F3: Nikola Tsolov claimed his third victory of the season.
Nikola Tsolov finished first in Sunday’s Formula 3 race in Austria, claiming his third victory of the season.
Sunday morning in Spielberg greeted the Formula 3 participants with sunny weather. By the time the race started, the air temperature had risen to +20°C and the track to +29°C.
Pole-sitter Nikola Tsolov kept the lead, Brad Benavides remained second, and Noah Stromsted held off any attacks on his third place. Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak had a slow start and dropped from fifth to sixteenth place. Championship leader Rafael Camara climbed up to fifth position.
On the open track, Tsolov immediately started building a gap from the chasers and by the end of lap two out of twenty-six, his advantage over the nearest rival had grown to two seconds.
On lap three, Stromsted and then Ugo Ugochukwu overtook Benavides. By the end of the lap, Brad had fallen to sixth place, letting Camara and Callum Voisin by. Benavides continued to lose positions and dropped out of the top ten.
By lap five, Stromsted had dropped from second to fifth, letting Ugochukwu and Camara—who set the fastest lap—through.
On lap seven, Camara attempted to attack Ugochukwu. He couldn’t make the move in Turn 3, but in Turn 4 Rafael moved into second place and began chasing his closest rival in the championship, Tsolov, who was leading the race.
Behind the leaders, Stromsted reclaimed third, overtaking Ugochukwu on lap eight. Before that, Mari Boya, fighting at the edge of the top ten, had taken the fastest lap from Camara. On lap twelve, Brando Badoer returned to the pits with a damaged rear suspension.
On lap fourteen, Martinius Stenshorne overtook Ugochukwu and Stromsted in Turns 3 and 4, respectively, to take third place. By this point, Tsolov’s lead over Camara had grown to three and a half seconds.
By lap eighteen, Stenshorne caught up with Camara in the battle for second. On the next lap, in Turn 3, Martinius passed Rafael, who didn’t defend too vigorously so as not to risk a collision, retirement, and losing 25 points to Tsolov.
On lap twenty-four, Camara dropped to fourth, being passed by Tim Tramnitz in Turn 3. Rafael’s tires had completely lost performance, and by the final lap he had fallen to sixth, where he eventually finished.
Nikola Tsolov carried the race through for his third win of the season, closing the gap to Camara in the standings to just one point. Martinius Stenshorne finished second, and Tim Tramnitz rounded out the podium.
The seventh round of the Formula 3 season will take place next week at Silverstone.
Driver
Team
Laps
1. N. Tsolov
Campos Racing
26
2. M. Stenshorne
Hitech TGR
26
3. T. Tramnitz
MP Motorsport
26
4. M. Boya
Campos Racing
26
5. U. Ugochukwu
Prema Racing
26
6. R. Camara
Trident
26
7. C. Wurz
Trident
26
8. N. Stromsted
Trident
26
9. L. van Hoepen
ART Grand Prix
26
10. C. Voisin
Rodin Motorsport
26
11. B. Benavides
AIX Racing
26
12. T. Nael
Van Amersfoort Racing
26
13. N. Leon
Prema Racing
26
14. A. Giusti
MP Motorsport
26
15. D. Carracedo
Hitech TGR
26
16. D. Wharton
ART Grand Prix
26
17. T. Inthraphuvasak
Campos Racing
26
18. L. Sharp
Rodin Motorsport
26
19. J. Xi
Hitech TGR
26
20. M. Zagazeta
DAMS Lucas Oil
26
21. B. del Pino
MP Motorsport
26
22. T. Taponen
ART Grand Prix
26
23. I. Dominguez
Van Amersfoort Racing
26
24. N. Johnson
DAMS Lucas Oil
26
25. R. Bilinski
Rodin Motorsport
26
26. K. Ho
DAMS Lucas Oil
26
27. N. Marinangeli
AIX Racing
26
28. D. Hedley
AIX Racing
26
29. S. Ramos
Van Amersfoort Racing
26
-. B. Badoer
Prema Racing
11
Standings
Driver
Team
Points
1. R. Camara
Trident
115
2. N. Tsolov
Campos Racing
114
3. T. Tramnitz
MP Motorsport
90
4. M. Stenshorne
Hitech TGR
60
5. N. Stromsted
Trident
60
6. M. Boya
Campos Racing
55
7. A. Giusti
MP Motorsport
54
8. T. Taponen
ART Grand Prix
51
9. S. Ramos
Van Amersfoort Racing
45
10. C. Voisin
Rodin Motorsport
45
11. T. Nael
Van Amersfoort Racing
43
12. R. Bilinski
Rodin Motorsport
38
13. L. van Hoepen
ART Grand Prix
38
14. T. Inthraphuvasak
Campos Racing
22
15. C. Wurz
Trident
21
16. I. Dominguez
Van Amersfoort Racing
18
17. N. Bedrin
AIX Racing
17
18. U. Ugochukwu
Prema Racing
14
19. D. Wharton
ART Grand Prix
13
20. B. del Pino
MP Motorsport
11
21. L. Sharp
Rodin Motorsport
11
22. F. Slater
AIX Racing
10
23. M. Zagazeta
DAMS Lucas Oil
6
24. N. Leon
Prema Racing
5
25. K. Ho
DAMS Lucas Oil
4
26. B. Benavides
AIX Racing
0
27. D. Dufek
Hitech TGR
0
28. D. Carracedo
Hitech TGR
0
29. N. Lacorte
DAMS Lucas Oil
0
30. J. Sagrera
AIX Racing
0
31. B. Badoer
Prema Racing
0
32. J. Xi
Hitech TGR
0
33. D. Hedley
AIX Racing
0
34. N. Marinangeli
AIX Racing
0
35. D. Carracedo
Hitech TGR
0
36. J. Garfias
AIX Racing
0
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