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ust two points separate the top
four in the F4-S Championship
after its mid-term outings
in Harbin and Liuzhou in
China, with Emirates Racing’s
Mansoor Al Mansoori the new
points’ leader on 60.
Al Mansoori’s win and second
place in Harbin gave the Emirati
driver his first GP title and
a slender one point lead in the standings,
which he stretched to two after finishing fifth
overall Liuzhou.
Three drivers sit tied in second place on
58 points and the one that all should pay
attention to is 15-year-old Australian ace
Louise Vella.
Having gifted her F4 rivals a 20 point
advantage after missing the season-opener
she announced her arrival in Harbin with
a pair of fourths on her debut and followed
up by completely outclassing her peers in
Liuzhou, dominating both races by a country
mile to win twice for Team Sweden, pick up
her first title in just her second GP to stake
her claim as a real title contender.
F1 Atlantic’s Jeremy Brisset saw his
championship lead disappear in Harbin
despite a win and third overall, but his failure
to start race 2 after second in race 1 in
Liuzhou could prove costly.
Mohammed Al Mehairbi completes the
trio tied on 58 points, the Abu Dhabi driver
putting himself very much into contention
with three top three finishes and two podium
seconds in China.
Thirty one points adrift of the leader and tied
on 29 in fifth is Mad Croc BABA Racing’s
Kalle Viippo whose season best was third
overall in Portugal and Maverick F1’s
Corentin Guesnel whose season best so far
was fourth overall last time out.
CTIC F1 Shenzhen China’s Wu Bingchen
produced his best off the year with a third
and his first podium of the season in Liuzhou,
but still languishes down in seventh place
aheadof VictoryTeam’sMohamedAl Yamahi,
who didn’t start in Liuzhou and Sebastien
Haugaard and Blaze Performance’s Daman
Cohen with one outing each this year.
TIGHT AT THE TOP
IN THE F4-S CHAMPIONSHIP
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n° 4November | 2017