Race 5 & 6 F4 Summer Challenge

Free Practice
In this racing series, we have 3 official free practice sessions before each race weekend. I didn’t drive FP1, but in FP2 and FP3 I was the fastest driver on the track.

Qualifying
Qualifying went very well for me, it had rained in practice and the track was still wet, so the track conditions were very challenging. Nevertheless, I was still the fastest car on the track in this session and secured my first pole position in the F4 Summer Challenge.

Race 1
Race 1 was very tactical. The track was still wet, but definitely drying out. So the question was, do we start the race on rain tyres or do we take the risk and start on slicks?

We decided to go for the rain tyres, which turned out to be the worse choice. From the second half of the race onwards, I had no chance against the drivers on slick tyres, but I was able to save 4th place.

Race 2

I started the second race in 7th place and the start went really well for me. I was able to fight my way up to 4th place on the first lap and then to 3rd place.

Over the course of the race, I was also able to snatch 2nd place and fight for the overall victory right up to the last corner. However, it wasn’t quite enough and so I brought the car across the finish line in 2nd place.

I definitely had the pace to be in contention for an overall win in both races. I’ll definitely take this motivation into the next race in Oulton park and have high expectations of myself.