2021 Imola Formula Regional European Championship round

  2021 Imola Formula Regional European Championship round

Round details
Round 1 of 10 in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship.
Layout of the Imola Circuit
Location	Imola Circuit Imola, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.909 km (3.050 mi)
Race 1
Date 17 April 2021 Laps 16 Pole position Driver David Vidales ART Grand Prix Time 1:37.860 Podium First David Vidales Prema Powerteam Second Alex Quinn Arden Motorsport Third Hadrien David R-ace GP Fastest lap Driver Hadrien David R-ace GP Time 1:38.769 (on lap 13)
Race 2
Date 18 April 2021 Laps 17 Pole position Driver Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix Time 1:38.139 Podium First Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix Second Paul Aron Prema Powerteam Third Zane Maloney R-ace GP Fastest lap Driver David Vidales Prema Powerteam Time 1:39.272 (on lap 16)

The 2021 Imola Formula Regional European Championship round was a motor racing event held on 17 and 18 April 2021 at the Imola Circuit in Imola, Italy. It was the first round of the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship, and ran in support of the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying 1

The qualifying session to set Saturday's grid took place on Saturday afternoon, with David Vidales setting the fastest lap time.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid
1	12	David Vidales	Prema Powerteam	1:37.860	1
2	1	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	+0.044	2
3	21	Alex Quinn	Arden Motorsport	+0.052	3
4	10	Hadrien David	R-ace GP	+0.098	4
5	26	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.303	5
6	17	Dino Beganovic	Prema Powerteam	+0.436	6
7	6	Isack Hadjar	R-ace GP	+0.459	7
8	46	Gabriele Minì	ART Grand Prix	+0.503	8
9	8	William Alatalo	Arden Motorsport	+0.533	9
10	22	Zane Maloney	R-ace GP	+0.608	10
11	64	Mari Boya	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.660	11
12	85	Gabriel Bortoleto	FA Racing	+0.735	12
13	19	Andrea Rosso	FA Racing	+0.794	13
14	51	Francesco Pizzi	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.798	14
15	27	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	+0.833	15
16	62	Lorenzo Fluxá	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.848	16
17	96	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+0.967	17
18	41	Emidio Pesce	DR Formula RP Motorsport	+1.033	18
19	91	Eduardo Barrichello	JD Motorsport	+1.044	19
20	5	Patrik Pasma	KIC Motorsport	+1.062	20
21	58	Elias Seppänen	KIC Motorsport	+1.104	21
22	35	Pietro Delli Guanti	Monolite Racing	+1.165	22
23	14	Nicola Marinangeli	Arden Motorsport	+1.385	23
24	16	Tommy Smith	JD Motorsport	+1.418	24
25	71	Brad Benavides	DR Formula RP Motorsport	+1.523	25
26	7	Axel Gnos	G4 Racing	+1.756	26
27	2	Nico Göhler	KIC Motorsport	+1.900	27
28	13	Jasin Ferati	Monolite Racing	+1.912	28
29	9	Alexandre Bardinon	FA Racing	+2.227	29
30	72	Belén García	G4 Racing	+2.554	30
Source:

Race 1

At the start Vidales did not react quickly, but still managed to keep first position, while Paul Aron lost out and got overtaken by Alex Quinn and Hadrien David. By the end of the first lap these four were followed up by Grégoire Saucy, William Alatalo, Isack Hadjar and Gabriel Bortoleto, who had climbed up four positions, having started twelfth. On lap two Marinangeli spun and got stranded in the gravel at Tamburello, while Brad Benavides went off at Acque Minerali. The safety car was sent out on track as a result.

Vidales had a good restart and maintained his lead, followed by Quinn, who initially lost some ground but managed to close up into Vidales' slipstream in the following laps. Tommy Smith went off after 19 minutes of the race, after having put his car's right rear wheel on the grass and hitting the wall, so the safety car came out once again to neutralise proceedings.

After the second restart Vidales managed to gain some distance from Quinn, while the positions behind remained unchanged with David, Aron, Saucy, Alatalo and Hadjar. On lap 13 Kas Haverkort collided with Patrik Pasma, who touched him from behind, at Piratella. Haverkort was forced to retire, and as a result Pasma was set back three positions on the starting grid of race two by the stewards.

The race finished under the safety car on lap 16, with Vidales winning the first race of the season, followed by Quinn and David. First of the rookies and seventh overall was Isack Hadjar.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	12	David Vidales	Prema Powerteam	16	34:48.848	1	25
2	21	Alex Quinn	Arden Motorsport	16	+0.202	3	18
3	10	Hadrien David	R-ace GP	16	+0.999	4	15
4	1	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	16	+1.714	2	12
5	26	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	16	+4.061	5	10
6	8	William Alatalo	Arden Motorsport	16	+4.668	9	8
7	6	Isack Hadjar	R-ace GP	16	+5.047	7	6
8	17	Dino Beganovic	Prema Powerteam	16	+5.501	6	4
9	85	Gabriel Bortoleto	FA Racing	16	+5.775	12	2
10	64	Mari Boya	Van Amersfoort Racing	16	+6.159	11	1
11	46	Gabriele Minì	ART Grand Prix	16	+6.730	8
12	19	Andrea Rosso	FA Racing	16	+6.983	13
13	5	Patrik Pasma	KIC Motorsport	16	+7.334	20
14	96	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	16	+8.137	17
15	58	Elias Seppänen	KIC Motorsport	16	+9.887	21
16	35	Pietro Delli Guanti	Monolite Racing	16	+10.158	22
17	7	Axel Gnos	G4 Racing	16	+11.310	26
18	51	Francesco Pizzi	Van Amersfoort Racing	16	+13.647	14
19	62	Lorenzo Fluxá	Van Amersfoort Racing	16	+14.284	16
20	91	Eduardo Barrichello	JD Motorsport	16	+15.395	19
21	2	Nico Göhler	KIC Motorsport	16	+16.120	27
22	13	Jasin Ferati	Monolite Racing	16	+16.802	28
23	72	Belén García	G4 Racing	16	+17.415	30
24	9	Alexandre Bardinon	FA Racing	16	+20.239	29
DNF	27	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	13	Contact	15
NC	41	Emidio Pesce	DR Formula RP Motorsport	13	+3 Laps	18
DNF	16	Tommy Smith	JD Motorsport	5	Accident	24
DNF	14	Nicola Marinangeli	Arden Motorsport	1	Accident	23
DNF	71	Brad Benavides	DR Formula RP Motorsport	1	Accident	25
DNF	22	Zane Maloney	R-ace GP	0	Stalled	10
Fastest lap set by Hadrien David: 1:38.769 (lap 13)
Source:

Qualifying 2

The Qualifying session determining Sunday's grid was held on Saturday morning, with Grégoire Saucy archieving his first pole position at this level.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid
1	26	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	1:38.139	1
2	10	Hadrien David	R-ace GP	+0.189	2
3	1	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	+0.208	3
4	22	Zane Maloney	R-ace GP	+0.395	4
5	12	David Vidales	Prema Powerteam	+0.442	5
6	21	Alex Quinn	Arden Motorsport	+0.585	6
7	17	Dino Beganovic	Prema Powerteam	+0.629	7
8	6	Isack Hadjar	R-ace GP	+0.677	8
9	46	Gabriele Minì	ART Grand Prix	+0.787	9
10	64	Mari Boya	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.869	10
11	8	William Alatalo	Arden Motorsport	+0.934	11
12	27	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	+0.976	12
13	96	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+0.999	13
14	85	Gabriel Bortoleto	FA Racing	+1.094	14
15	58	Elias Seppänen	KIC Motorsport	+1.296	15
16	91	Eduardo Barrichello	JD Motorsport	+1.346	16
17	7	Axel Gnos	G4 Racing	+1.351	17
18	19	Andrea Rosso	FA Racing	+1.365	18
19	62	Lorenzo Fluxá	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.411	19
20	71	Brad Benavides	DR Formula RP Motorsport	+1.454	20
21	41	Emidio Pesce	DR Formula RP Motorsport	+1.566	21
22	16	Tommy Smith	JD Motorsport	+1.614	22
23	35	Pietro Delli Guanti	Monolite Racing	+1.642	23
24	51	Francesco Pizzi	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.706	24
25	2	Nico Göhler	KIC Motorsport	+1.914	25
26	5	Patrik Pasma	KIC Motorsport	+1.962	29
27	9	Alexandre Bardinon	FA Racing	+2.295	26
28	14	Nicola Marinangeli	Arden Motorsport	+2.606	27
29	13	Jasin Ferati	Monolite Racing	+2.949	28
30	72	Belén García	G4 Racing	+3.402	30
Source:

Race 2

As in race one, second wasn’t the best starting position on the grid, as Hadrien David struggled off the line. Aron and Maloney were both able to pass the R-ace GP driver and battled for second as Saucy built a gap at the front of the field. The chasing pack was brought back onto the tail of Saucy when an off for Jasin Ferati brought out the Safety car at the end of the second lap.

Saucy got a good restart, again breaking free of Aron as Dino Beganovic put pressure on Maloney for third. Maloney shook off Beganovic, who fell into a battle with Alex Quinn. Beganovic and Quinn ran side by side for a number of corners before a lock-up for Beganovic caused contact at Piratella. Quinn was spun around and brought out the safety car, while Beganovic was able to return to the pits.

Aron tried to stick with Saucy when racing resumed with nine minutes remaining, but Saucy put in a faultless drive and extended the gap to more than a second before the chequered flag.

Maloney had a relatively quiet end to the race, coming in third on his second start in the Formula Regional European Championship.

David recovered to fourth ahead of William Alatalo and the best-placed rookie Gabriele Minì. After having run wide early on, Saturday's winner David Vidales finished seventh, and also put in the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap. Mari Boya held off Oliver Goethe to take eighth and Elias Seppänen completed the top 10.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	26	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	17	32:37.148	1	25
2	1	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	17	+1.134	3	18
3	22	Zane Maloney	R-ace GP	17	+1.606	4	15
4	10	Hadrien David	R-ace GP	17	+1.923	2	12
5	8	William Alatalo	Arden Motorsport	17	+3.038	11	10
6	46	Gabriele Minì	ART Grand Prix	17	+3.893	9	8
7	12	David Vidales	Prema Powerteam	17	+4.357	5	6
8	64	Mari Boya	Van Amersfoort Racing	17	+6.596	10	4
9	96	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	17	+9.482	13	2
10	58	Elias Seppänen	KIC Motorsport	17	+10.181	15	1
11	85	Gabriel Bortoleto	FA Racing	17	+10.946	14
12	6	Isack Hadjar	R-ace GP	17	+11.287	8
13	62	Lorenzo Fluxá	Van Amersfoort Racing	17	+19.240	19
14	71	Brad Benavides	DR Formula RP Motorsport	17	+21.066	20
15	7	Axel Gnos	G4 Racing	17	+22.390	17
16	5	Patrik Pasma	KIC Motorsport	17	+22.470	29
17	51	Francesco Pizzi	Van Amersfoort Racing	17	+22.518	24
18	14	Nicola Marinangeli	Arden Motorsport	17	+23.392	27
19	17	Dino Beganovic	Prema Powerteam	17	+23.755	7
20	19	Andrea Rosso	FA Racing	17	+24.020	18
21	16	Tommy Smith	JD Motorsport	17	+24.301	22
22	72	Belén García	G4 Racing	17	+24.585	30
23	91	Eduardo Barrichello	JD Motorsport	17	+44.683	16
24	41	Emidio Pesce	DR Formula RP Motorsport	17	+47.471	21
25	27	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	16	+1 Lap	12
DNF	9	Alexandre Bardinon	FA Racing	11	Collision	26
DNF	2	Nico Göhler	KIC Motorsport	11	Collision	25
DNF	21	Alex Quinn	Arden Motorsport	7	Collision	6
DNF	35	Pietro Delli Guanti	Monolite Racing	7	Electrical	23
DNF	13	Jasin Ferati	Monolite Racing	1	Accident	28
Fastest lap set by David Vidales: 1:39.272 (lap 16)
Source:

Notes:

• ^1  – Eduardo Barrichello received a drive-through penalty, which was later converted to a 25-second penalty, for being out of position at the first safety car line.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Grégoire Saucy	35
10px	2	David Vidales	31
10px	3	Paul Aron	30
10px	4	Hadrien David	27
10px	5	Alex Quinn	18

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
10px	1	Prema Powerteam	61
10px	2	R-ace GP	48
10px	3	ART Grand Prix	43
10px	4	Arden Motorsport	36
10px	5	Van Amersfoort Racing	5

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

External links

• Official website

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