Pulling claims ninth win of season after another mistake by Chambers · RaceFans

December 7, 2024

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F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling added race win quantity 9 to her season after capitalising on a mistake from early race chief Chloe Chambers.

The Alpine academy driver misplaced the lead on the opening lap to Chambers. Nevertheless the Haas-backed racer misplaced victory to Pulling for the second time immediately, this time with a mid-race mistake into flip 12, which allowed her rival to regain a lead she by no means misplaced.

Chambers held onto second place, with Hamda Al Qubaisi claiming her second podium of the weekend in third.

At the beginning, pole-winner Pulling made up for dropping the result in Chambers off the road in race one by efficiently conserving the highest spot heading into flip one. Nevertheless, a lock-up underneath braking for flip six allowed Chambers to stress her on the run to show 9 and go the champion up the within to take the lead.

Hamda Al Qubaisi held onto third place with Doriane Pin sitting in fourth after an underwhelming getaway. Lola Lovinfosse hit the within kerb at flip six on the opening lap, working into Carrie Schreiner’s automobile and bumping it into the air, inflicting race ending harm for the Campos driver. The stewards issued Lovinfosse a 10-second penalty for the incident.

Chambers led the primary half of the race with the highest 4 drivers pulling away from Maya Weug in fifth. Nevertheless, a mistake underneath braking into flip 12 allowed Pulling to dive up the within into flip 14 to reclaim the lead.

Again out in entrance, Pulling managed to ascertain a small lead of just below two seconds as Chambers held off Hamda Al Qubaisi behind. Nevertheless, the race would finish underneath the Security Automotive after Lovinfosse was concerned in a second collision of the race, this time after working three-wide with Jessica Edgar and Aurelia Nobels into flip 9, hitting the within bollard and making contact with Edgar’s automobile, inflicting harm to each automobiles that ended their races.

Pulling subsequently gained her ninth race of the season underneath Security Automotive situations with a disenchanted Chambers having to accept second place. Hamda Al Qubaisi completed on the rostrum for the second consecutive race in third.

Pin missed out on the rostrum in third with Weug fifth and Nerea Marti in sixth. Bianca Bustamante, Emely de Heus and Tina Hausmann scored factors, with wildcard driver Logan Hannah promoted to the ultimate level in tenth after penalties for Aurelia Nobels and Amna Al Qubaisi.

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