The Hitech driver passed polesitter Logan Sargeant at the start and managed to hold off the quick-running Prema of Jehan Daruvala to take his first win since Jeddah last year.
Carlin driver Sargeant suffered excess wheel spin on the grid, leaving him to flounder in fifth as he was swallowed up by Prema duo Daruvala and Dennis Hauger, and DAMS’ Roy Nissany.
Nissany was briefly running in third after an excellent start before reigning FIA Formula 3 champion Hauger made it a Prema 2-3, which they held until the end.
There was a first-lap safety car after David Beckmann, driving in place of an injured Cem Bolukbasi at Charouz, went off at the Tamburello melee, while Clement Novalak suffered a broken front wing on his MP Motorsport car after he was unable to avoid the supersub’s spin.
Championship leader Felipe Drugovich (MP Motorsport) started in 12th after a poor qualifying on Friday, but had made it up to seventh by the end of the first lap, while feature race polesitter Juri Vips (Hitech) ran wide, dropping him to the back of the pack.
As racing resumed on lap 5, Hauger applied pressure to his teammate Daruvala in front, while further down the field Carlin’s Liam Lawson passed Ayumu Iwasa’s Carlin-run car for ninth place.
Drugovich and Theo Pourchaire (ART) both made it past Ralph Boschung in the battle for sixth on lap 9, before the Campos Racing driver eventually came to a halt at Turn 1, prompting a virtual safety car.
The front three had built up a five-second gap to Nissany in fourth place by the halfway point, with the Israeli driver holding off Sargeant and Drugovich.
ART’s Frederik Vesti made it past rookie Jack Doohan (Virtuosi) for tenth place on lap 19 after a several-lap tussle, with experience paying out for the Mercedes junior.
Though a loose sidepod cover looked set to threaten Hauger’s race, it held firm for him to take his first series podium at his team’s home race.
By the penultimate lap, Nissany had built a…
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