Final Race OK | Euro Series Round 2, Val D'Argenton 🇫🇷

Thibaut Ramaekers' first victory in OK

The first laps of the Final set the tone, with an incredible battle between several drivers. Brazilian Gabriel Gomez (CRG Racing Team) surprised American Zac Drummond (Parolin Motorsport) and Belgian Thibaut Ramaekers (VDK Racing) by jumping from P3 to P1 at the very first corner. The hierarchy changed even before the end of the first lap, with Brazilian Matheus Morgatto (CL Racing Team) taking the lead. Having taken pole position on Friday, Romanian David Cosma Cristofor was forced to retire on lap 4. While Morgatto handed over the lead to the duo of Gomez Drummond, two KR Motorsport drivers, Briton Joe Turney and Australian Lewis Francis, put the pressure on the leaders, along with Ramaekers.

Shortly after the halfway point, the situation began to clear up, with Ramaekers pulling off a fine manoeuvre on Gomez and Drummond. Turney and Francis took advantage of the situation to break away. Positions froze. After Irishman Fionn McLaughlin at the last round, VDK Racing secured a second consecutive win in the Champions of the Future Euro Series. Turney secured 2nd place ahead of his team-mate Francis. Drummond and Morgatto finished neck and neck in 4th and 5th places, with the American taking the overall lead. A penalty cost Gomez a fall from 6th to 14th, which also deprived him of the series lead.

Czech driver Jindrich Pesl (ASD Monster K Factory Team) concluded his brilliant weekend in 6th place ahead of Dmitry Matveev (KR Motorsport), who moved up to 21st. Belgian Kai Rillaerts (Sodikart), Spaniard Aaron Garcia (DPK Racing) and Noah Monteiro (KR Motorsport) took the final places in the top 10, just ahead of Dutchman Mees Houben (Birel Art Racing). Colombian Salim Hanna (Prema Racing) was forced to retire in 8th place. Frenchman Jimmy Helias (Victory Lane) and Monegasque Matteo Giaccardi (Forza Racing), both ranked in the top 10 after the heats, recovered from their difficult starts to the season.