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Moineault and Sorensen share poles for French F4 finale

by Gruz David
Photo: Auto Sport Academy

Photo: Auto Sport Academy

French driver Valentin Moineault celebrated his maiden pole position of his single-seater career in the last round of the season at Paul Ricard and will start first in the third race.

Moineault took the lead around halfway through the session and, even though he could not improve any further, he narrowly managed to escape with first, beating Lasse Sorensen by eight thousandths.

Sorensen, who was crowned champion last weekend at Jerez, will start second ahead of the rivals for the second spot in the standings – Felix Hirsiger and Dorian Boccolacci.

Mexican Patricio O’Ward qualified fifth, followed by French duo Amaury Richard and Valentin Hasse-Clot. The rest of the top ten was completed by Paul Hokfelt Jr, Reuben Kressner and Denis Bulatov.

The starting order of the first race was determined by the second best times of the session, on which Sorensen proved to be the fastest.

Hirsiger and Richard complete the top three spots, while Moineault and Boccolacci will only start from fourth and sixth respectively – with Hokfelt slotting in between them.

O’Ward qualified seventh while the top ten will be rounded out by Bulatov, Kressner and Hasse-Clot.

Qualifying results
Race 1 Race 3
Pos. Driver Time Pos. Driver Time
1 Lasse Sorensen 1:27.111 1 Valentin Moineault 1:27.087
2 Felix Hirsiger 1:27.266 2 Lasse Sorensen 1:27.095
3 Amaury Richard 1:27.349 3 Felix Hirsiger 1:27.227
4 Valentin Moineault 1:27.375 4 Dorian Boccolacci 1:27.261
5 Paul Hokfelt Jr. 1:27.414 5 Patricio O’Ward 1:27.278
6 Dorian Boccolacci 1:27.461 6 Amaury Richard 1:27.312
7 Patricio O’Ward 1:27.470 7 Valentin Hasse-Clot 1:27.357
8 Denis Bulatov 1:27.516 8 Paul Hokfelt Jr. 1:27.391
9 Reuben Kressner 1:27.520 9 Reuben Kressner 1:27.469
10 Valentin Hasse-Clot 1:27.526 10 Denis Bulatov 1:27.490
11 Max Defourny 1:27.693 11 Bryan Elpitiya 1:27.586
12 Gjergj Haxhiu 1:27.821 12 Max Defourny 1:27.671
13 Bryan Elpitiya 1:27.863 13 Gjergj Haxhiu 1:27.766
14 Erwan Jule 1:27.900 14 Vladimir Atoev 1:27.851
15 Vladimir Atoev 1:27.956 15 Erwan Jule 1:27.884
16 Simo Laaksonen 1:28.280 16 Simo Laaksonen 1:28.232
17 Tom Soubiron 1:28.367 17 Tom Soubiron 1:28.290
18 Harrison Newey 1:28.602 18 Axel Matus 1:28.387
19 Hugo Sugnot-Darniche 1:28.772 19 Harrison Newey 1:28.431
20 Axel Matus 1:28.878 20 Hugo Sugnot-Darniche 1:28.635
21 Joao Carvalho 1:28.908 21 Joao Carvalho 1:28.892
22 Anouck Abadie 1:33.648 22 Anouck Abadie 1:33.548