Hungary F3: Nannini takes maiden win after battling Fittipaldi

The HWA Racelab driver passed third-placed Roman Stanek (Hitech Grand Prix) off the line to move into second before finally making it past Fittipaldi (Charouz Racing System) on lap four, with the two almost making contact.

ART Grand Prix’s Alexander Smolyar finished in fourth, with Dennis Hauger, who leads the championship standings for Prema Racing, coming in fifth, having started eighth.

David Schumacher came sixth for Trident, with Lorenzo Colombo in seventh after losing his win from this morning’s sprint race.

Nannini’s victory marked the ninth different winner this season in just 11 races.

Further back in the field, ART Grand Prix’s Frederik Vesti finished in 16th having started 28th, after retiring from this morning’s race with a mechanical issue.

Victor Martins stalled from 15th on the grid leaving him at the back of the pack.

Fittipaldi got a good start but the top three went three-wide into the first corner, with Nannini overtaking Stanek to move into second, while putting huge pressure on the leader.

Behind the leading pack, Smolyar moved up to fourth, while Doohan up to fifth.

Olli Caldwell, driving for Prema, and Oliver Rasmussen of HWA Racelab tangled, plunging them to the back of the pack and forcing them both to pit with damage. The incident is being investigated by the stewards.

Amaury Cordeel (Campos Racing) and Carlin’s Ido Cohen were also forced to pit, with the former having to retire.

Nannini took the race lead on lap four, coming close to contact in the battle with Fittipaldi before locking up into turn two.

He had built up a 1.8 second lead from Fittipaldi by lap six, with seven-tenths between him and third-placed Stanek, before increasing his lead to 2.4 seconds by lap 10.

On lap 11, Nannini had a lap time deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn 11, as he was cautioned by his engineer over the radio that he is on his second warning for track limits.

Hauger and Schumacher battled on lap 14, with the championship leader making several attempts to pass before holding back to try again.

Schumacher passed Doohan on lap 16 in a team-mate battle, while Hauger almost snuck through amid the melee, though the Australian managed to hold him off despite locking up.

Doohan’s tyres fell off a cliff on lap 20, leaving him to be passed by five cars in as many corners, plummeting to 13th having started fourth.

Hauger made it past Schumacher into fifth on the penultimate lap, moving around the outside to improve yet another place.

Arthur Leclerc starts on pole for Prema in tomorrow’s feature race, with Hauger in second and Doohan in third.

FIA F3 Hungary Race 2 full results

Cla	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gap	Mph
1	Matteo Nannini	HWA AG	22
2	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	22	2.500
3	Roman Staněk	HitechGP	22	3.800
4	Alexander Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	22	4.300
5	Dennis Hauger	Prema Powerteam	22	4.600
6	David Schumacher	Trident	22	5.600
7	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	22	7.000
8	Clement Novalak	Trident	22	8.900
9	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	22	11.800
10	Ayumu Iwasa	HitechGP	22	12.600
11	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Powerteam	22	12.900
12	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	22	13.700
13	Jack Doohan	Trident	22	17.600
14	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	22	18.000
15	Tijmen van	MP Motorsport	22	20.200
16	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	22	22.800
17	Jake Hughes	Carlin	22	25.600
18	Reshad de	Charouz Racing System	22	28.300
19	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	22	30.000
20	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	22	32.100
21	Jak Crawford	HitechGP	22	33.300
22	Rafael Villagómez	HWA AG	22	35.000
23	László Tóth	Campos Racing	22	35.400
24	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	22	36.500
25	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	22	37.300
26	Jonny Edgar	Carlin	22	44.200
27	Ido Cohen	Carlin	22	1'19.900
28	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA AG	22	1'25.600
29	Olli Caldwell	Prema Powerteam	21	1 lap
30	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	21
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