row in the third pitch. When the traffic lights turn off it is Dress up to take the lead in the race, scheduled for 40 laps, with pit stops and obligatory double tire unmarking. Leclerc and Cordeel touch in the middle of the group but without consequences. On the second pass Vesti leads over Pourchaire, Doohan, Martins and Maini. In the leading group Fittipaldi and Daruvala, 7th and 6th respectively, started with the harder tire and therefore let Vesti go at his pace, aware that they will stay on track longer before the tire change. On the seventh lap, Cordeel inagura i tire changes of those who started with the ‘options’ and go to assemble the ‘firsts’. Lots of position changes behind Vesti who competes on his own and leads with 3”7 on the first pursuers after 8 laps, when Pourchaire returns. At the end of the tenth lap Vesti also returned, exiting the pit lane just ahead of Pourchaire in the virtual lead duel, waiting for the leaders of the race on soft tires to also go to make the mandatory pit. Doohan sets the fastest lap. Dress to the next step improves it right away. In the third race the track limits waltz begins and the risk of running into annoying penalties rises. On lap 17 Vesti starts to move up the group of riders who still have to ‘paint’.
On lap 23 comes one penalty for Hauger of +5″ for an infraction in the pit lane and one of +5″ in Maini for track limits. Fifteen laps from the end, Doohan overtook Pourchaire and took away his second position. Twenty-eighth round. Shortly after the pit stop at Leclerc, the right rear comes off. The driver stops on the grass: Safety Car. Reconsolidation. For Vesti tutto to be redone ten laps from the end. Behind the Safety Car is Vesti, ahead of Doohan and Pourchaire. Iwasa is sixth, Bearman is out of the points. With seven laps to go, the race restarted. Maini is the first to leave the scene with a puncture. Virtual Safety car. Dress first, then Doohan, Verschoor, Iwasa, Pourchaire, Martins, Bearman and Fittipaldi. Five laps to the finish. Pourchaire is the most in difficulty, Vesti holds the lead. Iwasa fast ride.
Dress resists, but Verschoor (VAR) and Iwasa (DAMS) arrive very fast behind and overtake Doohan, Bearman is fifth. One lap from the end, Vesti slips into third place. AND shifted which leads the Van Amersfoort Team to its first success in F2 and the Netherlands on the top step of the podium on the day in which the 18-year-old’s death is still mourned in Spa Dilano Van’t Hoff, family friend of the winner of the Feature Race: “Right now I only think of Dilano who was a friend of mine, today this victory is for him…”. A crazy but also beautiful race in the final, with Martins and Pourchaire in the points, but in the sights of the Racing Directorate for a contact at two thirds of the race. Vesti now has a 20-point lead in general classification on Pourchaire and 24 on Iwasa. But already next week it will be a revenge at Silverstone, on a historic and legendary track.
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