Junior Formula Series
Doohan wins Paul Ricard F3 over Hauger who holds points lead
A wet Race 3 at Paul Ricard brought out the best of Red Bull Juniors Jack Doohan and Dennis Hauger who put on a great battle for the lead
#1 Dennis Hauger (NOR – Prema Dallara Mecachrome)
- Qualifying: 2nd – Race 1 Grid reverse top 12 Quali: 11th – Race 1 Result: 9th
- Race 2 Grid reverse top 12 Race 1: 4th – Race 2 Result: 2nd
- Race 3 Quali Grid: 2nd – Race 3 Result: 2nd
- FIA F3 Championship position: 1st – 66 points – after 6 of 21 races
#4 Jack Doohan (AUS - Trident Dallara Mecachrome)
- Qualifying: 4th – Race 1 Grid reverse top 12 Quali: 9th – Race 1 Result: 7th
- Race 2 Grid reverse top 12 Race 1: 6th – Race 2 Result: 5th
- Race 3 Quali Grid: 4th – Race 3 Result: 1st
- FIA F3 Championship position: 3rd – 58 points – after 6 of 21 races
#11 Ayumu Iwasa (JAP – Hitech Dallara Mecachrome)
- Qualifying: 8th – Race 1 Grid reverse top 12 Quali: 5th – Race 1 Result: 8th
- Race 2 Grid reverse top 12 Race 1: 5th – Race 2 Result: 9th
- Race 3 Quali Grid: 8th – Race 3 Result: 7th
- FIA F3 Championship position: 12th – 15 points – after 6 of 21 races
#25 Jonny Edgar (GBR – Carlin Dallara Mecachrome)
- Qualifying: 23rd – Race 1 Grid reverse top 12 Quali: 23rd – Race 1 Result: 28th
- Race 2 Grid reverse top 12 Race 1: 28th – Race 2 Result: 23rd
- Race 3 Quali Grid: 23rd – Race 3 Result: 14th
- FIA F3 Championship position: 14th – 11 points – after 6 of 21 races
#10 Jak Crawford (USA – Hitech Dallara Mecachrome)
- Qualifying: 16th – Race 1 Grid reverse top 12 Quali: 16th – Race 1 Result: 11th
- Race 2 Grid reverse top 12 Race 1: 2nd – Race 2 Result: 14th
- Race 3 Quali Grid: 16th – Race 3 Result: 10th
- FIA F3 Championship position: 16th – 3 points – after 6 of 21 races
Dennis Hauger finished on the podium at Paul Ricard 2021
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A wet Race 3 at Paul Ricard brought out the best of Red Bull Juniors Jack Doohan and Dennis Hauger who put on a great battle for the lead. From the soaking wet start, Hauger, the 18-year-old Norwegian, cut through from 2nd into a lead he quickly built on.
Doohan struggled for grip off the line and slipped from 4th to 5th but he kept his cool and as the track started to dry the 18-year-old Australian got quicker and quicker. He battled through to 2nd and started to put pressure on Hauger at ¾ distance with little standing water left.
A dive down the inside into the corner onto the start and finish by Doohan was spirited and Hauger repassed on the exit but Doohan was determined and soon made his move stick. He opened up a lead of just over a second but then Hauger fought back. Doohan answered and had the gap back up to over a second for the penultimate lap.
It capped a strong weekend for both drivers. Hauger had already taken 2nd in Race 2 after 9th in Race 1 and Doohan added his win to a 5th and 7th
Doohan measures pace perfectly to win
“We were quite unlucky in Qualifying only to get 4th. I just didn't end up with the slipstream so I was doing it all on my own. We were purple in all sectors and like 1/100th off in Sector 3. Frederik (Vesti) was in a perfect position behind me and did a good lap so fair play to him but I don't think that 4th was representative of where we were.”
Doohan Ricard
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“After the way things went in Barcelona I just wanted to get points on Saturday. Aim for top 6.
I was 7th in Race 1 but pushed for the fastest lap and that gave me a extra points. So a good day yesterday.”
“Today, if it had been dry we were going to be on the new tyre so I was positive that we could fight for the victory. In the wet I was a little more uncertain because you don't know, you are dependant on people around you and need to stay out of trouble.”
“The team did an awesome job, gave me a great car and I was able to pick them off one by one,” enthused the Trident driver. “The wet tyre is really really sensitive so I knew that the rain was passing and it was important to look after the tyre as it dried. If I could just stay in there for the first 5 or 6 laps and not destroy the tyres I would be good for the rest of the race. That's what we did.”
“We are happy with the pace and the way things are going, we need to keep the same approach going. Barcelona and Paul Ricard have not been my best circuits in the past and now we are going to tracks I enjoy more so I am really looking forward to that.”
Hauger off colour but on form
“Not bad, obviously some good points for the championship. Leading now by 6 points or so, so it is still close.”
Hauger Ricard
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“Qualifying was pretty good, P2. The main difference there I think was that I didn't have a slipstream compared to the pole but overall it was pretty good.”
“Started P11 in Race 1, wasn't perfect, got up to P9 so got some points which was the main thing and OK for the Race 2 grid. I'd been struggling with some sickness this weekend so especially in Race 1 I was not at 100% and felt pretty bad, I struggled to breathe after the race so I was just trying to survive.”
“I got some medicine for Race 2 and was a bit better, so P2 in Race 2 was not too bad. I was the only one on used tyres compared to the guys around. So the pace was looking pretty strong and we were quite confident going into today.”
“But then it started raining, which was quite unexpected. It was raining quite a bit. I had a really good start, got off in front and once I got away, just tried to manage the small gap. But then the rears were just not there anymore by mid race as the track dried out. I got caught by Jack.”
“Once I got passed, I tried to stick with him, tried to stay there but there was not really much more I could do with the tyres in the condition they were in.”
Overall it was a good weekend for points.
Ayumu Iwasa driving well for good points
"That was not bad, scoring points in all three races was very good,” enthused the 19-year-old Japanese Hitech driver. “A big improvement from Barcelona.”
Ayumu Iwasa at Paul Ricard 2021
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“We improved a lot of things but the biggest change was Qualifying. In Barcelona I made mistakes but here I managed to get into the top 12 and that is so important so I started both Race 1 and 2 P5. Still there is work to do but I was in the points battle.”
“In Race 3 in the wet it was OK in the early laps but late on the front tyres were destroyed as the track dried out. The same for most drivers and it was very tough.”
I think we have taken a good step forward this weekend and I think we can work hard and cary this improvement to the next races.
Jak Crawford with the pace for more points
“Not the best weekend I would say,” stated the 16-year-old American Hitech driver. “I got up to speed quite quickly in Free Practice and it looked like we had good pace for the Quali. Going into the Quali I thought we had the speed for top 10 or even top 5.”
Jak Crawford at Paul Ricard 2021
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“I made a huge mistake I'd say, on my best lap. I lost 7/10ths, that would have put me in the top 5. That's very unfortunate because it really set me back for Race 3 and I guess also Race 1.”
“In the first race it was difficult for sure, I was racing against all the guys who qualified at the front, after I'd qualified 16th. So it was hard to get past the quick guys but I got up to 11th. That put me on the front row for Race 2.”
“Race 2 I stalled at the start. We still don't know what happened. That was definitely a big shame. That was the race to get some big points. I ended up coming from last all the way up to 14th."
The pace was there, it's a big shame but it is what it is I guess.”
“The last race was wet which was a surprise to everyone. It was a good race, I had really good pace. I got to 10th around half way, but then unfortunately got into an incident where I was judged to have forced another driver off track. When you look at the onboard it didn't seem like that but I had to give up the position and lost 4 seconds doing that.”
“It was a shame, I could have got 7th or so. Once I gave it back and got into clean air I had top 3 pace on the wets as it started to dry. So not that good a weekend but I was happy with the pace and look forward to the next races.”
Jonny Edgar frustrated
“It was a very difficult weekend,” admitted the 17-year-old Briton frankly. “We really struggle for speed. The balance of the car was OK but the speed just wasn't there over the lap.”
Jonny Edgar at Paul Ricard 2021
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Race 3 was a little better because other people were struggling and I could make up some places but it still wasn't what we wanted.
“We really don't know what the answer is at the moment but we obviously have work to do to get things sorted out,” stated the Carlin driver.
F3 - FRANCE - FEATURE RACE RESULTS
POS
NAME
NAT
TEAM
GAP
1
AUS
Trident
2
NOR
Prema Racing
+ 1.551s
3
Caio Collet
BRA
MP Motorsport
+ 5.051s
4
Victor Martins
FRA
MP Motorsport
+ 7.237s
5
Clement Novalak
FRA
Trident
+ 14.245s
6
Frederik Vesti
DEN
ART Grand Prix
+ 17.942s
7
JPN
Hitech Grand Prix
+ 23.074s
8
Aleksandr Smolyar
RUS
ART Grand Prix
+ 24.883s
9
Juan Manuel Correa
USA
ART Grand Prix
+ 25.549s
10
USA
Hitech Grand Prix
+ 28.620s
11
Enzo Fittipaldi
BRA
Charouz Racing System
+ 34.198s
12
Calan Williams
AUS
Jenzer Motorsport
+ 36.018s
13
Arthur Leclerc
MON
Prema Racing
+ 39.013s
14
GBR
Carlin
+ 41.826s
15
Roman Stanek
CZH
Hitech Grand Prix
+ 42.379s
16
Tijmen van der Helm
NED
MP Motorsport
+ 44.394s
17
Kaylen Frederick
USA
Carlin
+ 45.339s
18
Johnathan Hoggard
GBR
Jenzer Motorsport
+ 45.882s
19
Lorenzo Colombo
ITA
Campos Racing
+ 47.672s
20
Matteo Nannini
ITA
HWA Racelab
+ 48.519s
21
Reshad de Gerus
FRA
Charouz Racing System
+ 48.859s
22
Oliver Rasmussen
DEN
HWA Racelab
+ 53.917s
23
Rafael Villagomez
MEX
HWA Racelab
+ 54.660s
24
Ido Cohen
ISR
Carlin
+ 56.688s
25
Armaury Cordeel
BEL
Campos Racing
+ 1:02.091s
26
Filip Ugran
ROM
Jenzer Motorsport
+ 1:08.247s
27
David Schumacher
GER
Trident
+ 1:08.525s
28
Pierre-Louis Chovet
FRA
Campos Racing
+ 2 Laps
DNF
Logan Sargeant
USA
Charouz Racing System
DNF
DNF
Olli Caldwell
GBR
Prema Racing
DNF
