After a one-week break for Eurocup-3 teams and drivers, Round 6 of 2024 season arrives as part of the NAPA Racing Weekend event to be held at Motorland Aragon on July 27 & 28.
Completed all races abroad after a great event in The Netherlands, Javier Sagrera is back to the lead with a 23-point lead over second place and just three rounds to go.
WATCH: How to watch Eurocup-3’s Round 6 at Motorland Aragon
Now, Eurocup-3 is ready for the first of three finals on Spanish soil. The series visited Motorland in 2023 with Esteban Masson as protagonist with a double win in a weekend where is main rival, Mari Boya, withdrew from the event due to a clashing FIA F3 commitment which ultimatelyproved to be a key point in the final battle for the title between the two of them.
The Teruel track, inaugurated in 2009, is characterized by its various fast and slow turns, a long back straight and significant elevation changes that will delight teams and drivers in a weekend of a lot of activity on the track.
As it stands…
Spa-Francorchamps and Red Bull Ring proved a fantastic start to the season for MP Motorsport taking all wins. The Portuguese round in Portimao was different, with Christian Ho emergin with R1 & R2 wins to put himself into the battle for the title alongside Sainteloc Racing’s Alexander Abkhazava, who took the win in crazy final lap in Race 3.
Then first visit to French soil put Christian Ho on top of the standings after his third victory in 2024 but an almost perfect weekend for Javier Sagrera at Circuit Zandvoort with 2 Poles and 2 wins brought the Spaniard back into the lead.
The standings
Now Javier Sagrera (MP Motorsport) leads the Drivers’ Standings with 167 points ahead best rookie Christian Ho (Campos Racing) with 144. Then former leader Bruno del Pino (MP Motorsport) drops to P3 with 140 while MP Motorsport’s Owen Tangavelou (124) and Campos Racing’s Valentin Kluss (91) complete top-5 after Round 5.
On the other hand, Dutch squad MP Motorsport (361) leads the Teams’ Standings from Campos Racing (268) & Sainteloc Racing (131).
Entry list and schedule for Round 6 at Motorland Aragon
In terms of entry list, the first ever with 30 cars -full grid- for Eurocup-3, the series welcome Linus and Emil Hellberg as wildcards for DXR by Drivex, a team which is entering a fourth car with French driver David Hadrien behind the wheel.
Douwe Dedecker makes the leap from F4 Spanish Championship to Eurocup-3 for the reminder of the season with GRS Team USA, Pierre-Louis Chovet is back now with Palou Motorsport while Daniel Nogales will represent Sainteloc Racing until the end of Season 2 with Finley Green returning to the French squad after missing the last two rounds due to injury.
An action-packed weekend is ahead for teams and drivers at Motorland Aragon with a busy Friday including three hours of Collective Test.
Free Practice will take place on Saturday at 09:50h local and 12:50h local respectively, then Qualy 1 (15:30h local) to meet the first B.R.M Chronographes Pole Position awarded of the weekend while Race 1 is scheduled at 18:10h local. Qualy 2 will be held on Sunday morning at 09:30h local while final race will take place at 12:00h local time.
