{"id":1203,"date":"2014-05-09T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T11:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2014-05-09T14:49:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T12:49:59","slug":"strong-start-at-pau-as-felix-goes-third-in-free-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/strong-start-at-pau-as-felix-goes-third-in-free-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong start at Pau &#8211; Felix goes third in free practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/gal14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1200\" alt=\"gal1\" src=\"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/gal14-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/gal14-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/gal14-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/gal14.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Felix got the 2014 edition of the Grand Prix de Pau off to a promising start by going third fastest in Friday free practice on the streets of the French city.<\/p>\n<p>The session\u00a0got underway 15 minutes\u00a0behind schedule following earlier incidents in the support categories,\u00a0and\u00a0was further delayed by a red-flag stoppage after Michele Beretta crashed at Pont Oscar\u00a010 minutes from the end.<\/p>\n<p>Felix wound up 0.262s off the ultimate pace set by\u00a0home favourite Esteban Ocon, who stopped the clock in\u00a01m10.688s to head\u00a0Max Verstappen in second.\u00a0Felix completed\u00a0eight\u00a0laps less than Ocon, who\u00a0appeared eager to accumulate mileage and racked up a full\u00a044 laps.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the top three,\u00a0Felix&#8217;s M\u00fccke Motorsport team-mate Lucas Auer went fourth,\u00a0enjoying a gap of over two\u00a0tenths to fifth-placed\u00a0Jake Dennis.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Nissany and Antonio Fuoco were among others to join Beretta into the Pau barriers, with both drivers having to miss substantial parts of the session with damaged cars.<\/p>\n<p>The first qualifying session of the weekend takes place at 16.40 local time.<\/p>\n<p>[star_list]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Video: Pau qualifying format explained\" href=\"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/video-pau-qualifying-format-explained\/?lang=en\"><strong>VIDEO: Pau qualifying\u00a0format explained<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Grand Prix de Pau: full qualifying groups\" href=\"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/grand-prix-de-pau-full-qualifying-groups\/?lang=en\"><strong>LIST: Full qualifying groups<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/star_list]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>FELIX:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A good, strong start to the weekend &#8211; it&#8217;s great to be back here in Pau! You can&#8217;t afford to set yourself back by a crash in practice here,\u00a0so I didn&#8217;t\u00a0take too many risks in this session &#8211; although I did lock up going into Turn 1 on my fastest lap. Still, the times were competitive and I think we&#8217;ve got every reason to\u00a0be optimistic going into qualifying.\u00a0By then, there will be no holding back, and it should be an intense afternoon!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Pos.<\/th>\n<th>No<\/th>\n<th>Driver<\/th>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Time<\/th>\n<th>Gap<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Esteban Ocon \/ FRA <small>Prema Powerteam<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:10.688<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>Max Verstappen \/ NED <small>Van Amersfoort Racing<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:10.859<\/td>\n<td>0.171<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>27<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Felix Rosenqvist \/ SWE <small>kfzteile24 M\u00fccke Motorsport<\/small><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>1:10.950<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>0.262<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Lucas Auer \/ AUT <small>kfzteile24 M\u00fccke Motorsport<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.083<\/td>\n<td>0.395<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>Jake Dennis \/ GBR <small>Carlin<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.292<\/td>\n<td>0.604<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>Tom Blomqvist \/ GBR <small>Jagonya Ayam with Carlin<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.385<\/td>\n<td>0.697<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Edward Jones \/ UAE <small>Carlin<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.434<\/td>\n<td>0.746<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Jordan King \/ GBR <small>Carlin<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.454<\/td>\n<td>0.766<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Riccardo Agostini \/ ITA <small>Eurointernational<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.461<\/td>\n<td>0.773<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Mitchell Gilbert \/ AUS <small>Fortec Motorsports<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.494<\/td>\n<td>0.806<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>F\u00e9lix Serrall\u00e9s \/ USA <small>Team West-TecF3<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.612<\/td>\n<td>0.924<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Antonio Giovinazzi \/ ITA <small>Jagonya Ayam with Carlin<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.713<\/td>\n<td>1.025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Nicholas Latifi \/ CAN <small>Prema Powerteam<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.728<\/td>\n<td>1.040<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>Dennis van de Laar \/ NED <small>Prema Powerteam<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.729<\/td>\n<td>1.041<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Felipe Guimaraes \/ BRA <small>Double R Racing<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:11.874<\/td>\n<td>1.186<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Sean Gelael \/ INA <small>Jagonya Ayam with Carlin<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:12.002<\/td>\n<td>1.314<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Gustavo Menezes \/ USA <small>Van Amersfoort Racing<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:12.053<\/td>\n<td>1.365<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Richard Goddard \/ GBR <small>ThreeBond with T-Sport<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:12.113<\/td>\n<td>1.425<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>John Bryant-Meisner \/ SWE <small>Fortec Motorsports<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:12.128<\/td>\n<td>1.440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Tatiana Calder\u00f3n \/ COL <small>Jo Zeller Racing<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:12.448<\/td>\n<td>1.760<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Jules Szymkowiak \/ NED <small>Van Amersfoort Racing<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:12.506<\/td>\n<td>1.818<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Alexander Toril \/ ESP <small>ThreeBond with T-Sport<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:12.539<\/td>\n<td>1.851<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Michele Beretta \/ ITA <small>Eurointernational<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:13.500<\/td>\n<td>2.812<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>Hector Hurst \/ GBR <small>Team West-TecF3<\/small><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>1:13.673<\/td>\n<td>2.985<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felix got the 2014 edition of the Grand Prix de Pau off to a promising start by going third fastest in Friday free practice on the streets of the French city. The session\u00a0got underway 15 minutes\u00a0behind schedule following earlier incidents in the support categories,\u00a0and\u00a0was further delayed by a red-flag stoppage after Michele Beretta crashed at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news3","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1227,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions\/1227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}