Spanish GP: David Vidales wins first F3 race!

“Come on, h …!,” He exclaimed after receiving the message he had hoped for the most: “Good! Checkered flag “. He won. David Vidales (20 years old, León), one of the greatest future jewelers of Spanish motorsport, won his first victory in FIA Formula 3 World Championship in the first magna disputed in the Spanish GP, in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this Saturday. The driver from León took advantage of the inverted grid, which allowed him to start from pole position, to defend his privileged position with a consistent and uninterrupted speed that allowed him to make his debut. on the new podium at Circuit with the Spanish flag in the first square before his men. David He became the first Spanish pilot Formula 3 since Alex Palou, current IndyCar champion, won GP3 at Yas Marina 2015.

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David Vidales covered the work on the team’s car wheel career fields in the first race of the third weekend of the single-seater bronze category course after showing great progress last month in the second round of Imolawith good returns.

Vidales was 10th and 8th in the first race, and 11th and 8th in the second race, and the third time was the beauty for David, who gave his first win of the weekend to fans of Spain.

The young man, teammate at Campos Racing of another Spanish promise Pepe Marti (16 years old, he finished 14th in this first race), he led the race from start to finish. He became strong from the pole position and his wrist did not tremble in the first corner, taking the inner line to defend his place. Correa, from second position, could do nothing to overtake him. The American finished third behind Crawford, who also didn’t face a Vidales who showed tremendous solvency in a flawless drive.

Crawford tried it with clearly better speed on turn 1 after a few turns trying to catch the Spaniard. But Vidales braked again late, perfectly defended his win, and led to Crawford’s mistake, although the Red Bull driver believed it was not a fair move and the trustees would investigate.

Vidales is a two-time runner-up in karting and many have compared him when he was young to Fernando Alonso. In 2020 he made the single-seater jump in the Formula Renault Eurocup, last year he competed in the Asian F3 Championship and the European Regional Formula and this year he finally made the jump that many expected, to reach world championship thanks to Campos Racing bet on Spanish talent. I could not give a better tribute to the great Adrián Campos, who died in January 2021.

“Winning here in Spain was incredible. With so many people on the stands, there were Spanish flags, they pushed me,” Vidales said after the race.

“From the beginning of the race I tried to keep the first position. After 2 laps I tried to defend the position. Jak came so fast. I wouldn’t call it an incident because we haven’t gotten along yet. I tried to stay in my line. and brake as late as possible without holding. I tried to do my best. It was hard but it worked. And speed was enough to win, “he said when asked about his defense against Crawford.

“We continue to understand and it shows the progress we are making. You have to study everything about the race, understand the breakdown because it is very important to better manage the race tomorrow ”, he concludes, thinking about the race on Sunday, where he has to come back from the 11th seat won in qualification.