<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0m4plB_0wOaoF1Q00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0m4plB_0wOaoF1Q00" width="1200" height="800" ><figcaption>Photo: Dutch Photo Agency</figcaption></figure>Prema’s Rafael Camara took his seventh Formula Regional Europe win of the year, and ninth in total, to round off a dominant title-winning season in the finale at Monza.The Ferrari junior got an excellent launch from the second row, taking the lead on lap one and holding off ART Grand Prix’s Alessandro Giusti for victory as the race was halted after just nine laps.Prema’s James Wharton took the final podium position after an exciting battle with the Sainteloc Racing duo of Theophile Nael and Enzo Peugeot.Nikita Bedrin drove an excellent race to claim seventh after being relegated to the seventh row on the grid with his best time in qualifying deleted for causing a red flag.The race was red-flagged with five-and-a-half minutes plus a lap remaining after an incident at Lesmo saw Trident’s Ruiqi Liu spin into the barriers, with KIC Motorsport’s Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi being pitched in alongside him as he tried to take avoiding action.With the Thai’s car on fire, and both cars embedded in the tyre barrier, the decision was taken not to resume the race.Pole sitter Nael made a strong start, but Camara’s was even better, sweeping around Giusti in the first chicane. Keeping momentum through the exit, Camara was immediately on Nael’s gearbox as they accelerated through the Curva Grande and calmly took the lead into the Roggia chicane.Giusti disposed of Nael at the same corner on the following lap and set about chasing down Camara’s lead.Wharton had demoted Peugeot at Parabolica at the end of the first lap, while race one winner, Ugo Ugochukwu was also making progress, moving past Nael for third.An incident between Liu and Romain Andriolo at Ascari brought out the safety car. As racing was about to resume at the end of lap six, Brando Badoer’s stricken car was off at Parabolica.Camara headed Giusti into turn one, but Ugochukwu got very sideways, although he just about managed to collect it and rejoin without damage, while Wharton dived past Nael.Behind them there was chaos as Van Amersfoort Racing’s Pedro Clerot bowled into Tuukka Taponen and Matteo de Palo, eliminating all three on the spot and requiring the safety car to be deployed again.Camara got the jump on Giusti at the restart, grabbing a lead of 0.6s as they crossed the line. Nael managed to hold off Wharton, although the Australian was back in front into Parabolica.Heading past the pits, both Nael and Peugeot were tucked in his slipstream looking for a way past.Ugochukwu was charging back through the field after his moment, passing Bedrin and then Peugeot to move back to fifth, although with the red flag meaning results were declared at the end of the previous lap, he dropped back to seventh in the final standings.Taponen held onto third in the final standings despite his retirement, with Giusti requiring victory to overhaul his points total.The result also ensured that the rookie title went to Race Performance Motorsport’s Noah Stromsted, who took 10th, one place ahead of his remaining challenger, Evan Giltaire.Race result (9 laps)Pos Driver Team Time1 Rafael Camara Prema Racing 22m15.5522 Alessandro Giusti ART Grand Prix +0.603s3 James Wharton Prema Racing +1.992s4 Theophile Nael Sainteloc Racing +2.050s5 Enzo Peugeot Sainteloc Racing +2.239s6 Nikita Bedrin MP Motorsport +3.382s7 Ugo Ugochukwu Prema Racing +3.444s8 Zachary David R-ace GP +5.217s9 Kanato Le G4 Racing +5.440s10 Noah Stromsted RPM +5.748s11 Evan Giltaire ART Grand Prix +5.995s12 Valerio Rinicella MP Motorsport +6.298s13 Nikhil Bohra MP Motorsport +6.373s14 Nicola Lacorte Trident +6.632s15 Ivan Domingues Van Amersfoort Racing +6.796s16 Enzo Deligny R-ace GP +7.054s17 Giovanni Maschio RPM +8.106s18 Edgar Pierre RPM +9.390s19 Ruiqi Liu Trident +9.493s20 Marta Garcia Iron Dames +10.109s21 Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi KIC Motorsport +10.246s22 Yaroslav Veselaho ART Grand Prix +11.737s23 Hoang Dat Sawer KIC Motorsport +12.013s24 Jett Bowling G4 Racing +12.098s25 Doriane Pin Iron Dames +42.195s26 Roman Bilinski Trident +47.107sRet Tuukka Taponen R-ace GPRet Matteo De Palo Sainteloc RacingRet Pedro Clerot Van Amersfoort RacingRet Brando Badoer Van Amersfoort RacingRet Romain Andriolo G4 RacingFastest lap: Giusti, 1m45.970sChampionship standings1 Camara 309 2 Wharton 236 3 Taponen 197 4 Giusti 195 5 Badoer 174 6 Stromsted 121 7 Giltaire 97 8 Clerot 93 9 Nael 81 10 Domingues 78</div></body>

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Camara rounds off FREC season with win in red-flagged Monza finale

Prema’s Rafael Camara took his seventh Formula Regional Europe win of the year, and ninth in total, to round off a dominant title-winning season in the finale at Monza. The Ferrari junior got an excellent launch from the second row, taking the lead on lap one and holding off ART Grand Prix’s Alessandro Giusti for victory as the race was halted after just nine laps.

Camara rounds off FREC season with win in red-flagged Monza finale

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