Hungary🇭🇺 debrief Paul edition 🏎️
2nd in F2 standings
Qualified - 1 (2 points)
Sprint - 10
Sprint: 6 (3 points)
Positions: +3
Feature:
DNF
Positions: -21
During the start Paul dropped down to 15th from 10th due to those on soft tyres having better grip from the get go while those on the hard which includes Paul have to play a waiting game.
At lap 9 the hard tyre has become the faster tyre compared to the softs.
On lap 12 Paul moved down to 15th place. He was stuck at the end of a DRS train On lap 18 Paul moved up to 14th due to Kimi pitting.
On lap 20 Paul moved up to 13th and on lap 21 moved up to 12th then 11th due to Durksen pitting. Lap 23 Paul moved up to 10th and on lap 24 he moved up to 8th, into points positions then on lap 25 he moved up to 7th where he ended the race.
However post race penalties saw Vershcoor get disqualified for a technical infringement meaning that Paul ended the race in 6th.
Paul had a very poor start tumbling down to 7th on the opening lap after having a huge lock-up. Then on lap 7 he had contact with Maloney and spun effectively ending his race.
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