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Formula 3 continues round six around the Red Bull Ring, with a tight battle around the circuit who prevailed in Austria?
Saturday’s Sprint Race saw Stenshorne start on pole, however, it was Nikolas Tsolov who secured the win around the circuit, his second of the season in a tight battle between himself and Martinius Stenshorne.
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During Friday’s Qualifying session, Luke Browning took pole position with Arvid Lindblad and Tim Tramnitz rounding out the top three. A stepping stone in Browning’s pursuit for the championship, sitting just five points behind Leonardo Fornaroli. 26 exciting laps await, which driver prevailed in Austria?
Lights out
The five lights went out and Browning had excellent start and led the pack into Turn 1, Tramnitz on the other hand had a slower start and dropped down to seventh, a disappointing start for the MP Motorsport driver.
This gave way for Dino Beganoivc and shot up three position and was winning in second, behind him was his two teammates, Lindblad and Gabriel Mini. the young Italian quickly jumped ahead of Lindblad Joseph Loake suffered from a puncture on Lap three, having to limp his AIX Racing car back to the pits in hopes to salvage a result.
Sebastian Montoya retired from the race on Lap seven after a collision with Tramnitz alongside Montoya retiring, Dufek also joined the Spaniard after colliding with Voisin.
Lindblad dropped down to seventh after having to run wide after a close battle between himself, Noel Leon and Alex Dunne. Browning out at the front was keeping Beganovic at bay, leading with just 0.6s.
LAP 12 / 26
? Virtual Safety Car ?
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Nikita Bedrin spun out on Lap 12 after being hit in the side by Mari Boya bringing out the Virtual Safety Car of the season. The green flag was shown and Browning shot away, Beganovic stuck close to the Briton. Leon was running in the top five, however, was hit and suffered from a puncture.
After the earlier incident involving himself Montoya, Tramnitz was handed a ten second penalty. Voisin also was handed a ten second penalty after his tangle with Dufek. More penalties were flooding through, with Boya the next to be given a ten second penalty.
With six laps remaining, the tension was building with Fornaroli at risk of losing his lead in the standings as the Trident driver runs outside the points in 12th.
Christian Mansell moved ahead of Oliver Goethe, with the Australian now on the hunt for a podium. Dunne, Tramnitz and Stenshorne were the next group of drivers to be handed a penalty.
Up at the front the pressure was building for Browning who had the pair of PREMA’s running closely, this paves the way for Mansell to fight his way up into third. Mini wasn’t going to make this move easy for Mansell with the Italian snatching back the position.
Mini snatched second position out from Beganovic with one lap to go. The Swede swiftly grabbed the position back, however, Nasell in fourth wasn’t done yet, running closely with the pair of PREMA’s. Mini was victorious in the battle, grabbing second back from his teammate.
Browning crosses the line in first, securing his second win of the season and returning to the top of the championship standings. Mini and Beganovic round out the top three.
The top 10
1 – Browning
2 – Mini
3 – Beganovic
4 – Mansell
5 – Goethe
6 – Tsolov
7 – Lindblad
8 – Van Hoepe
9 – Fornaroli
10 – Dunne
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