F3: Nikola Tsolov claimed his third victory of the season.

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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