Abbi Pulling turned pole position into another Grand Slam, as the Alpine driver brought home her fourth win of the 2024 F1 ACADEMY season.
A blistering start from home hero Nerea Marti from third put her toe-to-toe with Pulling on the run down to Turn 1, but the Tommy Hilfiger driver couldn’t quite keep apace with her, finishing over four seconds adrift. Chloe Chambers made it a double podium for Campos Racing, despite losing out to Marti off the line.
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PREMA Racing endured a difficult opening lap after a poor start for Doriane Pin dropped the Mercedes driver from P4 to P12. Meanwhile, Ferrari’s Maya Weug made contact with Amna Al Qubaisi, sending both skirting off into the gravel trap and bringing out the Safety Car.
Bianca Bustamante tried to close in on the podium, but ultimately had to be content with fourth ahead of Hamda Al Qubaisi. Emely De Heus was on a charge, gaining three places on the opening lap from P11 and going on to secure her first points of the campaign in P6.
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