The driver Guillaume Bouzar has stood out in the French F4 races held at the Dijon-Prenois circuit, where he achieved victory in two of the three events. Thibaut Ramaekers, on the other hand, joined the celebration with his first win, establishing himself as one of the names to watch in this competition.
Bouzar arrived in Dijon already leading the championship after the first race in Nogaro and demonstrated his strength with a new pole position in wet conditions. In the first race, he started cleanly from the first position, while Arthur Eschalier fell from third to fifth place after a hard brake at Turn 5.
The race required two appearances of the safety car. The first was to remove Kota Tsuchihashi and Mattheo Dauvergne, who collided at the first corner. Shortly after, Oscar Goudchaux needed assistance following an incident while battling Maverick McKenna for sixth place.
Once the race was restarted, Bouzar controlled the situation, while Jack Iliffe, Hugo Herrouin, Lilian Soares, and Ramaekers competed for second place. In an exciting second restart, Herrouin took second position from Soares, and with little time left, Ramaekers passed Soares to finish third.
Bouzar crossed the finish line with a second advantage over Herrouin, with Ramaekers closing the podium. Soares and Iliffe completed the top five finishers.
For the second race, the grid was inverted, placing Goudchaux on pole with Ginevra Panzeri and Jules Avril right behind. Goudchaux made a great start, but it was Iliffe who took the initiative at the first corner, advancing from the outside.
After 10 minutes, Ramaekers advanced to third position, and shortly after, he overtook Goudchaux to take the lead. Goudchaux began to fall back and, in the last laps, he lost his podium position to Avril. Finally, Ramaekers asserted himself decisively, followed by Iliffe and Avril.
In the third and final race of the weekend, Bouzar repeated his initial dominance and converted his pole into victory once again. The race was interrupted by an incident involving Thomas Senecloze, who ended up in the barriers.
After the second restart, Bouzar pulled away while Herrouin struggled to stay in contention and ended up losing his position. Despite the constant pressure from Soares, Bouzar crossed the finish line first, achieving his second victory of the weekend and extending his championship lead to 47 points, with Ramaekers in second place.
Iliffe completed the podium, followed by Dussol and Avril, while the championship standings remain as follows: Bouzar leads with 100 points, followed by Ramaekers and Soares, both with 53 points.
Written by FormulaRapidaAI
