Paul Ricard F3: Ilott claims career-first victory in Race 2

The Briton was up to second after a crash involving several cars at the start, and then passed Nick Cassidy to claim the lead.

Polesitter Maximilian Gunther was among the victims of the incident, joining Race 1 winner Lance Stroll, Ben Barnicoat, and Harrison Newey on the retirement list.

Being the only Prema car to avoid the carnage, Cassidy was into the lead off the line and he was able to stay ahead on the restart of the inevitable safety car stint.

He managed to build a lead of a second from, Ilott with Guan Yu Zhou overtaking Mikkel Jensen to stand in third.

However, Cassidy failed to maintain first as he gave away two positions with a mistake, handing Ilott the lead.

The Briton was set to cruise to the finish but the race was once again interrupted by safety car as Ralf Aron, who managed to get going after the start accident, spun out after losing a wheel.

Only time for one lap, Ilott nailed the restart and comfortably cruised to the finish.

Cassidy managed to overtake Zhou during the lap's opening sequence of corners to salvage second, with Jensen finishing fourth.

French driver Anthoine Hubert spent the race running fifth but lost three positions on the final lap, settling for eighth.

Red Bull junior Sergio Sette Camara secured fifth as a result, just ahead of Carlin duo of Alessio Lorandi and Ryan Tveter.

Eriksson recovered after dropping down the order at the start to take ninth as Raoul Hyman took the final points-scoring position.

George Russell narrowly lost out on a top 10 finish despite starting last after his exclusion from yesterday's second qualifying.

UPDATE: Barnicoat received a five-place grid penalty in Race 3 for causing the start incident.

Race 2 Results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	-
2	Nick Cassidy	Prema Powerteam	1.247
3	Guan Yu Zhou	Motopark	1.840
4	Mikkel Jensen	kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport	2.461
5	Sergio Sette Camara	Motopark	4.408
6	Alessio Lorandi	Carlin	4.534
7	Ryan Tveter	Carlin	5.094
8	Anthoine Hubert	Van Amersfoort Racing	5.098
9	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	5.222
10	Raoul Hyman	Carlin	5.669
11	George Russell	HitechGP	5.845
12	Nikita Mazepin	HitechGP	6.855
13	Arjun Maini	ThreeBond with T-Sport	7.620
14	Pedro Piquet	Van Amersfoort Racing	9.762
15	Zhi Cong Li	Carlin	15.533
16	Niko Kari	Motopark	18.238
Ret	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam
Ret	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam
Ret	Maximilian Gunther	Prema Powerteam
Ret	Ben Barnicoat	HitechGP
Ret	Harrison Newey	Van Amersfoort Racing