Race report

Spielberg F3: Stroll doubles up with dominant Race 3 win

European F3 championship leader Lance Stroll has secured another lights-to-flag win in the final race of the Spielberg round.

While Stroll had a good getaway to lead off the line, rival George Russell lost a couple positions and ended up sending David Beckmann into a spin at Turn 2.

The German rookie managed to rejoin in the back of the field but the Hitech driver had to retire in the pits with damage.

A lap later, the safety car entered the track as Mikkel Jensen was squeezed out by Alessio Lorandi on approach to Remus, the Dane retiring in the gravel after contact.

Stroll and second-placed Callum Ilott quickly separated themselves from the rest of the grid on the restart, as Joel Eriksson attacked Motopark teammate Niko Kari for third.

Losing momentum at Turn 1 and bunching up the field behind, Eriksson and Kari were shuffled down the order, passed by Maximilian Gunther and Ben Barnicoat.

At the front, Stroll quickly established a safe lead and completed the race with a gap of 4.8s, as Ilott took his second podium finish of the weekend.

Gunther and Barnicoat finished third and fourth respectively, with Sergio Sette Camara passing Eriksson for fifth.

Guan Yu Zhou took seventh followed by Kari and Ralf Aron.

Beckmann recovered after his early spin to pass Nick Cassidy for 10th, but was subsequently given a time penalty for track limits.

Full results

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	35:15.242
2	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	+4.867s
3	Maximilian Gunther	Prema Powerteam	+11.067s
4	Ben Barnicoat	Hitech GP	+12.422s
5	Sergio Sette Camara	Motopark	+14.329s
6	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	+19.040s
7	Guan Yu Zhou	Motopark	+19.413s
8	Niko Kari	Motopark	+19.872s
9	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	+26.071s
10	Nick Cassidy	Prema Powerteam	+27.450s
11	Harrison Newey	Van Amersfoort Racing	+43.074s
12	David Beckmann	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	+46.608s
13	Pedro Piquet	Van Amersfoort Racing	+46.965s
14	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech GP	+47.777s
15	Weiron Tan	Carlin	+52.876s
16	Anthoine Hubert	Van Amersfoort Racing	+56.566s
17	Alessio Lorandi	Carlin	+1m12.390s
18	Arjun Maini	ThreeBond with T-Sport	+1m19.559s
R	Mikkel Jensen	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	+22 laps
R	George Russell	Hitech GP	+23 laps