Another round and another challenge as Formula 3 travel to Hungary for round four of the 2021 F3 Championship

Four weeks on after their last Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, Formula 3 returns with the Hungaroring playing host to round four of the Championship.

An exciting three rounds are now behind us as we start to enter the latter stages of the F3 Championship, and every point from here on in may make the difference between finishing as 2021 F3 World Champion or coming in second place at the end of the season.

It is Dennis Hauger who continues to pave the way at the front of the Championship. The Norweigan driver racing for Prema has scored points in eight of the nine races and holds a 41-point lead over second-placed Frederik Vesti and a 43-point lead over third-placed Jack Doohan.

Coincidently it was the 18-year-old that took the win in F3’s first race around the Red Bull Ring as he added 17 points to his impressive points tally. Olli Caldwell and Jack Doohan rounded out the podium positions as the Prema driver reigned supreme.

David Schumacher, the son of former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, took a lights-to-flag victory in the second victory as the German scored his first points of the season alongside a maiden F3 podium and victory.

The podium was completed by ART’s Vesti and Hauger, who at one point was as low as 14th but managed to claw his way onto the podium in the latter stages of the race.

Race three saw Vesti claim the top step after his second place in race two. The Dane battled with Championship leader Hauger all race but was able to hang out first which saw the Norweigan settle with second and his third podium of the weekend. His teammate, Caldwell, stepped onto the podium once more after finishing the race third and rounding off the podium places.

Heading into the Hungarian Grand Prix, the first F3 race that took place at the Hungaroring was two years ago in 2019.

Christian Lundgaard was the pole-sitter for race one as he converted that great starting position into a victory ahead of Max Fewtrell in second and Jake Hughes in third.

After he finished eighth in the first race of the weekend, Marcus Armstrong lined up on reverse grid pole for race two and he went on to replicate what Lundgaard did the previous day to take a lights to flag victory. Leonardo Pulcini finished second with Hughes getting his second podium of the weekend as he finished in third.

Last year at the track located in Budapest, there would be no luck for pole-sitter Clement Novalak in race one as he dropped ninth which allowed Theo Pourchaire to gain the lead and cross the line over 11 seconds ahead of second-place Oscar Piastri and over 17 seconds ahead of third-place Bent Viscaal.

Even though the aforementioned Viscaal had the drive of his life, a Safety Car and two five-second time penalties ruined his chances of recording a race win with reverse grid pole man, David Beckmann, inheriting the win. Piastri and Hauger rounded out the podium positions after another wet race at the Hungaroring.

It is set to be yet another thriller in Budapest this time around in Formula 3 as consistent points scoring and not retiring from the races will be a crucial factor in each drivers’ fight for the Championship crown.

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