American driver Ugo Ugochukwu romped home as champion in the FIA FR World Cup on Sunday, despite four safety cars.
The 17-year-old R-ace GP driver has dominated the 27-vehicle field from beginning to end.
Early on the Guia Circuit that was no longer damp, Ugochukwu was challenged by Germany’s Oliver Goethe and Mexico’s Noel Leon.
British Freddie Slater tried to overtake Leon, to no avail though. The race was later marked with a pile-up of vehicles near the notorious Lisboa corner, prompting a red flag.
But the incident did not pose any distruction to the early momentum built by the front runners.
After pit stop repairs, Ugochukwu sustained his dominance, leaving his rivals in the slipstream.
With 11 laps remaining, China’s Liu Ruiqi suffered a glitch, bringing another safety car onto the circuit.
Ugochukwu supercharged ahead to leave Goethe at least one second behind, with Leon closely trailing behind.
The gap between the first two then widened to two seconds. In spite of so, Goethe succeeded in pulling off the fastest lap time of the race.
Shortly afterwards, a third safety car emerged to respond to another vehicle malfunction.
The outcome of the race was almost certain in the last two laps although Freddie Slater from the UK attempted to challenge Leon’s third spot.
However, his bid was short-lived as the SJM Theodore PREMA Racing driver rammed into a barrier.
