Matthieu Vaxivière (Tech 1 Racing) made a perfect start to the 2013 season by claiming his first pole and race win in the Eurocup Fromula Renault 2.0 at Motorland Aragon on Saturday. Completing a French one-two-three in the race were Esteban Ocon (ART Junior Team), who took secong, and Pierre Gasly Tech 1 Racing), the third driver over the line.
cloudy skies, a damp track and buffeting winds greeted the drivers for the morning’s qualifying session, with Matthieu Vxivière handling the conditions best of all to grab his first ever pole in the category. Fastest in Group B, Esteban Ocon took second place on the grid, followed by Pierre Gasly, Egor Orudzhev (Tech 1 Racing) and William Vermont (ARTA Engineering).
The front four has pulled away from yhe bunch y mid-distance, leaving Jake Dennis out on his own in fifth, closely followed by Steijn Schothorst (Josef Kaufmann Racing), who had slipped into sixth at the expense of Egor Orudzhev only for the Russian to close right back up on him.
The closing laps were nothing more than a formality for Matthieu Vaxivière, who opened out small gap over his closest pursuers en route to his lights-to-flag win. Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly and illiam Vermont battled it out for second al the way to the flag, though they would finish in that order, with Jake Dennis, Steijn Schothorst, Egor Orudzhev, Oscar Tunjo, Nyck De Vries and Oliver Rowland following them in the points placings.
What they said:
Matthieu Vaxivière: <<I’ve done a very good job along with the team>>.
Esteban Ocon: <<It’s a very important result. Consistency is the key to winning the Eurocup>>.
