There is action immediately as Aziz and Moussa bump tyres going 'round the first corner. Aziz immediately suffers a consequence as her front wing is cracked and grinds along the tarmac; she dives into the pits on lap 3 to have it replaced and falls to P10.

The wet conditions deliver plenty of excitement. Sophomore Sarit Jirel loses control and spins into a gravel trap, rejoining after losing six positions. Not long after, Bakir suffers the same fate - both perhaps regretting their choice of tyre compound.

Making no mistakes, Hristov and Vus capitalize on their opponents' misfortune and slot up in the order. In this wet race where drivers do not need to run two tyre compounds, track position is paramount.

Moussa cuts corner 11 midway through the stint and takes some floor damage that hampers his pace for the remainder of the Grand Prix.

Jirel, Aziz, and Bakir make the best of their mistakes and make up places before lap 16 - though the latter is told he used a richer fuel mix for too long while overtaking, and in his second stint is forced to rebalance in order to preserve fuel to make it to the end.

Fewer mistakes are made as drivers settle into the pace, but rookie Nkuruziza brakes late into Turn 10 on lap 26 and slides into the runoff, spinning around and rejoining in P10 - right behind the struggling Konan, whom she overtakes on lap 28.

Out front, championship leader Fadel cruises to victory out of sight of her competitors, setting a fastest lap more than half a second quicker than second best.

Throughout the final 15 laps, Ivan Vus challenges Svetlana Hristov for the last step on the podium, but the Hungarian driver holds on to cross the line in third - the second podium of her career. Indeed, Vus challenged too hard and close, and suffers damage to his front wing in his final attempt to overtake.

His front wing plate is not the only such casualty in the race's finale: Nkuruziza also crosses the line with damage to hers, but she'll be pleased with a second P8 in a row, gathering some important points to bring herself even with Poorpilu Moussa (whom she overtook on the final lap) in the championship once again.

On lap 39, Sarit Jirel spins again, but this time executes a perfect pirouette and loses only a single place to Bennu Bakir - whose pace flags in the final handful of laps: he is overtaken by both Jirel, reclaiming her P5, and Hamza Aziz.

Hristov's podium jumps her above rival Vus in the Driver's Championship; everyone else holds steady as Aya Fadel pulls even further away from the pack.

Quagoon Energy has to be disappointed with their performance as a team in this first half of the season, lagging a distance behind Arrow and Kazeodori. Veteran Mariame Konan is barely ahead of the struggling returnee Poorpilu Moussa and rookie Odile Nkuruziza, squabbling over P10.

Hamza Aziz is investigated for a track limits violation after her final hot lap and gets away with it - as far as missing Q2 can be considered "getting away." She slots in at a disappointing P8 for the Grand Prix tomorrow. Mariame Konan locks up going into Turn 16 on her first hot lap on fresh tarmac, but her engineer gets her back on track before the end of the session; her next lap bumps her up past rookie Odile Nkuruziza to P9.

While Maria Nguema had the fastest lap out of Q1, Aya Fadel steals P1 and a new lap record in Q2. Svetlana Hristov continues her run of form and makes it into Q2, but is more than half a second back of Bennu Bakir in P4. Our lineup for Sunday is as follows:

Trying to keep up with the leaders, Sarit Jirel presses and finds the limit - catching an icy kerb and spinning the car. An adroit 360 sees her facing the right way, losing position only to Maria Nguema, whom she had overtaken at the start.

Svetlana Hristov has a superb stint and makes up three positions. Luck is worse for the Tennyson duo, however; Hamza Aziz's engine bursting into white smoke midway through the stint, forcing her to retire the car by the roadway. Later, disaster strikes Ivan Vus, but a quick look at Aziz's retired car gave the Tennyson mechanics some good insights. Vus spends a few extra seconds in the box to adjust settings before rejoining the race.

Fadel rapidly closes the pit gap to Bakir in the second stint and overtakes him on fresher tyres. After he pits, the Iraqi driver does the same to Maria Nguema later in the Grand Prix, setting the fastest lap on fresh softs with low fuel weight.

Konan remains stuck at the back throughout the race, unable even to challenge rookie Nkuruziza on new Softs after her pit stop.

Returning star Poorpilu Moussa finally overtakes said rookie in the Driver's Championship after four races neck and neck, while the results from Iceland leave everyone else in place.

Next, we head to Wales before the midseason break!

One of a handful of drivers running old engine setups through the weekend, Mariame Konan gives a wretched show in Q1 and will round out the pack on Sunday in P10. Both Tennyson drivers take the gamble to run a worn engine, hoping it will pay off later in the season.

On those racy tyres, Mariame Konan takes a place from Ivan Vus at the first corner. Everyone else remains in order for the first few laps, until Sarit Jirel gets passed Hamza Aziz into P2. Struggling, perhaps, on the Softs after starting both previous Season 4 Grand Prix on Mediums, Hamza falls back until a charging Fadel (already past Vus and Konan) is hounding her in DRS - right before the Pakistani driver dives into the pits.

Bakir is on a charge of his own, passing both Arrow drivers to end the stint in P7 as he breezes past the pit lane.

Strategies split the field and gaps open up around the Autódromo Eduardo Copello. In P1 thanks to the three drivers ahead dropping in for a tyre compound change, Aya Fadel sets an excellent pace - but her average is matched by Maria Nguema, confident after her pole in qualifying.

Ivan Vus struggles on his aging Mediums and is overtaken by Jirel on her new tyres. Bakir and Aziz have a battle for a few laps before the Iraqi driver is forced to concede to the racier Tennyson car. Bakir makes the most of his stint, though, capturing P5 from Vus before pitting.

Odile Nkuruziza is not so lucky. While trying an overtake on Poorpilu Moussa, she clips her own front wing. Deemed at fault and dropping back significantly due to the damage, no penalties are given.

Bakir, now on Softs to finish the race, continues his charge, overtaking three to finish on the podium - his first in a too-long spell. Fadel and Arrow's strategy pays off and she finishes in P2. Ivan Vus does the best he can to rescue his shambled race and overtakes Hristov and Konan to finish in P6. Ahead, Maria Nguema sails to an easy victory - pole to checkered flag.

With his podium, Bakir gains two positions in the Driver's Championship, while Nguema gains one to sit six points shy of Fadel who remains in first.

Q1 sees Bennu Bakir being nailed for a track limits violation without time to run again; his earlier lap nets him a poor P9 for the Grand Prix. The greater surprise, however, is Aya Fadel failing to put together a competitive lap. For the first time since Morocco in Season Two, she fails to reach Q2. After making a mistake on her first hot lap, Nkuruziza risks it all on a last second run. She puts down a time, but nets P10.

In Q2, a tight battle between Maria Nguema and Hamza Aziz goes down to the wire. Barely a hundredth lies between them after the session.