{"id":1449,"date":"2022-06-12T14:37:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T13:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiaformula4.com\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2022-06-12T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T13:37:15","slug":"mercedes-junior-daniel-guinchard-seizes-his-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiaformula4.com\/mercedes-junior-daniel-guinchard-seizes-his-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes junior Daniel Guinchard seizes his chance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mercedes-AMG junior Daniel Guinchard become the second Formula 1 junior driver after Ugo Ugochukwu to score a maiden single-seater victory in the ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA this season, rising from fifth to win the partially reversed grid race at Oulton Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Starting from fifth, the Phinsys by Argenti racer made a lightning getaway to pass Carlin racer Ugochukwu and a slow-starting Adam Fitzgerald off the line, slotting in behind the JHR pairing of pole-sitter Joseph Loake and Noah Lisle in third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there, he kept his cool as trouble hit the leading duo; a spin for Lisle at Old Hall relegated the Australian to the tail end of the field, before a problem with the front-left tyre caused heartbreak on home soil for Loake, his two-second lead evaporating in an instant as he slowed and was forced to retire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once released, Guinchard never looked back and powered clear to register his maiden victory in Britain’s FIA Formula 4 series by 3.6 seconds over Carlin pairing Louis Sharp and Ugochukwu, the former scoring a third consecutive podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a perfect race,” said an elated Guinchard. “I made a really good start, had a strong first lap and from there it was a clean race with no mistakes, and everything came together for once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/strong>I think we\u2019re getting there finally with the car, driving-wise, it’s all coming together slowly. So hopefully there will be many more wins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ugochukwu had to absorb race-long pressure, however, with his Carlin team-mate Ollie Gray breathing down his neck for the duration of the 20-minute contest. The Williams prot\u00e9g\u00e9 eventually had to settle for fourth, but for both, it was a great opportunity to reduce the arrears to Hitech racer Alex Dunne at the championship summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dunne had made a strong start from tenth to run up in seventh at the end of the opening lap around the 2.2-mile Island circuit but spun at Cascades whilst chasing Gray and dropped to the back. Undeterred, the Irish teenager set about making a comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He found it relatively plain sailing, until he reached an equally recovering Adam Fitzgerald, who put up a stoic defence of his ninth place. Although Dunne eventually found a way by his compatriot, he was unable to overhaul Edward Pearson (Virtuosi) ahead, despite applying pressure throughout the closing laps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fitzgerald in turn came under fire from his Argenti team-mate Aiden Neate for tenth spot, but held firm. Lisle eventually took 12th<\/sup> ahead of Daniel Mavlyutov (Hitech) and Michael Shin (Virtuosi), the South Korean forced to pit for a replacement front wing after the opening lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same is true of Joel Pearson (Chris Dittmann Racing), who made a lightning start with the ITV on-board camera but lost his front wing under braking for the Island hairpin and was called in by officials to repair the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weekend concludes with the ITV4-televised final race at 17:45 (BST) this afternoon (12 June).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to view the full race result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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