Formula Regional Middle East Kuwait Race 2 review- Win for Taylor Barnard- full results 29.01.2023: Formula Regional Middle East Championship Certified by FIA (FRMEC) Kuwait Motor Town Sunday January 29th 2023 With the top 10 from the first race reversed on the grid, it was an R-ace GP 1-2-3 at the start, with Levente Révész on pole from Matí

Formula Regional Middle East Championship Certified by FIA (FRMEC)
Kuwait Motor Town
Sunday January 29th 2023




With the top 10 from the first race reversed on the grid, it was an R-ace GP 1-2-3 at the start, with Levente Révész on pole from Matías Zagazeta and Nikhil Bohra. The best start came from Bohra, but his attempt to pass Révész for the lead on the outside of Turn 2 resulted in them running wide, and Rafael Villagómez snuck through to take first position.



There was drama on lap two. Dino Beganovic clipped the car of Luke Browning as they battled for ninth and his front wing flew off, while Sebastián Montoya was pitched into the gravel trap. While Beganovic headed to the pits, Montoya was stranded and the safety car was called, eradicating the handy lead that had been pulled out by Villagómez.



At the restart it was Villagómez from Révész and Josh Dufek. A brave move from Dufek to pass both into Turn 2 resulted in him taking the lead very briefly, but he ran wide and now it was Bohra who somehow found a way through to surge from fourth to the lead in one move.



However, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, running in fifth place, had already gone into the gravel trap at Turn 20 with broken left-rear suspension, and the safety car was called once again for the Italian’s machine to be retrieved.


Once this had been accomplished, there was time for six more laps of racing. Dufek tried to grab the lead off Bohra at the restart, but had to wait one more lap before pulling off a tidy manoeuvre into Turn 2.



As a result of Bohra’s lost momentum, Taylor Barnard moved to second place – from 14th on the grid. Now it was a PHM Racing 1-2, and Dufek did all he needed in order to claim his maiden Formula Regional victory by 1.660 seconds from Barnard, with Bohra in third. But then came the exclusion of Dufek.



Brazilian Rafael Câmara was another on a charge. The Mumbai Falcons-run Ferrari Driver Academy prospect had started from 18th on the grid, but grabbed fourth place from Villagómez with four laps remaining and was close behind Bohra by the finish, inheriting third once Dufek had been removed from the results.



The Brazilian also completed the Rookie Cup podium behind winner Barnard and Bohra. Sami Meguetounif, from 17th on the grid, was another to pass Villagómez and was classified fourth.


Révész claimed sixth, while Joshua Dürksen passed Aiden Neate for eighth on the final lap, Browning was ninth, and Pinnacle VAR’s Pepe Martí completed the top 10.




Final result Race 2


1 5 Taylor Barnard Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R R 1 -- 14 laps --
PHM Racing
31:03.734 1:47.831 13 151.65


2 47 Nikhil Bohra Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R R 2 4.901
R-ACE GP
31:08.635 1:48.464 13 151.25


3 8 Rafael Câmara Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R R 3 5.664
Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
31:09.398 1:48.057 13 151.19


4 61 Sami Meguetounif Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 1 8.883
Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP Motorsport
31:12.617 1:48.121 13 150.93


5 38 Rafael Villagómez Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 2 11.895
Pinnacle VAR
31:15.629 1:49.738 12 150.69


6 11 Levente Révész Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 3 12.674
R-ACE GP
31:16.408 1:49.372 13 150.62


7 63 Joshua Dürksen Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 4 13.327
Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP Motorsport
31:17.061 1:49.222 13 150.57


8 57 Aiden Neate Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R R 4 14.185
Prema racing
31:17.919 1:49.444 13 150.50


9 52 Luke Browning Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 5 14.333
Hitech Grand Prix
31:18.067 1:48.923 13 150.49


10 23 Pepe Martí Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 6 15.464
Pinnacle VAR
31:19.198 1:49.342 12 150.40


11 24 Michael Shin Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R R 5 16.469
Prema Racing
31:20.203 1:50.422 13 150.32


12 7 Lorenzo Fluxá Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 7 16.954
Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
31:20.688 1:48.310 14 150.28


13 88 Matías Zagazeta Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 8 18.575
R-ACE GP
31:22.309 1:50.057 12 150.15


14 60 Mari Boya Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 9 19.623
Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP Motorsport
31:23.357 1:50.396 11 150.07


15 34 Francesco Braschi Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 10 20.289
R-ACE GP
31:24.023 1:49.343 12 150.02



16 14 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R R 6 22.272
Pinnacle VAR
31:26.006 1:48.544 14 149.86


17 18 Cenyu Han Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 11 24.265
R&B Racing
31:27.999 1:50.636 13 149.70


18 2 Giovanni Maschio Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R R 7 24.542
R&B Racing
31:28.276 1:50.298 13 149.68


19 15 Nikita Bedrin Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R R 8 27.867
PHM Racing
31:31.601 1:50.017 13 149.42


20 10 Dino Beganovic Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 12 27.996
Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
31:31.730 1:49.166 10 149.40


21 68 Niels Koolen Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 13 29.169
Pinnacle VAR
31:32.903 1:51.408 12 149.31


22 54 Daniel Mavlyutov Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R R 9 31.437
Hitech Grand Prix
31:35.171 1:51.761 14 149.13


23 22 Zhongwei Wang Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 14 33.337
R&B Racing
31:37.071 1:51.807 13 148.98




Not Classified Classification limit (75% of 14 Laps) = 10 Laps


DNC 12 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R R -- 3 laps --
Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
6:50.934 1:55.141 1 147.38



DNC 53 Gabriele Minì Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R 11.488
Hitech Grand Prix
7:02.422 2:00.618 1 143.37


DNC 55 Sebastián Montoya Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R -- 1 laps --
Hitech Grand Prix
1:57.565 1:57.565 1 171.72


DSQ 13 Joshua Dufek Alfa Romeo ATM AR-F3R -- 14 laps --
PHM Racing
31:02.074 1:47.600 12 151.78



Summary Best Laptimes

Fastest Laptime In Speed
13 Joshua Dufek Alf a Romeo ATM AR-F3R 1:47.600 12 187.63 kph
5 Taylor Barnard Alf a Romeo ATM AR-F3R R 1:47.831 13 187.23 kph


The panel of Stewards decision no 15, Car 15 10 seconds time penalty added to the race time.
The panel of Stewards decision no 16, Car 10 10 seconds time penalty added to the race time
The panel of Stewards decision no 19, Car 13 DQ f rom race 2



Nikki Kemp - photo FRMEC