Isack Hadjar has taken the first win of the season for Hitech after Oliver Bearman was penalised for exceeding track limits.
For the partially reversed-grid sprint race it was Zak O’Sullivan on pole, with Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman joining him on the front row for the pair’s first ever FIA F3 races. Kush Maini started from the pit lane, after being relegated by missing the FIA weighbridge when called into it during qualifying yesterday.
O’Sullivan got away with the lead, while fifth-starting Alexander Smolyar was overtaken by rookie Isack Hadjar. Roman Stanek reported on the first lap that he had a puncture. Both he and Franco Colapinto had to pit, sending them to the back of the field despite locking out the front row of the feature race tomorrow between them.
On lap 5, Bearman was able to pass O’Sullivan and take the lead of the race. A lap later, Victor Martins and Gregoire Saucy were forced to go to the ART pits, Martins immediately out of the race and Saucy’s…