Pepe Marti starts second in F3 Race 1 in Bahrain

After debuting last year, formula 3 world cup As the youngest driver on the grid at the age of 16, in his second year in the bronze category of the World Championships this year, Pepe Marti I want to step up. That message of strength is what the now 17-year-old Barcelona driver wants to send this Saturday, starting from his position on pole in his race sprint for the first event of the Formula 3 track this Saturday. increase. bahrainThe Catalan was 12th in the first instance in the first classification of the year, thanks to the position he won at the end of a lap that Bernard canceled at the last minute.That extra position which put him in 12th allowed him to enjoy 1st place on the reversed grid Sleeve this Saturday (22 laps or 45 minutes + 1 lap). but, They then penalized another driver and he ended up in 11th, leaving him the second starting position in this Saturday’s short date.

the pilot of Racecourse He could have gone higher, but on his first attempt, When he got to the first position he saw how Race Direction canceled his time for exceeding track limits.

On his second attempt, Marti set very good times in the first and second sectors.lost a tenth in the first sector compared to the best time and another tenth in the second sector (33.9 in the first sector compared to 33.8 for the “Poleman” Gabriele Mini , 46.2) compared to 46.1 in the second sector) pole).

Pepe could have chosen to fight for fifth place.But something happened to him in the third sector.There he lost a tenth of a second more compared to his pole time, probably due to traffic, and was 0.391s behind the best in a very tight classification that was only tenths of a second off the first 20. .

Other Spaniards in the category, Malibui Formula 3 rookie (MP Motorsports) finished 19th in first qualifying in the Bronze class.

Pole position was taken by 17-year-old Italian rookie Gabriele Mini, followed by Boltrate (2nd), Saucy (3rd), Goethe (4th) and Barter (5th). Another big name in the category, Argentinian rookie Franco Colapinto finished his 13th behind Pepe Marti. Colombian native Sebastian Montoya, 17, is also a rookie and is expected to be part of his youth program at Red Bull, but he finished 15th in the first ‘qualifying’ at the Formula 3 World Championship.

Race 1 will take place this Saturday (10:15 Spain time) and the long race will take place on Sunday (9:50 Spain time).