2021 French V-Prix

2021 French V-Prix Race details Race 6 of 16 in the 2021 Formula Virtual season Date 4 July 2021 Location Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France Course Permanent racing facility 4.412 km (2.741 mi) Distance 51 laps, 225.012 km (139.791 mi) Weather Dry Pole position Driver Klaas van Snelheid Downton Time 1:08.235 Fastest lap Driver Elroy Wagner Lopez-Porsche Time 1:11.361 on lap 30 Podium First Nathaniel Powers Downton Second Elroy Wagner Lopez-Porsche Third Klaas van Snelheid Downton

The 2021 French V-Prix was a Formula Virtual World Championship race that was held at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France. The race was contested over 51 laps and was the sixth round of the 2021 Formula Virtual season.

Report

Background

This race was the first of 2021 in which the teams who had to compete in Q1 was not pre-set by the Championship results of the preceding season. As such the four teams at the bottom of the current Constructors' Championship heading into this race - listed below - competed in Q1.

Pos	Constructor	Points
12	North Star-Ford	0
13	Meteor-Lamborghini	0
14	Arrow-Jaguar	0
15	Highwind-Alfa Romeo	0

Classification

Practice

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	2	Klaas van Snelheid	Downton	1:08.267
2	94	Matteo Zetticci	Downton	1:08.290
3	21	Enrique Ruiz	Mathershaw Porsche	1:08.408
4	22	Adrien Simon	Mathershaw Porsche	1:08.409
5	11	Nick Addison	Franklin-Honda	1:08.461
6	12	Danilo Forini	Franklin-Honda	1:08.475
7	25	Elroy Wagner	Lopez-Porsche	1:08.492
8	15	Marcus Thunder	Lucas-Downton	1:08.496
9	75	Stefan Klien	FIRST-Ford	1:08.557
10	26	Allar Kangur	Lopez-Porsche	1:08.578
11	82	Hunter Ryan	Ocelot-Alfa Romeo	1:08.680
12	42	Thierry Xylander	Phoenix-Downton	1:08.730
13	39	Oleksandr Zozulya	Ingram-Jaguar	1:08.751
14	98	Jochem van Snelheid	Westwood-Porsche	1:08.800
15	69	Tumo Kinnumen	Westwood-Porsche	1:08.818
16	81	Puccio Giodano	Ocelot-Alfa Romeo	1:08.825
17	4	Yakumi Takahashi	Arrow-Jaguar	1:08.912
18	73	Felix Pérez	FIRST-Ford	1:08.941
19	38	Jean Mattson	Ingram-Jaguar	1:08.955
20	9	Johan Halvosen	North Star-Ford	1:08.956
21	3	Zander Brynildsen	Arrow-Jaguar	1:08.971
22	91	Finn Schnyder	AMR-Ford	1:08.981
23	10	Brock Kidd	North Star-Ford	1:09.017
24	92	Max Meyer	AMR-Ford	1:09.049
25	16	Maximilian Thunström	Lucas-Downton	1:09.229
26	17	Nikolai Milkovich	Highwind-Alfa Romeo	1:09.298
27	18	Karl Beckenbauer	Highwind-Alfa Romeo	1:09.337
28	6	Felix Beyer	Meteor-Lamborghini	1:09.681
29	5	Carson Davenport	Meteor-Lamborghini	1:09.683
30	41	Sergio Álvarez	Phoenix-Downton	1:10.346

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Grid
1	2	Klaas van Snelheid	Downton	N/A	1:08.235	1
2	1	Nathaniel Powers	Downton	N/A	1:08.277	2
3	21	Enrique Ruiz	Mathershaw Porsche	N/A	1:08.301	3
4	22	Adrien Simon	Mathershaw Porsche	N/A	1:08.339	4
5	11	Nick Addison	Franklin-Honda	N/A	1:08.381	5
6	25	Elroy Wagner	Lopez-Porsche	N/A	1:08.457	6
7	73	Felix Pérez	FIRST-Ford	N/A	1:08.514	7
8	26	Allar Kangur	Lopez-Porsche	N/A	1:08.555	8
9	12	Danilo Forini	Franklin-Honda	N/A	1:08.571	9
10	74	Will Hoskins	FIRST-Ford	N/A	1:08.611	10
11	15	Marcus Thunder	Lucas-Downton	N/A	1:08.655	11
12	81	Puccio Giodano	Ocelot-Alfa Romeo	N/A	1:08.691	12
13	42	Thierry Xylander	Phoenix-Downton	N/A	1:08.852	13
14	37	James Vasquez	Ingram-Jaguar	N/A	1:08.860	14
15	38	Jean Mattson	Ingram-Jaguar	N/A	1:08.878	15
16	69	Tumo Kinnumen	Westwood-Porsche	N/A	1:08.911	16
17	4	Yakumi Takahashi	Arrow-Jaguar	1:08.871	1:08.915	17
18	82	Hunter Ryan	Ocelot-Alfa Romeo	N/A	1:08.915	18
19	92	Max Meyer	AMR-Ford	N/A	1:08.920	19
20	41	Sergio Álvarez	Phoenix-Downton	N/A	1:08.931	20
21	91	Finn Schnyder	AMR-Ford	N/A	1:08.995	21
22	10	Brock Kidd	North Star-Ford	1:09.120	1:09.017	22
23	9	Johan Halvosen	North Star-Ford	1:08.970	1:09.029	23
24	70	Jules Barclay	Westwood-Porsche	N/A	1:09.076	24
25	16	Maximilian Thunström	Lucas-Downton	N/A	1:09.132	25
26	3	Zander Brynildsen	Arrow-Jaguar	1:09.063	1:09.153	26
Did Not Qualify
27	17	Nikolai Milkovich	Highwind-Alfa Romeo	1:09.375	N/A	26
28	18	Karl Beckenbauer	Highwind-Alfa Romeo	1:09.537	N/A	DNQ
29	5	Carson Davenport	Meteor-Lamborghini	1:09.662	N/A	DNQ
30	6	Felix Beyer	Meteor-Lamborghini	1:09.718	N/A	DNQ

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Nathaniel Powers	Downton		51	1:02:44.981	2	25
2	25	Elroy Wagner	Lopez-Porsche		51	+13.457	6	18
3	2	Klaas van Snelheid	Downton		51	+19.727	1	15
4	21	Enrique Ruiz	Mathershaw Porsche		51	+20.432	3	12
5	12	Danilo Forini	Franklin-Honda		51	+25.209	9	10
6	11	Nick Addison	Franklin-Honda		51	+25.755	5	8
7	26	Allar Kangur	Lopez-Porsche		51	+26.177	8	6
8	22	Adrien Simon	Mathershaw Porsche		51	+26.623	4	4
9	15	Marcus Thunder	Lucas-Downton		51	+27.049	11	2
10	91	Finn Schnyder	AMR-Ford		51	+40.043	21	1
11	74	Will Hoskins	FIRST-Ford		51	+40.341	10
12	81	Puccio Giodano	Ocelot-Alfa Romeo		51	+1:03.942	12
13	42	Thierry Xylander	Phoenix-Downton		51	+1:05.401	13
14	70	Jules Barclay	Westwood-Porsche		51	+1:09.720	24
15	69	Tumo Kinnumen	Westwood-Porsche		51	+1:11.500	16
16	38	Jean Mattson	Ingram-Jaguar		51	+1:12.317	15
17	16	Maximilian Thunström	Lucas-Downton		50	+1 lap	25
18	82	Hunter Ryan	Ocelot-Alfa Romeo		50	+1 lap	18
19	41	Sergio Álvarez	Phoenix-Downton		50	+1 lap	20
20	9	Johan Halvosen	North Star-Ford		50	+1 lap	23
21	10	Brock Kidd	North Star-Ford		50	+1 lap	22
Ret	73	Felix Pérez	FIRST-Ford		40	Engine	7
Ret	3	Zander Brynildsen	Arrow-Jaguar		39	Engine	26
Ret	37	James Vasquez	Ingram-Jaguar		38	Engine	14
Ret	4	Yakumi Takahashi	Arrow-Jaguar		34	Engine	17
Ret	92	Max Meyer	AMR-Ford		32	Engine	19

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nathaniel Powers 118 2 Allar Kangur 72 1 3 Klaas van Snelheid 68 1 4 Danilo Forini 64 5 Enrique Ruiz 57

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Downton 186 2 Lopez-Porsche 113 3 Mathershaw Porsche 99 4 Franklin-Honda 86 5 FIRST-Ford 46

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

Previous race: 2021 British V-Prix	Formula Virtual World Championship 2021 season	Next race: 2021 Spanish V-Prix
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