Double win for Moss-Osborne (Optimum Motorsport McLaren) at Paul Ricard

Optimum Motorsport doubled yesterday’s win in Race 2 to round a perfect weekend, whic also included pole position for Sunday’s race and an extended lead in the championship. It was a perfect day for Joe Osborne and Nick Moss, who now have a gap of 16 points on the two Oregon Team Lambos.

Pulcini-Hites today 6th finished 6th, while the other car of the Italian team, entrusted to Kevin Gilardoni and Glenn Berlo, finished second, the pair taking its first podium of the season.

Reema Juffali and Adam Christodoulou lived another great day for Theeba Motorsport, taking third overall and a third win in Pro-Am, this time ahead of Sébastian Baud-Steve Jans (GetSpeed Mercedes) and Robert Ziemian-Axcil Jefferies (Kessel Racing Ferrari).

In Am, Axel Hrachowina-Martin Konrad (Mann-Filter Team Landgraf Mercedes) took their second win of the season ahead of the Ferraris of Jackson-Hollings (Kessel Racing) and De Meeus-Stanley (AF Corse).

THE RACE – Starting from pole, Osborne keeps the advantage over Fumanelli and Basz in full fight. Stanley is fourth ahead of Valente, who has cut ostensibly all chicanes in first lap. Hofer’s car did not start. In lap 3, Osborne leads ahead of Fumanelli, Basz, Stanley, Pulcini, who has passed Gilardoni, then Valente and Mettler, while Korzeniowki spins, before starting a nice duel with Juffali.

The gap of Osborne grows up to 6 seconds over Fumanelli and 8 over Basz, with Pulcini and Stanley 20 seconds behind by lap 13, when the window for driver change opens, with Earle, Juffali, Shoffner and Gilardoni among the first to stop. In the meantime, there is a contact between Jefferies and Cipriani, right after their respective stops.

After all driver changes, Cuhadaroglu leads by 3 seconds on Moss and 6 on Marcin Jedlinski, with the two Lambos of Hites and Van Berlo 12 seconds behind. Follow Baud, Müller, Christodoulou, Laber, Jefferies and Jackson, who leads in Am ahead of De Meeus and Hrachowina.

Moss takes the lead in lap 20, which also see a close contact between Van Berlo and Hites, as the Dutchman overtakes his teammate. Van Berlo is soon second while Hites touches Cuhadaroglu, who spins and remains stranded over the kerb. The Chilean will get a 3-second penalty for that.

The last laps see Moss holding perfectly the lead and win, beating Van Berlo and Christodoulou, who has charged to take another podium and Pro-Am win. Baud wins his duel with Jefferies to take 4th and both complete the Pro-Am podium, while Jackson secures Am win.