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F-3: O’Sullivan victory
Zach O’Sullivan crosses the finish line and wins! Bortoleto remains second, Collet completes the top three and Colapinto finishes fourth.
Beganovich finished just fifth, behind Edgar and Mansell, Barter finished eighth, Sophia Flörsch has two points left for ninth and Montoya only makes it to the checkered flag in tenth.
Nikita Bedrin finished 16th.
Finish (First 10):1. O’Sullivan (Prema) – 26 laps.2. Airborne (Trident) +0.8 sec.3. Collet (Van Amersfoort) +1.6.4. Tailedtail (MP) +2.4.5. Beganovich (Prema) +4.4.6. Edgar (MP) +4.7.7. Mansell (Fields) +5.2.8. Barter (Fields) +5.6.9. Florsch (PHM) +6.2.10. Montoya (Hitech) +8.8.16. Bedrin (Jenzer) +14.6.
10:06 Dmitry Zakharchenko
Montoya and Colapinto crash in the last lap! On the fifth lap, two drivers couldn’t pass: Franco continues the race, but Sebastian flies into the gravel!
10:04 Dmitry Zakharchenko
Pepe Marti locked the wheels before the fourth corner and went into the gravel: the Spaniard drops out of the top 10 and Sofia Flörsch moves to tenth position!
Meanwhile, the four leaders meet in the penultimate lap: O’Sullivan, Bortoleto, Colapinto and Montoya!
10:02 Dmitry Zakharchenko
Montoya overtakes Collet and moves up to fourth place.
Round 23: 1 O’Sullivan – 2 Bortoleto – 3 Colapinto – 4 Montoya – 5 Collet – 6 Beganovich – 7 Marty – 8 Edgar – 9 Mansell – 10 Barter – 17 Bedrin.
10:01 Dmitry Zakharchenko
Five laps to go. O’Sullivan is still in the lead, but Bortoleto is a few tenths behind and could attack at any time with DRS. Colapinto, Collet, Montoya and Beganovich are close to the leading pair: any of the top 5 can attack in the last few laps and compete, if not for the win, then at least for the podium.
09:55 Dmitry Zakharchenko
Contact between Kaylen Frederik and Marie Boya -the first loses her front wing, the second has a puncture-, both go to the pits, and Montoya passes Beganovich and goes to fifth place.
Montoya and Beganovich
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Bedrin, for his part, is already 17.
Round 18: 1 O’Sullivan – 2 Bortoleto – 3 Colapinto – 4 Collet – 5 Montoya – 6 Beganovich – 7 Marty – 8 Edgar – 9 Mansell – 10 Barter – 17 Bedrin.
09:51 Dmitry Zakharchenko
And again on the fourth turn: Zach O’Sullivan passes Gabriele Bortoleto and takes the lead!
O’Sullivan and Bortoleto
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Round 15: 1 O’Sullivan – 2 Bortoleto – 3 Colapinto – 4 Beganovich – 5 Collet – 6 Montoya – 7 Frederick – 8 Mansell – 9 Buoy – 10 Marty – 19 Bedrin.
09:50 Dmitry Zakharchenko
Zach O’Sullivan passes Dino Beganovich and moves into second position!
Bedrin passes Nikola Tsolova – Nikita is already 19!
Round 14: 1 Bortoleto – 2 O’Sullivan – 3 Beganovich – 4 Colapinto – 5 Collet – 6 Montoya – 7 Frederic – 8 Marty – 9 Mansell – 10 Buoy – 19 Bedrin.
09:49 Dmitry Zakharchenko
And again the change of leader: in the fourth turn, Bortoleto passes Beganovich and takes the lead. The three-way fight for the win continues: Dino goes after not only Bortoleto, but also Zach O’Sullivan.
Bortoleto leads the peloton
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Meanwhile, Aron pits: his car was damaged during the fight with Sosi.
Round 13: 1 Bortoleto – 2 Beganovich – 3 O’Sullivan – 4 Colapinto – 5 Collet – 6 Montoya – 7 Frederic – 8 Marty – 9 Mansell – 10 Buoy – 20 Bedrin.
09:47 Dmitry Zakharchenko
Vacuum the fight with Beganovich lock the wheels and pierce the wheels! Polesitter loses pace and pits for new tyres!
The problems of Grégoire Sosi
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Meanwhile, Dino Beganovich is attacked by Gabriel Bortoleto, who had just counterattacked Aron, but the championship leader did not stay in front for long: in the fourth turn, Beganovich reclaimed first place.
Aron is also losing positions: he has already slipped back to sixth and lets Frederik pass, Paul is now only seventh.
Round 13: 1 Beganovich – 2 Bortoleto – 3 O’Sullivan – 4 Colapinto – 5 Collet – 6 Frederick – 7 Aron – 8 Montoya – 9 Marty – 10 Mansell – 22 Bedrin.
09:44 Dmitry Zakharchenko
Paul Aron passes Bortoleto at turns 3 and 4 and moves up to third. Sosi, who is in second place, tries to counter Beganovich, but hasn’t succeeded so far.
And Bedrin regained one more place: Nikita overtook Ido Cohen and is now 23rd.
10th round: 1 Beganovich – 2 Sosi – 3 Aron – 4 Bortoleto – 5 O’Sullivan – 6 Colapinto – 7 Collet – 8 Frederick – 9 Marty – 10 Mansell – 23 Bedrin.
09:40 Dmitry Zakharchenko
Sosi couldn’t resist the pressure from Dino Beganovich: Prema’s running back breaks into first place with the help of DRS, but now the right to open the wing passes to Sosi. The densest fight for leadership with the participation of four pilots at once!
Beganovich takes the lead
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Bedrin was ahead of Tommy Smith – Nikita is already 24.
7th round: 1 Beganovich – 2 Sosi – 3 Bortoleto – 4 Aron – 5 O’Sullivan – 6 Colapinto – 7 Frederic – 8 Collet – 9 Marty – 10 Mansell – 24 Bedrin.
09:35 Dmitry Zakharchenko
The safety car leaves the track at the end of the fourth lap, from the fifth the race resumes in combat mode.
The field stretched out in a single file, the restart went smoothly as Nikita Bedrin passed Roberto Faria, and around later he passed Oliver Gray and moved up to 25th.
09:32 Dmitry Zakharchenko
And one circle later, the judges neutralize the race with a safety car: the stewards must evacuate the Mini car.
2nd round: 1 Suck – 2 Beganovich – 3 Bortoleto – 4 Aron – 5 O’Sullivan – 6 Colapinto – 7 Frederic – 8 Collet – 9 Marty – 10 Mansell – 27 Bedrin.
09:30 Dmitry Zakharchenko
The F-3 race has started! Sosi confidently dispersed from pole position, Beganovich kept the thief position, and Bortoleto withstood Aron’s attack in the first turn and did not let the opponent escape in the second.
Start of the Formula 3 race
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In the fourth turn, Gabriele Mini, after contact with an opponent, rolls on the gravel: the Italian cannot continue moving, and this appears to be a withdrawal.
Nikita Bedrin, unfortunately, started from the pit lane: he is in the penultimate position.
1st round: 1 Suck – 2 Beganovich – 3 Bortoleto – 4 Aron – 5 O’Sullivan – 6 Colapinto – 7 Frederick – 8 Collet – 9 Mansell – 10 Goethe – 27 Bedrin.
09:26 Dmitry Zakharchenko
It’s cloudy at Spielberg, the track, unlike yesterday, is dry and the drivers went safely into the warm-up lap. Almost everything is ready to go.
09:19 Dmitry Zakharchenko
A great day of motorsport at Spielberg begins with a Formula 3 race. Gregoire Sosi will start from pole position and share the front row with Dino Beganovic. Championship leader Gabriel Bortoleto starts third, alongside yesterday’s sprint winner Paul Aron. But Bortoleto’s main chaser in qualifying, Josep Maria Marti, qualified only 12th.
Russia’s Nikita Bedrin starts 21st. The Russian finished 22nd after having his best lap stripped for intrusion, but moved up one place when Oliver Gray was penalized five places for a collision in Saturday’s sprint.
Starting Grid F3
Photo: FIA
Start – at 9:25 Moscow time.
