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In Spa Race 1 Bruno Bonifacio claims second 2013 win

Double win for the Brazilian Bruno Bonifacio and a double for Prema as well in Race 1 however deleted after the chequered flag in Spa-Francorchamps, this weekend hosting the third out of the seven season venues of Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS. A 25" penalty took from the Italian Antonio Fuoco second overall on behalf of the Polish JD Motorsport Jakub Dalewski, capable o fan constant race and at his first on podium, along with the Swiss Kevin Joerg (Jenzer Motorsport), third.

After having seized first win in the opening round of Vallelunga, Bonifacio thus doubled ruling since the very first lap starting from pole. Bad luck for the Russian Egor Orudzhev (Tech1 Racing) and the Italian Luca Ghiotto, him behind the wheel of the third Prema car, soon out for the early crash that involved also Fuoco who still managed to escape undamaged. Thrill for Luke Chudleigh (Orudzhev team mate), who hit hard against the barriers, and caused a red flag. Luckily no consequences for the Canadian. Good driving also form the other Brazilian Guilherme Silva, fourth on the best of team Koiranen GP cars, after a 10" penalty awarded to the Argentinean Marcos Siebert (Jenzer Motorsport), slipped ninth behind Konstantin Tereschchenko (Interwetten.com), Andrew Tang (Jenzer Motorsport), Ukyo Sasahara (Euronova Racing) and J offrey De Narda (Arta Engineering).

THE REPORT. Bonifacio keeps the position at the start, chased by Fuoco, Orudzhev and Ghiotto. In the straight that approaches Les Combes, the Russian spuns after a touch with Fuoco and smashes against the rails involving also Ghiotto. Now third is thence Joerg, with Villemi, Dalewski and Silva respectively behind. At lap two Dalewski slips by Villemi, but on the following lap the red flag is waived for the crash of Chudleigh at Raidillon. The restart is behind the Safety Car with Bonifacio still ahead of Fuoco. At lap seven, Dalewski overtakes at Les Combes and, at the same spot, Villemi have to give way to both Silva and Siebert. Tereschchenko instead passes Tang and reaches eighth. With two minutes to go Ramsay spuns ending up in the gravel. Almost simultaneously due to a puncture Villemi spuns (he was seven), while slightly before Siebert passed Silva seizing fifth. Nothing changed instead in the top positions with Bonifacio that took the chequered f lag still chased by Fuoco.

«We do not have a team order policy, then I just had to be careful not to let my team mate come close. At the beginning I've managed to open a small gap that allowed me to handle the race. This win is important for my championship. From now on the key will be seizing points in any occasion». - This was Bonifacio comment.

On top there is still Fuoco, with a 16 points lead over Bonifacio. Tomorrow Race 2 is scheduled at 10.40 and will still last 25 minutes plus a lap. Those interested will be able to follow it live on www.renaultsportitalia.it.

Race 1 (top-10): 1. Bruno Bonifacio BRA (Prema Powerteam) 12 giri; 2. Jakub Dalewski POL (JD Motorsport) 6"908; 3. Kevin Joerg SUI (Jenzer Motorsport) 7"453; 4. Guilherme Silva BRA (Koiranen GP) 10"103; 5. Konstantin Tereshchenko RUS (Interwetten.com) 10"411; 6. Andrew Tang SIN (Jenzer Motorsport) 13"047; 7. Ukyo Sasahara JAP (Euronova Racing) 16"938; 8. Joffrey De Narda (Arta Engineering) 19"501; 9. Marcos Siebert ARG (Jenzer Motorsport) 19"749; 10. Francisco Mora POR (Interwetten.com) 21"858.

Championship (top-10): 1. Antonio Fuoco ITA (Prema Junior) 93; 2. Bonifacio BRA (Prema Powerteam) 77; 3. Pierre Gasly FRA (Tech1 Racing) 57; 4. Luca Ghiotto ITA (Prema Powerteam) 44; 5. William Vermont FRA (Arta Engineering) 41.