Following the debut appearance at Russia’s Moscow Raceway, the FIA Formula 3 European Championship returns to well-known terrain, now: Styria’s 4.326-kilometre Red Bull Ring will stage the races 22, 23 and 24 of the 2014 season.
Esteban Ocon said it before he arrived at the Moscow Raceway: it was going to be his weekend. With three pole positions and three victories the Frenchman had a perfect score.
In the last six races the French national anthem had not rung out at the circuits. Esteban Ocon rectified this by scoring a dominant victory in Russia and putting a stop to Max Verstappen’s long series of wins.
Premiere in Russia: the seventh meeting of the 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship sees the actors competing at the 3.931 kilometres long Moscow Raceway near the Russian capital for the first time.
Max Verstappen (Van Amersfoort Racing) continues his winning ways and has racked up six victories on the bounce. He achieved the same feat as at Spa-Francorchamps by scoring a hat trick at the Norisring.
Max Verstappen (Van Amersfoort Racing) continued where he left off at Spa-Francorchamps by winning the first heat from Esteban Ocon (Prema Powerteam) and Lucas Auer (kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport).
After racing on the 7-km Spa-Francorchamps circuit, the drivers in the FIA F3 European Championship now have to cope with the very specific Norisring layout, only 2.3 km long.
The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) concluded the second FIA Sport Conference, an event providing new networking, development, educational and business exchange opportunities for the motor sport community, including for the first time a new FIA Sport MotorEx forum.
Thanks to today’s victory Max Verstappen became the first driver to win all three races in a weekend of the FIA F3 European Championship. The Dutchman has boosted his title hopes although Esteban Ocon still has a comfortable lead.
Max Verstappen had a perfect day at Spa-Francorchamps, just a few kilometres from home, by winning two cracking races in the FIA F3 European Championship.
