2023 Calbain Grand Prix

2023 Calbion Grand Prix

Race 5/16 in the 2023 Formula Micras World Championship
Race details
Host country	Calbion
Circuit	Pentyre City Circuit, Pentyre
Dates	23-25 June 2023
Race length	49 Laps
Podium
First	Florian Schaffnaust
Second	Trent Cooper
Third	Jason Rhodes
Race statistics
Pole Position	Trent Cooper
Fastest Lap	Ben Lloyd
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The 2023 Calbain Grand Prix, officially presented as the Formula Micras Calbain Grand Prix 2023, is a Formula Micras World Championship race that was held on 25 June 2023 at the Pentyre City Circuit, a motor racing circuit in the city of Pentyre, Calbion. It served as the fifth race of the 2023 Formula Micras World Championship.

Background

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list.

It is be the fifth round of the 2023 Formula Micras World Championship. The race therefore took place in the home country of the Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing and represented the home Grand Prix for the driver Maddox Islwyn and Gareth Osian.

The 2022 edition saw the triumph of Trent Cooper, with Quxshuc Korespo and Max Treuenfeld on the podium.

Tyre Choices

The two tyre manufacturers (Bouncy Rings and Vitesse) brought for this Grand Prix three choices of compounds for the teams: Soft (Yellow), Medium (White), Hard (Orange).

Practice Session

The practice session was held at the Grand Prix lasting an hour in length; it was scheduled on 23 June 2023, and started at 15:00 local time, having the following situation:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Tyre	Gap
1	44	Toshio Sōma	EMW MondoZoom Racing	2:05.960	S	-
2	12	Samira Khan	Typhon Group	2:06.021	H	+0.061
3	11	Albrecht Kransk	Typhon Group	2:06.092	H	+0.132

Qualifying

As clarified by the regulations, the qualifying session took place on 24 June 2023, with a 3-manche sessions: the 15 fastest drivers had access to Q2, then the 10 fastest acceded to Q3, where they fought for pole-position.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	1	Trent Cooper	Titan-Vivace Motorsports	2:03.605	2:03.655	2:03.624	1st
2	50	Jason Rhodes	Titan-Vivace Motorsports	2:04.199	2:03.926	2:03.858	2nd
3	17	Florian Schaffnaust	Enigma Motorsports	2:04.396	2:04.093	2:04.121	3rd
4	89	Francesco Giocatore	Scuderia DaeZoom FM	2:04.346	2:04.224	2:04.182	4th
5	56	Max Treuenfeld	EMW MondoZoom Racing	2:03.130	2:03.640	2:04.266	5th
6	3	Ben Lloyd	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	2:04.441	2:04.426	2:04.313	6th
7	12	Samira Khan	Typhon Group	2:04.434	2:03.392	2:04.352	7th
8	44	Toshio Sōma	EMW MondoZoom Racing	2:04.018	2:04.471	2:04.369	8th
9	16	Hein Pho Bin	Bintang Motorsports	2:04.137	2:04.352	2:04.501	9th
10	11	Albrecht Kransk	Typhon Group	2:04.498	2:04.457	2:04.692	10th
11	77	Hairul Syazwan	Bintang Motorsports	2:04.422	2:04.515	N/A	11th
12	36	Vorgeņ Brólt	CräiteAuto Grand Prix	2:04.026	2:04.598	N/A	12th
13	10	Ottone Qualchempresario	Scuderia DaeZoom FM	2:04.347	2:04.631	N/A	13th
14	13	George Hunt	Enigma Motorsports	2:04.041	2:04.879	N/A	14th
15	78	Quxshuc Korespo	Waxhai Sports	2:04.654	2:05.360	N/A	15th
16	42	Michele Spettacolo	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	2:04.711	N/A	N/A	16th
17	41	Jordan Herbertson-Panner	CräiteAuto Grand Prix	2:04.739	N/A	N/A	17th
18	69	Maddox Islwyn	Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing	2:04.790	N/A	N/A	18th
19	88	Gareth Osian	Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing	2:04.797	N/A	N/A	19th
20	33	Ghastiv Boure-Janke'Shouivul	Waxhai Sports	2:05.006	N/A	N/A	20th
21	2	Fazrul Mat Hassan	Galaxical Territories FM Team	2:05.179	N/A	N/A	21th
22	40	Hitoshi Jeromiah Yakuzaki	Galaxical Territories FM Team	2:05.198	N/A	N/A	22th

Race

Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Florian Schaffnaust	Enigma Motorsports	49	1:46.16.024	3rd ▲2	25
2	1	Trent Cooper	Titan-Vivace Motorsports	49	+4.071	1st ▼1	202
3	50	Jason Rhodes	Titan-Vivace Motorsports	49	+10.374	2nd ▼1	15
4	56	Max Treuenfeld	EMW MondoZoom Racing	49	+16.924	5th ▲1	12
5	3	Ben Lloyd	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	49	+22.291	6th ▲1	121
6	36	Vorgeņ Brólt	CräiteAuto Grand Prix	49	+29.024	12th ▲6	8
7	42	Michele Spettacolo	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	49	+33.492	16th ▲9	6
8	77	Hairul Syazwan	Bintang Motorsports	49	+45.810	11th ▲3	4
9	69	Maddox Islwyn	Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing	49	+50.506	18th ▲9	2
10	44	Toshio Sōma	EMW MondoZoom Racing	49	+55.537	8th ▼2	1
11	13	George Hunt	Enigma Motorsports	49	+1:00.333	14th ▲3
12	41	Jordan Herbertson-Panner	CräiteAuto Grand Prix	49	+1:06.485	17th ▲5
13	12	Samira Khan	Typhon Group	49	+1:11.517	7th ▼6
14	11	Albrecht Kransk	Typhon Group	49	+1:13.208	10th ▼4
15	88	Gareth Osian	Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing	49	+1:17.426	19th ▲4
16	89	Francesco Giocatore	Scuderia DaeZoom FM	49	+1:20.972	4th ▼12
17	33	Ghastiv Boure-Janke'Shouivul	Waxhai Sports	49	+1:23.846	20th ▲3
18	40	Hitoshi Jeromiah Yakuzaki	Galaxical Territories FM Team	49	+1:28.991	22th ▲4
19	2	Fazrul Mat Hassan	Galaxical Territories FM Team	49	+1:32.604	21th ▲2
20	78	Quxshuc Korespo	Waxhai Sports	49	+1:33.947	15th ▼5
21	16	Hein Pho Bin	Bintang Motorsports	49	+1:37.618	9th ▼12
22	10	Ottone Qualchempresario	Scuderia DaeZoom FM	49	Crashed	13th ▼9

¹ Fastest Lap scored (2 extra point)

² Pole Position scored (2 extra points)

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Trent Cooper	74
2	Max Treuenfeld	71
3	Michele Spettacolo	63
4	George Hunt	55
5	Maddox Islwyn	42

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Titan-Vivace Motorsports	98
2	EMW MondoZoom Racing	93
3	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	89
4	Enigma Motorsports	84
5	Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing	57