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2 weekends into the crazy quadruple header.
Spa saw awkward weather, with race 1 disappointingly red flagged early after a nasty crash for Reshad de Gerus at Raidillon, with Franco Colapinto scoring his first win since the first race of the season ahead of Victor Martins and Ugo de Widle. Race 2 saw a greasy track and Alex Quinn charged through the field to dominate ahead of his teammate De Wilde, with Gregoire Saucy beating Martins to 3rd. Ciao Collet and David Vidales had relatively poor weekends.
The Formula Renault Eurocup supported Formula 1 at Imola. Lorenzo Colombo (who withdrew from Spa after a bizarre injury) scored an impressive pole at his home circuit, but Ciao Collet charged through to win the first race ahead of Alex Quinn and an error-prone Colombo. Martins only finished 5th, meaning Collet closed to within 8 points of the Frenchman's championship lead. However, in race 2, Martins scored a pole and a win, whilst David Vidales attacked too hard for 3rd, locked up, and rode over Franco Colapinto's car before taking out Ciao Collet (running 2nd) on the first lap. Colapinto was able to continue to finish 2nd ahead of Hadrien David, who looked very good to score his maiden podium.
Victor Martins now has a 33 point lead ahead of Collet with 4 races remaining. With Vidales only scoring 1 point in the last 4 races, Colapinto has jumped to 3rd but is out of the title race. Martins is now in the curious position of potentially regaining his Renault(/Alpine) junior status having lost it just one year ago, although I doubt Collet will end up losing his Renault(/Alpine) backing due to his status as one of Nicolas Todt's golden boys.
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