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Celis beats Fittipaldi in FP1 of World Series V8

Alfonso Celis Jr has been the quickest in the Thursday practice session of World Series Formula V8 3.5 Series at Silverstone, England. The Mexican finished ahead of Fittipaldi and Isaakyan.

The Mexican driver was only 0.032 seconds quicker than Pietro Fittipaldi (Lotus). Both drivers have changed their teams this season. Celis leave AVF for Fortec Motorsport while Fittipaldi left Fortec to join Lotus.

In third position another driver who changed his team, Matevos Isaakyan who has leave Spirit of Race for AVF. The Russian alongside his team mate in AVF and collegue in SMP Racing program, Egor Orudzhev seem to be the drivers to beat this season, despite the fifth position for Orudzhev.

Results:

Pos Driver Team Gap Laps
1 Alfonso Celis Fortec Motorsports 1:41.302 22
2 Pietro Fittipaldi Lotus 0,032 19
3 Matevos Isaakyan AVF 0,61 20
4 Rene Binder Lotus 0,627 17
5 Egor Orudzhev AVF 0,746 21
6 Nelson Mason Teo Martin Motorsport 1,378 21
7 Diego Menchaca Fortec Motorsports 2,067 20
8 Konstantin Tereschenko Teo Martin Motorsport 2,934 16
9 Damiano Fioravanti Il Barone Rampante 3,35 17
10 Roy Nissany RP Motorsport 3,378 13
11 Giuseppe Cipriani Il Barone Rampante 3,501 19
12 Yu Kanamaru RP Motorsport 4,737 15