Pau F3: Lorandi holds off Stroll for maiden win after pile-up

Lorandi had a good getaway to lead from pole but carnage behind him immediately brought out the safety car.

Nick Cassidy and Sergio Sette Camara, starting from the second row, entered the right-hand first turn side-by-side with the Kiwi on the inside.

The duo made contact, hit the barrier and blocked much of the path, collecting several other cars.

F3 debutant David Beckmann and Peter Li retired on the spot with Nikita Mazepin going to the pits and failing to continue as well.

Following a lengthy clean-up, Lorandi led the field on the restart with Lance Stroll following close.

The Canadian put pressure for several laps but dropped back a bit for the final stages of the race, allowing Lorandi to celebrate his maiden win.

Russell initially dropped off but a late charge saw him join the leading duo, the Brit eventually finishing third.

Callum Ilott and Mikkel Jensen took fourth and fifth respectively, ahead of Joel Eriksson, who passed Ryan Tveter soon after the restart.

Red Bull junior Niko Kari, T-Sport's Arjun Maini and Brazilian Pedro Piquet completed the top 10.

Race 1 winner Ben Barnicoat pitted during safety car and ended up 11th.

Race 3 results:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	Alessio Lorandi	Carlin	35'09.190
2	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	0.460
3	George Russell	Hitech GP	2.385
4	Callum Ilott	Vam Amersfoort Racing	2.806
5	Mikkel Jensen	Mucke Motorsport	6.393
6	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	6.920
7	Ryan Tveter	Carlin	12.097
8	Niko Kari	Motopark	12.599
9	Arjun Maini	T-Sport	13.179
10	Pedro Piquet	Van Amersfoort Racing	22.901
11	Ben Barnicoat	Hitech GP	25.011
12	Anthoine Hubert	Van Amersfoort Racing	29.981
13	Maximillian Gunther	Prema Powerteam	35.100
14	Harrison Newey	Van Amersfoort Racing	39.856
15	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	44.042
Ret	Guan Yu Zhou	Motopark
Ret	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech GP
Ret	Sergio Sette Camara	Motopark
Ret	David Beckmann	Mucke Motorsport
Ret	Zhi Cong Li	Carlin
Ret	Nick Cassidy	Prema Powerteam