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In tricky conditions, Lorenzo Colombo claimed his first-ever F3 race win after he was stripped of victory in Hungary. The Italian was in a world of his own as Jak Crawford came second and Roman Stanek in third.
Frederik Vesti came across the line to finish fourth ahead of Victor Martins in fifth and Johnathan Hoggard in sixth. Clement Novalak and Logan Sargeant also benefitted from Caio Collet’s five-second penalty as the duo finished seventh and eighth ahead of the Brazillian in ninth with Aleksandr Smolyar in 10th.
Starting Grid
Lorenzo Colombo, after qualifying 12th for Sunday’s race three, started from pole position ahead of Jak Crawford who joined the Italian on the front row. On the second row, Roman Stanek sat third alongside Johnathan Hoggard in fourth.
David Schumacher followed in fifth with Frederik Vesti in sixth, Clement Novalak in seventh, Logan Sargeant in eighth, Caio Collet in ninth, Aleksandr Smolyar in 10th, Victor Martins in 11th and Sunday’s pole-sitter Jack Doohan in 12th. Championship leader Dennis Hauger sat 14th on the grid after a poor qualifying from the Norweigan saw him miss out on the top 10 for the first time this season.
As It Happened
Even before the race started, Collet and Rasmussen were under investigation as the former was released unsafely into the path of the HWA driver.
Filip Ugran, after failing to set a time within 107% of the fastest lap in qualifying, the Romanian started the race from the pit lane.
After three formation laps, the red flag was brought out and the drivers came back into the pits to await the stewards’ decision regarding the race.
Not long after, the field appeared out onto the track once more and started the race under the Safety Car.
On lap four, pole position man Colombo led the drivers over the line as the green flag was waved for the first time.
Sargeant and Smolyar fell down the order as the MP Motorsport duo of Collet and Martins moved up into eighth and ninth respectively.
Collet looked confident in his wet setup, as a lap later, he moved into seventh place ahead of Novalak. Ido Cohen was the first retiree as he peeled into the pits and jumped out of his car.
The first driver to go into the wall was Rafael Villagómez as the HWA driver collided with the barrier at turn seven and plummeted to the back of the field.
At the halfway point, Colombo was a long way ahead of the field as he lead the race ahead of Crawford in second and Stanek in third. Hoggard followed in fourth, Schumacher in fifth, Vesti in sixth, Collet in seventh, Novalak in eighth, Martins in ninth and Sargeant in 10th.
Martins made the move on Novalak as the Frenchman danced around the outside and up into eighth place.
In the dying embers of the race, a battle for fourth ensued as Schumacher and Hoggard went head-to-head. The duo lost out as Collet moved ahead of them, but overtook the drivers off the track and was handed a five-second time penalty for it.
Vesti made the move for fourth as he used all the momentum up Eau Rouge to get ahead of Collet. Schumacher dropped even further down the field with Novalak, Sargeant and Smolyar relegating the Trident driver down to 11th.
Colombo crossed the line to claim a comfortable victory ahead of Crawford and Stanek in second and third. Vesti finished fourth ahead of Martins in fifth and Hoggard in sixth. Novalak and Sargeant benefitted from Collet’s five-second penalty as the duo finished seventh and eighth ahead of the Brazillian in ninth with Aleksandr Smolyar in 10th.
What’s Next?
Sunday’s pole-sitter Jack Doohan failed to make up any positions from the race start and finished race one in 12th place meaning he will start race two from pole position.
The Trident driver will be hoping to get a victory and close the gap to championship leader Hauger who starts race two from 14th.
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