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2 days ago
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McLaughlin wins at Zandvoort to extend F4 lead
Red Bull Junior driver Fionn McLaughlin boosted his British F4 title hopes after a strong weekend at Zandvoort. McLaughlin claimed pole position and won the final race of the weekend in the Netherlands. The 17-year-old controlled the final race of the weekend despite a number of stoppages and interruptions for crashes behind and he took the chequered flag for his third victory of the season. The Northern Ireland driver also finished second in the opening race behind title, rival Martin Molnar, and was seventh in the reverse grid race. He now leads Hungarian driver Molnar, who crashed out of the third race, by 28.5 points in the championship and also holds a commanding lead in the rookie standings. The next round of the season takes place at Knockhill in Scotland from 16-17 August. The next Vettel or Verstappen? Meet Fionn McLaughlin
BBC News
2 days ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
McLaughlin wins at Zandvoort to extend F4 lead
Red Bull Junior driver Fionn McLaughlin boosted his British F4 title hopes after a strong weekend at claimed pole position and won the final race of the weekend in the 17-year-old controlled the final race of the weekend despite a number of stoppages and interruptions for crashes behind and he took the chequered flag for his third victory of the Northern Ireland driver also finished second in the opening race behind title, rival Martin Molnar, and was seventh in the reverse grid now leads Hungarian driver Molnar, who crashed out of the third race, by 28.5 points in the championship and also holds a commanding lead in the rookie next round of the season takes place at Knockhill in Scotland from 16-17 August.
BBC News
05-07-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
McLaughlin third in F4 as Dunne drops down in F2
Fionn McLaughlin finished in third place in the opening British F4 race at Silverstone, but it was a disappointing day for Formula 2 title contender Alex 17, started in fifth and earned a podium as British F4 supports Formula 1 at the British Grand Prix with a non-points scoring Red Bull Junior driver, from Northern Ireland, leads both the overall and rookie British F4 standings in his first season of car made up two positions on the opening lap to claim a podium in front of the F1 crowd, and he will start on pole position for the second British F4 race at Silverstone at 08:20 race was won by Colombian Salim Hanna and Mercedes junior driver Ethan Jeff-Hall was second. However, it was a disappointing sprint race for Irish driver Dunne in Formula 2. The 19-year-old, who made an impressive Formula 1 practice debut for McLaren in the previous round in Austria, started in eighth place but fell outside the points after a poor then collided with Gabriele Mini on the eighth lap and dropped to the back of the field with a puncture, while the Italian driver was penalised with a 10-second a result of a finish outside the points, Dunne drops to fourth in the championship and is now 25 points behind leader Richard race was won by Italy's Leonardo Fornaroli while Sebastian Montoya and Roman Stanek completed the will start from second place on the grid for the feature race on Sunday morning at 11:05 BST.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Automotive
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McLaughlin takes F4 lead with Snetterton win
Red Bull Junior driver Fionn McLaughlin won his first race of the season to take the lead in the British Formula 4 standings. McLaughlin, from Magherafelt, won the third race at Snetterton with a commanding drive from pole position. The 17-year-old now leads the overall championship by nine points over Martin Molnar of Hungary, as well as the rookie standings after three rounds. McLaughlin had taken pole position for the first race before a mistake while leading dropped him down the order. However, he rebounded by finishing eighth in race two before his victory in the final race of the weekend. "I was really rooting for the victory. In that last one I was really fast and I came away with the win," said Hitech driver McLaughlin. "Every racing driver loves it when you're on your own and you have a big gap behind, so the stress was low and I just tried to manage the gap and stay calm." In the British Touring Car Championship, which was also racing at Snetterton, Northern Ireland's Chis Smiley had another strong weekend with two top-10 finishes to move into eighth in the standings. The Restart Racing driver was set to start the third and final race from second on the grid but an electrical issues on his Hyundai forced him to miss the Green flag. The three BTCC races were won by Ford duo Dan Cammish and Daniel Rowbottom, before Power Maxed Racing's Mikey Doble claimed the final race.
