Zandvoort F3: Norris dominates Race 1 from pole

The British driver made a strong getaway from pole, while Carlin teammate Ferdinand Habsburg bogged down and was passed by Joel Eriksson, Maximilian Gunther and Callum Ilott at the start.

Behind, an over-ambitious move at the inside of Turn 1 from Guan Yu Zhou resulted in contact with Ralf Aron, who in turn tagged David Beckmann.

The German's Motopark-run car dug in and rolled as it entered the gravel trap, although Beckmann was unhurt and able to get out of his car unaided once righted.

While Aron and Beckmann's cars were retrieved, the safety car was deployed, and when the action resumed on lap 6 Norris was forced to defend from title rival Eriksson at the first corner.

But the McLaren protege repelled the attack, and from there steadily opened up an advantage out front.

Three seconds clear after 10 laps, Norris eventually took the line 8.9 seconds ahead of Eriksson, with points leader Gunther completing the podium in third, another 2.7s behind.

The battle for fourth place was hotly contested, as Habsburg was able to repass Ilott around the outside of Turn 1 at the restart.

Ilott spent the remainder of the race firmly in Habsburg's wheeltracks, but was unable to make a move, and ended up settling for fifth ahead of Prema teammate Mick Schumacher.

Zhou ran seventh after causing the Turn 1 incident, and a drive-through penalty for the Chinese driver promoted Pedro Piquet to seventh and Jake Hughes to eighth, close behind Schumacher.

Force India junior driver Jehan Daruvala and Harrison Newey completed the top 10, the latter just holding off Nikita Mazepin for the last point.

Race results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	Lando Norris	Carlin	34'40.756
2	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	8.974
3	Maximilian Gunther	Prema Powerteam	11.653
4	Ferdinand Habsburg	Carlin	12.493
5	Callum Ilott	Prema Powerteam	13.002
6	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	20.000
7	Pedro Piquet	Van Amersfoort Racing	21.066
8	Jake Hughes	Hitech GP	21.761
9	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	22.989
10	Harrison Newey	Van Amersfoort Racing	24.258
11	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech GP	24.635
12	Keyvan Andres	Motopark	33.606
13	Ameya Vaidyanathan	Carlin	39.197
14	Joey Mawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	43.819
15	Marino Sato	Motopark	1 lap
16	Guan Yu Zhou	Prema Powerteam	1 lap
Ret	Tadasuke Makino	Hitech GP	-
Ret	David Beckmann	Motopark	-
Ret	Ralf Aron	Hitech GP	-