Silverstone🇬🇧 debrief Dino edition 🏎️
6th in F3 standings
Qualified - 19
Sprint - 19 but started 18th due to Goethe getting a 5 place grid penalty after the sprint
Sprint :
P12
Positions: +7
Feature :
P19
Positions: -1
During the first lap Dino dropped down to 23rd but made his way back up to 21st. On lap 2 a VSC was called due to devri on track. Lap 4 we went back to green flag conditions but then another safety car came out due to two cars going into the gravel. At this stage Dino has moved up to 19th. On lap 8 he moves up to 15th. There was a DRS train from 6th all the way down to 15th making it hard for Dino to overtake Nikita Bedrin who was in 14th place. On lap 12 a VSC was deployed again after 2 cars made contact. Lap 17 Dino made his way up to 12th where he ended the race.
The feature race was chaotic with unexpected rain coming in making drivers pit for wets and some staying out on slicks. On lap 4 Dino had contact with Sophia’s car causing a Safety car On lap 6 Dino came in to fit wet tyres. The safety car came in lap 8 and the race resumed.
Multiple cars shuffled down the order during the restart moving Dino to 12th since he was on the wet tyres and on lap 9 another safety car was deployed due to a collision between 3 cars. Dino moves up to 11th during the safety car restart with 12 minutes left. Dino moves into 10th with 10 minutes to go then he moves up to 9th.
With 6 and a half minutes left the slicks become the faster tyre and Dino falls down to 12th. With 5 minutes left Dino was being investigated for track limits violations and was given a 5 second time penalty while he dropped down to 14th. Due to the penalty Dino dropped down to 19th when the race ended
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