Drudi wins race 2 at Besancenez

The start of the second race of the Academy Trophy went very well after a warning briefing before the race. Benjamin Lessennes stayed ahead of Javier Cobian, Joonas Lappalainen, George Russell and Amaury Bonduel. The Russian Alexander Maslennikov didn’t long retain his 6th place, letting Mattia Drudi, Paolo Besancenez and Alec Weckström past. Erwan Julé advanced to 12th, Alex Gill was already back in 15th position.

Besancenez set the fastest lap, and passed for fifth on lap 6. Adeline Prudent moved up to 19th position. Lesssennes was behind the leader, and the double threat from Cobian Lappalainen was confirmed. They first passed Cobian, while Drudi was given the opportunity close up and overtake Cobian easily. Russell didn’t seem capable of reaching the podium, he was steadily losing ground.

Drudi was the fastest on the track, he took second place on the 10th lap. Besancenez was fourth after passing Cobian, Julé advanced to 8th. Drudi stole first place from Lessennes on lap 14, Besancenez was closer to 3rd placed Lappalainen. The Finnish attacked Lessennes, but the drivers touched and lose time. Besancenez took the opportunity to go second with Weckström in his wake.

Victory went to the Italian Mattia Drudi, with Paolo Beanscenez 2nd and Alec Weckström 3rd. Lappalainen finished 4th, Maslennikov 5th, Lessennes 6th, Cobian 7th, Julé 8th. Adeline Prudent completed her recovery in 15th position, just behind the poor Russell. Alex Gill had another unfortunate non-finish with a technical problem that left him to watch from the edge of the track.

Race conditions:

Air Temperature: 24.5 ° track temperature 37 ° partly cloudy, strong wind

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