TRIDENT’s Rafael Câmara was in supreme form on Sunday afternoon, converting a second Pole Position into a second Feature Race victory of the season in an action-packed Sakhir Feature Race.
The Brazilian lost the lead at the start to Callum Voisin but took the place back on Lap 5, before going on to win by over six seconds. The Rodin Motorsport driver finished second, while MP Motorsport’s Tim Tramnitz took the final spot on the podium from 13th on the grid.
AS IT HAPPENED
It was a great start for Voisin who got ahead of Câmara on the brakes at Turn 1, while Charlie Wurz kept a hold of third ahead of DAMS Lucas Oil’s Christian Ho.
Tuukka Taponen was also on the move for ART Grand Prix. From sixth, he got ahead of Bruno del Pino at the start, before overtaking Ho for fourth into Turn 4 on Lap 2.
Onto Lap 3, Câmara and Wurz had closed in on the back of Voisin, with the former using DRS to get ahead into Turn 1. However, the Rodin driver’s switchback move got him back ahead at Turn 4.
Câmara eventually got ahead on Lap 5, making the same move on Voisin at Turn 1, the Briton unable to get ahead at Turn 4 this time despite his attempts to do so.
Wurz and Taponen were now battling for P3, allowing Voisin and Câmara to disappear up the road. The ART driver eventually got ahead, later on the brakes at Turn 1 on Lap 7.
Further behind, Alessandro Giusti got himself ahead of Noel León for P11 at the same corner. He made a similar move at Turn 1 on the following lap on another PREMA Racing driver, Brando Badoer, for P10.
TRIDENT then came on the radio to tell Wurz to stay with Taponen, but at the same time, his teammate Noah Stromsted was coming under threat from Ho and Tramnitz for P5.
The Dane fended off Ho, before the DAMS driver ran wide at Turn 2. This opened the door for Tramnitz to get ahead on the run to Turn 4. On the next lap, the Singaporean lost another position to Nikola Tsolov at the next corner.