George Russel Wins In Style
press release
There was hardly any suspense when it comes to victory in Zuera during the Final of the European KF3 Championship (the Juniors class).
Second in the Pre-Final, George Russel (Intrepid-TM) had a brilliant start from the front row and … immediately escaped from the others. Behind, the young Englishman’s rivals were losing ground on the leaders and were fighting it out tooth and nail … some not coming out of it unscathed. This was notably the case for the young Frenchman Dorian Boccolacci (Birel-BMB), winner of the Pre-Final, but excluded from the battle for victory following a race incident at the beginning of the race which sent him back in the rankings. His climb back up from 24th to 10th place, punctuated by a best lap time, could hardly console him …
Above: George Russell gaps the field on his way to the European KF3 Championship
pic - CIK/FIA
Behind the inaccessible, the Swede Robin Hansson (Energy-TM) came out on top of his duel with the Brit Connor Jupp (FA Kart-Vortex) to clinch the silver medal. With Harrison Scott (Intrepid-TM), the Brits managed to slot three of theirs amongst the first four.
In 5th place, Alessio Piccini, performed well for a first outing which must have delighted his father, Alessandro, four times World Championship in the 125cc class with gearbox between 1987 and 1993.
Having shown their support for their country with a one minute silence on Saturday, the Norwegians Oystein Helgheim (Parolin-TM) and Dennis Olsen (Energy-TM) just missed out on the top 5, but headed off the Italian Simone Cunati (Top Kart-TM), the Frenchman Esteban Ocon (FA Kart-Vortex) and Dorian Boccolacci.
European KF3 Championship Final
| Rnk | Driver | Chassis / Engine / Tyres | Gap | Best lap |
| 1 | Russell, George | Intrepid / TM / Vega | 01:02.2 | |
| 2 | Hansson, Robin L. | Energy / TM / Vega | 4.216 | 01:02.3 |
| 3 | Jupp, Connor | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 4.455 | 01:02.1 |
| 4 | Scott, Harrison | Intrepid / TM / Vega | 5.597 | 01:02.2 |
| 5 | Piccini, Alessio | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 10.093 | 01:02.3 |
| 6 | Helgheim, Oystein | Parolin / TM / Vega | 10.152 | 01:02.3 |
| 7 | Olsen, Dennis | Energy / TM / Vega | 12.049 | 01:02.3 |
| 8 | Cunati, Simone | Top Kart / TM / Vega | 12.144 | 01:02.2 |
| 9 | Ocon, Esteban | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 12.296 | 01:02.3 |
| 10 | Boccolacci, Dorian | Birel / BMB / Vega | 19.164 | 01:02.1 |
| 11 | Shaw, Bradley | Tony Kart / TM / Vega | 20.275 | 01:02.5 |
| 12 | Karbaley, Darius | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 21.207 | 01:02.6 |
| 13 | Mordret, Etienne | Zanardi / Parilla / Vega | 21.76 | 01:02.4 |
| 14 | Verstappen, Max | CRG / Parilla / Vega | 21.87 | 01:02.3 |
| 15 | Vivacqua C.De Oliv., Thiago | Energy / TM / Vega | 22.781 | 01:02.9 |
| 16 | Oomen, Kim | Zanardi / Parilla / Vega | 22.946 | 01:02.7 |
| 17 | Sylvest, Nicolai | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 23.165 | 01:02.2 |
| 18 | Sorensen, Lasse | Birel / BMB / Vega | 23.239 | 01:02.3 |
| 19 | Stroll, Lance | Zanardi / Parilla / Vega | 23.435 | 01:02.2 |
| 20 | O'keeffe, Callan | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 23.791 | 01:02.6 |
| 21 | Speedy, (A. Fuoco) | Top Kart / TM / Vega | 24.044 | 01:02.6 |
| 22 | Hamilton, Alexander | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 24.202 | 01:02.9 |
| 23 | Russo, Guillermo | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 24.441 | 01:02.3 |
| 24 | Kuusiniemi, Jussi | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 24.733 | 01:02.9 |
| 25 | Romanov, Vasiliy | Energy / TM / Vega | 25.542 | 01:02.8 |
| 26 | Lavelli, Kevin | Top Kart / Parilla / Vega | 26.248 | 01:02.8 |
| 27 | Rueda Mateos, Francisco | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 29.242 | 01:02.5 |
| 28 | Dienst, Marvin | Birel / TM / Vega | 36.349 | 01:03.0 |
| 29 | Nielsen, Nicklas | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 4 Laps | 01:03.4 |
| 30 | Gill, Alex | Wright / Parilla / Vega | 11 Laps | 01:03.5 |
| 31 | Pukema, Pasi | Haase / Vortex / Vega | 14 Laps | 01:07.4 |
| 32 | Moineault, Valentin | Sodi / Parilla / Vega | 14 Laps | 01:31.1 |
| 33 | Graham, Matthew | Zanardi / Parilla / Vega | 15 Laps | |
| 34 | Besancenez, Paolo | Sodi / Parilla / Vega | 15 Laps |