Antonio Fuoco celebrates second season win
At the start, Antonio Giovinazzi took the lead from Tom Blomqvist. On the way to the first corner, the Brit had to slot in behind Antonio Fuoco and dropped back to third. On lap three, Jordan King (Carlin) and Max Verstappen (Van Amersfoort Racing) collided, which ended with a spin by British driver King. As a result, the safety car was deployed for the first time in this race. Shortly after the restart, Dennis van de Laar (Prema Powerteam) spun, which caused the second safety car intervention in this 23rd season round. After the next restart, Esteban Ocon and Felix Rosenqvist tangled in the battle for fourth place. Both drivers retired. On lap 16, Richard Goddard (ThreeBond with T-Sport) spun after a collision with Roy Nissany (kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport) and hit Sandro Zeller’s (Jo Zeller Racing) car in the aftermath. For Goddard and Zeller, the race was over.
Out in front, Antonio Giovinazzi still held on to the lead, but at the final restart of the race, he left a gap to the safety car that was too big and was given a drive-through penalty as a result. As he didn’t come in for this penalty during the remainder of the race, it was converted into a 20 seconds’ time penalty. Thus, the Italian lost his first place to compatriot Antonio Fuoco, who became the winner of the race. Tom Blomqvist was delighted with his second-place finish, Lucas Auer took the chequered flag in third place. Max Verstappen, Gustavo Menezes (Van Amersfoort Racing), Edward Jones (Carlin), Sean Gelael (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin), Nicholas Latifi (Prema Powerteam), Jules Szymkowiak (Van Amersfoort Racing) and Alexander Toril (ThreeBond with T-Sport) rounded out the top ten. For Spaniard Toril, tenth place is his best result in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship to date.
Results – 22 laps:
Pos | Driver | Team/Car | Time/Gap |
1. | Antonio Fuoco | Prema Dallara-Merc | 35m21.893s |
2. | Tom Blomqvist | Carlin Dallara-VW | +0.398s |
3. | Lucas Auer | Mucke Dallara-Merc | +1.845s |
4. | Max Verstappen | Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW | +3.778s |
5. | Gustavo Menezes | Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW | +4.684s |
6. | Ed Jones | Carlin Dallara-VW | +5.737s |
7. | Sean Gelael | Carlin Dallara-VW | +6.344s |
8. | Nicholas Latifi | Prema Dallara-Merc | +7.105s |
9. | Jules Szymkowiak | Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW | +7.831s |
10. | Alexander Toril | T-Sport Dallara-NBE | +8.624s |
11. | John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Dallara-Merc | +9.601s | |
12. | Santino Ferrucci | EuroInternational Dallara-Merc | +9.985s |
13. | Tatiana Calderon | Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc | +10.652s |
14. | Roy Nissany | Mucke Dallara-Merc | +12.191s |
15. | Alfonso Celis Jr | Fortec Dallara-Merc | +14.612s |
16. | Antonio Giovinazzi | Carlin Dallara-VW | +18.215s |
17. | Michele Beretta | EuroInternational Dallara-Merc | +23.757s |
18. | Jake Dennis | Carlin Dallara-VW | -1 lap* |
19. | Hector Hurst | West-Tec Dallara Merc | -1 lap |
DNF | Sandro Zeller | Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc | 15 laps |
DNF | Spike Goddard | T-Sport Dallara-NBE | 15 laps |
DNF | Esteban Ocon | Prema Dallara-Merc | 11 laps |
DNF | Felix Rosenqvist | Mucke Dallara-Merc | 10 laps |
DNF | Dennis van de Laar | Prema Dallara-Merc | 8 laps |
DNF | Felix Serralles | West-Tec Dallara-Merc | 7 laps |
DNF | Jordan King | Carlin Dallara-VW | 2 laps |