After a couple of race weekends where he was not really a contender for victory, Ralf Aron made amends for that in race three at Misano despite encountering tricky conditions.
Jüri Vips took a win, a second place and a fifth in Misano to move into second place in the championship standings, just twelve points behind Daniel Ticktum.
Mick Schumacher: “I am happy that I am now able to show what I can achieve in the races”
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Mick Schumacher took his third victory in as many rounds at Misano to extend his impressive run of form and move himself up to fourth place in the Drivers’ Championship.
It was a mixed day for Prema Theodore Racing at Misano as Ralf Aron scored his fourth win of 2018, with Mick Schumacher and Robert Shwartzman in the points, but Marcus Armstrong and Guanyu Zhou both retired after colliding.
Jüri Vips took his third win of the season at Misano on Saturday to move into second place in the championship standings, although he was made to work hard for it by Alex Palou.
Motopark’s Jüri Vips and Prema Theodore Racing’s Marcus Armstrong both took a pole position in a very wet Qualifying session at Misano on Saturday evening.
Mick Schumacher took his third win of the season as Prema Theodore Racing finished 1-2-3-4 in the opening race at Misano on Saturday.
The German took his second pole position of the season at Misano on Friday and was happy with the set-up changes that were made in between free practice and Qualifying.
Mick Schumacher qualified on pole position for the opening race of the weekend on the FIA European Formula 3 Championship’s debut at Misano.
Funding problems for Petru Florescu has forced Fortec Motorsport to withdraw their entry for the round at Misano, although they hope to be back for the Nurburgring.
Daniel Ticktum heads to Misano this weekend as the new championship leader but he feels his results in races two and three at Silverstone should have been better after delaying tactics in Qualifying from Prema.
Enaam Ahmed took a third and two fourth places at Silverstone, and was pleased that pushing the team hard in the weeks running up to the weekend appeared to pay off.
The tracks coming up are ones Marcus Armstrong knows well so he remains optimistic he can win the European Formula 3 title in 2018 despite a relatively poor weekend of results at Silverstone.
Jehan Daruvala feels he is driving better than ever in 2018 but the results are not showing that as Carlin’s form fluctuates from one race weekend to the next.
Sacha Fenestraz was positive after taking two podium finishes at Silverstone last weekend, his first trips there since his race victory at Pau at the beginning of the year.
Speaking to The Checkered Flag at Silverstone, Alex Palou admits his 2018 season has not lived up to expectations, although he has hopes of a good performance this weekend at Misano.
Jüri Vips took his second victory of the season at Silverstone on Sunday but admitted the pressure from Sacha Fenestraz and going the wrong way on set-up made it harder than expected.
