Spielberg F3: Stroll extends points lead with dominant Race 2 win
Williams development driver Lance Stroll took a confident victory in the second European F3 race at Spielberg, beating the field by almost 10 seconds.
Photo by: Alexander Trienitz
While Stroll managed to convert his pole position into a Turn 1 lead, fellow front-row starter George Russell was passed by Callum Ilott.
Following a short safety car stint for debris on track, Stroll could not pull away from Ilott for several laps.
But the VAR driver eventually made a mistake on the exit of the final turn and just narrowly kept second from Russell.
This allowed Stroll to get a lead of several seconds and, enjoying a massive pace advantage during the final stages of the race, he won by 9.9s.
Ilott and Russell completed the podium, closely followed by Red Bull junior Niko Kari.
The latter had to defend from the charging David Beckmann during the opening laps but the German had to ease off when he received a warning for track limits.
Still, the newcomer finished fifth, while his Mucke teammate Mikkel Jensen and Maximilian Gunther took sixth and seventh respectively.
Sergio Sette Camara recovered after stalling on the grid to grab four points in eighth, with Alessio Lorandi and Joel Eriksson completing the top 10.
Prema duo Ralf Aron and Nick Cassidy both had to pit during the race, the former to change his front wing and the latter to retire.
Ben Barnicoat, Nikita Mazepin and Harrison Newey all served drive-throughs, the former two for jump starts and the latter for abusing track limits.
Full results
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time/Gap |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lance Stroll | Prema Powerteam | 35:11.908 |
2 | Callum Ilott | Van Amersfoort Racing | +9.909s |
3 | George Russell | HitechGP | +12.424s |
4 | Niko Kari | Motopark | +12.891s |
5 | David Beckmann | kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport | +15.686s |
6 | Mikkel Jensen | kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport | +18.938s |
7 | Maximilian Gunther | Prema Powerteam | +19.813s |
8 | Sergio Sette Camara | Motopark | +24.825s |
9 | Alessio Lorandi | Carlin | +28.232s |
10 | Joel Eriksson | Motopark | +30.261s |
11 | Anthoine Hubert | Van Amersfoort Racing | +32.026s |
12 | Guan Yu Zhou | Motopark | +32.273s |
13 | Ralf Aron | Prema Powerteam | +33.727s |
14 | Weiron Tan | Carlin | +34.596s |
15 | Ben Barnicoat | HitechGP | +35.689s |
16 | Harrison Newey | Van Amersfoort Racing | +38.851s |
17 | Nikita Mazepin | HitechGP | +43.451s |
Ret | Pedro Piquet | Van Amersfoort Racing | +5 laps |
Ret | Arjun Maini | ThreeBond with T-Sport | +7 laps |
Ret | Nick Cassidy | Prema Powerteam | +16 laps |
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