The French driver, who became the youngest-ever F2 race winner in Monaco last season, took the lead for ART Grand Prix after both Juri Vips (Hitech Grand Prix) and polesitter Jack Doohan (Virtuosi) were struck by issues.
Vips suffered a catastrophic pitstop when swapping to the softs, dropping him back to P12, leaving Doohan in the net lead before he made contact with Pourchaire upon exiting the pits, damaging his front wing and forcing him to pit again.
Vips eventually made it back up to the podium places, finishing P3, with Liam Lawson in second for Carlin taking his second podium of the weekend.
Polesitter Doohan’s race went from bad to worse, with a third pitstop coming shortly after his front wing change, leaving him to finish in P10.
Poor pitstops were a consistent theme of the race, with both Dennis Hauger (Prema Racing) and Calan Williams (Trident) having their races ended after losing tyres during their pitstops.
Doohan and Pourchaire both struggled off the…
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