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FIA F3 Zandvoort
F3 Zandvoort: Maloney wins feature race, Martins retakes points lead
Zane Maloney claimed his second consecutive FIA Formula 3 feature race win at Zandvoort as Victor Martins recaptured the championship lead.
Megan White
Edited: Sep 4, 2022, 11:07 AM
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The Trident polesitter repeated his stellar drive at Spa to take back-to-back wins, having also taken a podium at the Hungaroring.
Despite Martins taking the lead off the line, Maloney recaptured the front spot at the halfway mark before enduring two safety car restarts to take victory.
Martins, finishing second for ART, now leads the standings by five points from Isack Hadjar heading into the final round at Monza.
Franco Colapinto rounded off the podium for Van Amersfoort Racing at its home race, his fourth visit to the rostrum of the year.
Martins immediately took the lead into Turn 1, with Maloney wide across the grass at the exit but holding second into Turn 2.
A poor start from Ollie Bearman further back saw him drop from 14th to 18th, putting him into a fight with Prema teammate Arthur Leclerc, who started 20th.
The safety car was first deployed on lap three, with Brad Benavides (Carlin) rear-ending Jenzer’s William Alatalo into Turn 2 after locking up, sending both into the gravel and ending their races.
Racing resumed five laps later, with Martins leading the field away as Jak Crawford locked up, falling from third down to ninth and allowing Colapinto into the podium places.
MP Motorsport driver Caio Collet and Sebastian Montoya, taking part in his debut F3 weekend for Campos, then passed Jonny Edgar (Trident) into seventh and eighth respectively.
Up front, Maloney retook the lead out of Turn 1 on lap 12 in a replica of the move Martins used to lead initially.
Crawford was shown the grass again the following lap under pressure from Carlin’s Zak O’Sullivan, but managed to hold onto ninth, before clawing his way up to seventh by lap 14 with DRS.
Racing was once again neutralised on lap 19, with David Vidales beaching his Campos Racing car in the gravel at Turn 2.
With just five laps remaining, the green flag was waved again, with Colapinto closing in on Martins as Maloney held the lead.
Further back, Bearman had made it up to 11th, passing two drivers in as many corners before an aggressive move up the inside of O’Sullivan to take 10th.
The safety car was again deployed just three laps from the end of the race after Rafael Villagomez (VAR) came off at Turn 1 and became lodged, while Gregoire Saucy (ART) retired after suffering damage to his front-right steering arm.
Maloney led the pack as the safety car ended with two laps remaining, and managed to hold on to cross the line despite Martins looking close on the restart.
Roman Stanek took fourth for Trident, with title contender Hadjar in fifth for Hitech. Collet lost sixth to Crawford on the final lap after locking up at Turn 1, with Montoya in eighth.
Edgar and Bearman rounded off the top 10, though the Prema driver faces an investigation for his move on O’Sullivan.
F3 Zandvoort - Feature race results:
Cla # Driver Team Time 1 3 Zane Maloney
Trident 2 7
Victor Martins
ART Grand Prix 1.0 3 29
Franco Colapinto
Van Amersfoort Racing 1.4 4 2
Roman Staněk
Trident 2.1 5 18
Isack Hadjar
HitechGP 2.7 6 5
Jak Crawford
Prema Powerteam 2.9 7 10
Caio Collet
MP Motorsport 4.3 8 21
Sebastian Montoya
Campos Racing 5.2 9 1
Jonny Edgar
Trident 5.5 10 6
Oliver Bearman
Prema Powerteam 8.4 11 11
Alexander Smolyar
MP Motorsport 9.3 12 26
Zak O'Sullivan
Carlin 10.1 13 12
Kush Maini
MP Motorsport 10.8 14 4
Arthur Leclerc
Prema Powerteam 11.2 15 17
Kaylen Frederick
HitechGP 12.2 16 22
Josep Maria Martí
Campos Racing 12.9 17 15
David Schumacher
Charouz Racing System 13.6 18 9
Juan Manuel Correa
ART Grand Prix 14.2 19 23
Ido Cohen
Jenzer Motorsport 14.7 20 28
Enzo Trulli
Carlin 15.4 21 16
Francesco Pizzi
Charouz Racing System 15.6 22 31
Reece Ushijima
Van Amersfoort Racing 16.0 23 24
Federico Malvestiti
Jenzer Motorsport 16.4 24 19
Nazim Azman
HitechGP 17.0 25 14
László Tóth
Charouz Racing System 17.5 26 8
Gregoire Saucy
ART Grand Prix 4 laps 27 30
Rafael Villagomez
Van Amersfoort Racing 5 laps 28 20
David Vidales
Campos Racing 10 laps 29 27
Brad Benavides
Carlin 23 laps 30 25
William Alatalo
Jenzer Motorsport 23 laps View full results
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