With so many drivers taking part, the field is split into two brackets, and the top 12 from each will take up their places, and it was the UK’s Isaac Price that took first blood in Group A. Though hassled throughout by Kamil Pawlowski, polesitter Price led the race from lights to flag, just as he had done back at the first qualification round at Brands Hatch back in April when he became the first driver to qualify for this stage.
Group B went to a similar theme, but with veteran French racer Arnaud Lacombe heading the pack. Lacombe qualified in May by winning the round at Laguna Seca, by a massive 18-second margin, and once again he demolished the field here. Leading away from pole position, Lacombe simply drove away from the chasing field to win by 15 seconds – Maichol Tonizza the best of the rest, with Maxime Batifoulier barely half a second further back after a race-long scrap.
There’s three more rounds of the championship to go, with one each in September, October, and November, before the grand final in December.
The fourth round of the PSGL season was able to run this weekend from Circuit Zandvoort, and a shock result saw Joni Tormala take the win with championship leader Jarno Opmeer coming home as the second last runner at his home race.
It was a race that hinged on an unfortunately timed safety car. Despite a first pole position for Red Bull’s Ruben Vallejo, Opmeer led the race through the first stint on the medium tyres and was looking to be in the perfect position for the closing stages as the weather closed in.