Mikel Azcona and Charles Leclerc started on the front row in Race 1 of the Academy Trophy with clouds and wind accompanying the start. Azcona took the lead, before Leclerc in second ahead of Ndrio, Benjamin Barnicoat, Sward and Dorian Boccolacci sixth. Leclerc retook the second, Boccolacci was 5th with the fastest lap. Azcona was rapidly widening the gap of one second from Leclerc with Ndrio a second behind too. On the fifth of 17 laps, the fastest driver Leclerc attacked.
The fight was confined to the back of pack, as the gaps between the drivers at the front was already substantial. Leclerc was back in the wheel tracks of the Spanish driver Azcona, ready to attack in the laps to come. At the same time Boccolacci threatened Sward to pass on lap 11, Vsevolod Gagen took over sixth place from Ndrio.
Azcona was resistant to Leclerc at first. But the Monaco driver took him under braking at the hairpin on lap 14, avoided being retaken and kept the head.
It was a good victory for Charles Leclerc from Mikel Azcona and Benjamin Barnicoat. Boccolacci finished fourth from Gagen and Ndrio. Azcona lost his second place after a penalty, allowing Barnicoat to take second and Boccolacci the third.
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