Gill narrowly ahead of Russell after the heats

The 44 drivers in the Academy Trophy have come to end of their qualifying races at Angerville. This phase was hotly contested, and no competitor has dominated outrageously. The Briton Alex Gill is in first position with a good mix of performance and consistency. He is closely followed by his compatriot George Russell, delayed during a collision at the start of the second race. Alec Weckström (Finland) has been rapid since his pole in the morning. He is the only one to have taken two victories, but fell to ninth position in the 2nd heat, so isn’t at the top of the favorites list. Tied with him is the French driver Paolo Besancenez who had a very good run with two second places, but regrettably experienced engine problems at the end of the day.

Also credited with good potential for the finals, the Finn Joonas Lappalainen is fifth due to a harder final race. He was followed in sixth position by another great French driver Erwan Julé who showed great intelligence in his race management. In seventh is the Swede Otto Tjader, Spaniard Javier Cobian in 8th, the Belgian Amaury Bonduel in 9th and the Italian Mattia Drudi in 10th.

Slightly slower than in Portugal, Adeline Prudent is still in the game and in 14th position. There was a big disappointment for the Polish driver Adrian Rozycki, who had been prominent at Braga, who didn’t qualify in 32nd position.

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