‘Mega start’ propels Orudzhev to Jerez triumph
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Working on his starts helped Egor Orudzhev jump from fifth to first at Jerez on Sunday, and helped him take his fourth victory of the season.
Eighteen-year-old Russian Matevos Isaakyan was victorious in race one at Jerez on Saturday after capitalising on an error by team-mate Matthieu Vaxiviere.
Egor Orudzhev became the first four-time winner of 2016 at Jerez, but Louis Deletraz is the new championship leader after taking second place.
Louis Deletraz came out on top of a close qualifying session at Jerez to take pole position ahead of Jack Aitken, but championship leader Tom Dillmann could only manage P13.
Louis Deletraz has received a ten-second penalty after stewards in Spain deemed him responsible for the clash that eliminated Tom Dillmann on Saturday.
Matevos Isaakyan took a maiden Formula V8 3.5 victory in race one at Jerez but title rivals Tom Dillmann and Louis Deletraz clashed, an incident that is under investigation.
Jack Aitken led the way in qualifying for race one at the Circuito de Jerez, as the series debutant beat Matevos Isaakyan and Matthieu Vaxiviere to pole position.
Egor Orudzhev set the Friday pace in Jerez but Jack Aitken showed good pace throughout his first sessions in Formula V8 3.5 in his debut weekend.
Tom Dillmann still leads the Formula V8 3.5 standings after Monza but by a reduced margin of 11 points from Louis Deletraz.
Rene Binder was happy to show good pace and finish on the podium at Monza, but is still looking for his first win of 2016.
Louis Deletraz feels he is firmly in with a chance of the 2016 Formula V8 3.5 title after gaining 29 points on Tom Dillmann across the two races at Monza last weekend.
Egor Orudzhev claimed his third victory of 2016 in Sunday’s second race at Monza, and gave praise to his team for giving him a strong car.
Roy Nissany was delighted to take victory at Monza and move himself back into contention for the championship with four races of the season remaining.
A great start enabled Egor Orudzhev to claim his third victory of the season at Monza on Sunday, with Rene Binder and Louis Deletraz completing the podium.
Roy Nissany grabbed his second pole position of the weekend in the closing seconds of qualifying, denying Lotus team-mate Rene Binder by 0.180 seconds.
Roy Nissany was untouchable at Monza as he clinched his third victory of 2016 to move back into contention for the championship with Tom Dillmann failing to score.
Roy Nissany secured his second pole of 2016 as he denied Pietro Fittipaldi by 0.077 seconds in qualifying on Saturday morning.
