2024 Vegnese Grand Prix

2024 Vegnese Grand Prix

Race 1/16 in the 2024 Formula Micras World Championship
Race details
Host country	Vegno
Circuit	Cossa Street Circuit, Cossa
Dates	15-17 March 2023
Race length	36 Laps (6,56 km/lap)
Podium
First	Max Treuenfeld
Second	Pierre Deschamps
Third	Luisa Castro
Race statistics
Pole Position	Pierre Deschamps
Fastest Lap	George Hunt
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The 2024 Vegnese Grand Prix, officially presented as the Formula Micras North Star Cruises Vegnese Grand Prix 2024, is a Formula Micras World Championship race that was held on 17 March 2024 at the Cossa Street Circuit, a motor racing circuit in the city of Cossa, Vegno. It served as the opening race of the 2024 Formula Micras World Championship, for the third year in a row.

It saw the victory of Max Treuenfeld on EMW Mondozoom Racing, after Pierre Deschamps had obtained pole position in his first official race in Formula Micras. Completing the podium are the two Aldurian Apex Motorsports drivers, Pierre Deschamps and Luisa Castro.

Background

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

The Vegnese GP was, for the third year in a row, the first inaugural race of the 2024 season, the third-ever season of Formula Micras. The race therefore took place in the home country of the Sburo Deliziosa FM Team and represented the home Grand Prix for the driver Michele Spettacolo, the only Vegnese driver of the grid.

The 2022 edition saw the triumph of Harwic Gywion, with Samira Khan and George Hunt on the podium, while the 2023 edition saw the win of the two-time world champion, Trent Cooper

Tyre Choices

The tyre manufacturers brought for this Grand Prix three choices of compounds for the teams: SuperSoft (SS), Soft (S) and Medium (M).

Practice Session

The practice session was held at the Grand Prix lasting an hour in length; it was scheduled on 5 May 2023, and started at 15:00 local time, having the following situation:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Tyre	Gap
1	25	Pierre Deschamps	Aldurian Apex Motorsports	1:41.535	SS	-
2	1	Trent Cooper	Titan-Vivace Motorsports	1:41.575	M	+0.039
3	42	Michele Spettacolo	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	1:41.674	SS	+0.138

Qualifying

As clarified by the regulations, the qualifying session took place on 16 March 2024, 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	25	Pierre Deschamps	Aldurian Apex Motorsports	1:40.100	1:40.136	1:39.963	1st
2	56	Max Treuenfeld	EMW MondoZoom Racing	1:40.169	1:39.946	1:40.133	2nd
3	3	Ben Lloyd	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	1:40.479	1:40.375	1:40.141	3rd
4	1	Trent Cooper	Titan-Vivace Motorsports	1:40.311	1:40.072	1:40.162	4th
5	44	Toshio Sōma	EMW MondoZoom Racing	1:40.335	1:40.469	1:40.236	5th
6	89	Francesco Giocatore	Scuderia DaeZoom FM	1:40.000	1:40.167	1:40.262	6th
7	42	Michele Spettacolo	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	1:40.344	1:40.354	1:40.275	7th
8	69	Maddox Islwyn	Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing	1:40.397	1:40.136	1:40.288	8th
9	36	Vorgeņ Brólt	CräiteAuto Grand Prix	1:40.112	1:40.210	1:40.438	9th
10	10	Ottone Qualchempresario	Scuderia DaeZoom FM	1:40.567	1:40.408	1:40.501	10th
11	88	Gareth Osian	Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing	1:40.495	1:40.488	N/A	11th
12	13	George Hunt	Enigma Motorsports	1:40.279	1:40.501	N/A	12th
13	23	Luisa Castro	Aldurian-Apex Motorsports	1:40.457	1:40.535	N/A	13th
14	50	Jason Rhodes	Titan-Vivace Motorsports	1:40.434	1:40.613	N/A	14th
15	14	Yoshihiko Tatsuyama-Xiang	Manschūhōrian Pakulamanan Racing Team	1:40.586	1:40.811	N/A	15th
16	60	Esme Baardwijk	Victoria Volcanic Motorsports	1:40.652	N/A	N/A	16th
17	41	Jordan Herbertson-Panner	CräiteAuto Grand Prix	1:40.734	N/A	N/A	17th
18	51	Ergonote Yi Gao	Manschūhōrian Pakulamanan Racing Team	1:40.749	N/A	N/A	18th
19	49	Robert MacNamara	Moorland Motorsports	1:40.750	N/A	N/A	19th
20	17	Florian Schaffnaust	Enigma Motorsports	1:40.750	N/A	N/A	20th
21	48	Beverley Nye	Victoria Volcanic Motorsports	1:40.765	N/A	N/A	21th
22	18	Patricia Nairn	Moorland Motorsports	1:41.008	N/A	N/A	22th

Race

Report

After an unexpected qualifying session where the newly registered Aldurian Apex Motorsports conquered the first pole position of the season with Pierre Deschamps, the race gets underway with Max Treuenfeld, starting from second place, who immediately takes the lead of the race, thanks to one better shot at the start. The Etzeland driver joins Pierre Deschamps and takes the lead before turn 1, leaving the rookie driver on the outside and having to follow. During the second lap the debutant Luisa Castro, also thanks to an excellent start and a great first lap, managed to climb up to sixth position, on medium tyre.

On the ninth lap the first twist of the race: the reigning champion and two-time world champion Trent Cooper makes a mistake in braking, locks the wheels and comes wide in turn 4 and ends up against the barriers, thus ending his race. On lap 14 the first driver to stop in the pits is Maddox Islwyn who is forced to go through the pit due to a brake overheating problem, which keeps him in the pits longer than necessary, causing him to lose a lot of time and positions. On lap 17 the pit lap begins for all the drivers who started on SuperSoft compound tyres; It's Vorgeņ Brólt who gets the ball rolling, with leader Treuenfeld following him the next lap, leaving first place to Pierre Deschamps, as well as Ben Lloyd, who had been in third place until then. However, the Mercurian driver had problems fitting the new tyres, causing him to lose a lot of time and dropping him back to 20th position. On lap 19 Treuenfeld engages in a good fight with Hunt who still had to make his pit but who doesn't give way to last season's rival; in the end the Etzeland driver passes him thanks to the higher performance tyres.

on lap 20 Pierre Deschamps also stopped, leaving the race leadership to his teammate Luisa Castro, who greatly extended the first stint, and returned behind Treuenfeld, suffering the undercut of the Mondozoom driver. Even Ottone Qualchempresario, Toshio Soma and Francesco Giocatore go to the pit, leaving room for the drivers who started with harder tyres, who lengthen the stint, not battling with each other.

Luisa Castro's pace on the medium tire is excellent, so much so that it allows him to gain a lot of time on the drivers who had already stopped but had wasted time battling with each other, demonstrating the excellent capabilities of the Adurian-Apex car; when he stops for his pit he actually falls back into third position, which he will manage to maintain until the checkered flag.

At the end of the race George Hunt and Maddox Islwyn were the only drivers forced to make a second pit stop, which relegated both to the last positions, while one lap from the finish Michele Spettacolo was overtaken by Toshio Soma for eighth position.

The race therefore ends with Treuenfeld, who wins his first victory of the season at the first race and starts the season in the best way possible, after finishing second in the drivers' standings last year. The two rookie drivers of Adurian-Apex, Pierre Deschamps and Luisa Castro, complete the podium, obtaining second and third place, demonstrating how well the Nouvelle Alexandrie team worked during last season, waiting to enter the circus this year. The result was also excellent for Yi Gao who scored 8 points in the first race, while the disappointments of the day were certainly the two Sburos, reigning constructors' champions, in 9th and 10th position, as well as Hunt, 20th at the finish line, and Islwyn , who actually finished last, ahead of only the retired Trent Cooper.

Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	56	Max Treuenfeld	EMW MondoZoom Racing	36	1:02:55.210	2nd▲1	25
2	25	Pierre Deschamps	Aldurian Apex Motorsports	36	+7.279	1st ▼1	202
3	23	Luisa Castro	Aldurian Apex Motorsports	36	+9.330	13th▲10	15
4	10	Ottone Qualchempresario	Scuderia DaeZoom FM	36	+18.981	10th▲6	12
5	50	Jason Rhodes	Titan-Vivace Motorsports	36	+21.351	14th▲9	10
6	51	Ergonote Yi Gao	Manschūhōrian Pakulamanan Racing Team	36	+23.879	18th▲12	8
7	89	Francesco Giocatore	Scuderia DaeZoom FM	36	+26.769	6th ▼1	6
8	44	Toshio Sōma	EMW MondoZoom Racing	36	+28.335	5th ▼3	4
9	42	Michele Spettacolo	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	36	+28.422	7th ▼2	2
10	3	Ben Lloyd	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	36	+30.150	3rd ▼7	1
11	88	Gareth Osian	Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing	36	+30.984	11th =
12	48	Beverley Nye	Victoria Volcanic Motorsports	36	+31.817	21th▲9
13	36	Vorgeņ Brólt	CräiteAuto Grand Prix	36	+32.418	9th ▼4
14	49	Robert MacNamara	Moorland Motorsports	36	+32.515	19th▲5
15	14	Yoshihiko Tatsuyama-Xiang	Manschūhōrian Pakulamanan Racing Team	36	+33.618	15th =
16	60	Esme Baardwijk	Victoria Volcanic Motorsports	36	+35.835	16th =
17	17	Florian Schaffnaust	Enigma Motorsports	36	+39.714	20th▲3
18	41	Jordan Herbertson-Panner	CräiteAuto Grand Prix	36	+42.679	17th ▼1
19	18	Patricia Nairn	Moorland Motorsports	36	+55.413	22th▲3
20	13	George Hunt	Enigma Motorsports	36	+1:00.730	12th ▼8	22
21	69	Maddox Islwyn	Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing	36	+1:16.614	8th ▼13
22	1	Trent Cooper	Titan-Vivace Motorsports	9	DNF	4th ▼18

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	Max Treuenfeld	25
2	Pierre Deschamps	20
3	Luisa Castro	15
4	Ottone Qualchempresario	12
5	Jason Rhodes	10

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Aldurian Apex Motorsports	35
2	EMW MondoZoom Racing	29
3	Scuderia DaeZoom FM	18
4	Titan-Vivace Motorsports	10
5	Manschūhōrian Pakulamanan Racing Team	8