Eurocup-3: Dall’Agnol Clinches Rookie Championship
Eurocup-3 took its last dance at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, where the Rookie Championship went the way of Palou Motorsport driver, Heitor Dall’Agnol.
Two different drivers took pole position with champion James Egozi starting on the front row in the first race.
In race one, three wide into the first corner went polesitter James Egozi with his teammate Heitor Dall’Agnol and MP Motorsports René Lammers. Dall’Agnol was on the inside line taking the race lead away from his teammate. Heading into Sector 1, the safety car was deployed following an incident between the Red Bull Junior of Enzo Tarnvanichkul and Eurocup-3 debutant Matteo Giaccardi. Christopher El Feghali had dropped to the back of the grid, pulling into the pitlane, the third retiree for the race.
Racing resumed at the beginning of Lap 3, Dell’Agnol keeping a steady lead, building a gap to his Palou Motorsport teammate. Off the road went the #5 machine of Maximilian Popov after getting clipped by Beckley but managed to rejoin the track safely with no need for safety car intervention. Seven laps in, Kacper Sztuka fell down the order, ending up in the pitlane following an internal issue with the car. Going into Turn 3, Al Azhari made the move up into second place. Brazilian driver Dall'Agnol crossed the line claiming his second victory of the season ahead of Keanu Al Azhari and James Egozi.
Al Azhari held onto second as he put it on pole for the final race of the Eurocup-3 season, it was a fight to the line for the rookie’s title. A great launch for Ean Eyckmans going wheel to wheel with Al Azhari but it was the Emirati driver that kept the lead. Yellow flags were waved following contact between Juan Cota and Enzo Tarnvanichkul which led to a safety car deployment.
Racing resumed with 11 minutes remaining however yellow flags were waved once more as Dani Maciá and Bianca Bustamante began to fall down the order, a second safety car deployment of the race. Renzo Barbuy had also dropped down the order following damage to his car and returned to the pit lane. Al Azhari built the gap to Eyckmans going into Turn 1, flying down the start/finish straight. Crossing the finish line in first Keanu Al Azhri became runner up ahead of Eyckmans and Egozi who rounded off the podium. It was Heitor Dall’Agnol down in fifth who claimed the Rookie Championship, making it a trifecta for the Palou Motorsport team.
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