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Ocon, leading more than ever

Esteban Ocon collected his second win of the weekend in a third FIA F3 European Championship race a the Hungaroring that was shortened by rain.
The Frenchman didn’t appear to make the best of starts from pole position, but he defended his lead well. Felix Rosenqvist moved into second place past Mucke team-mate Lucas Auer, who was then relegated to fourth at the chicane by Antonio Fuoco.
Ocon gradually opened up a two second lead over Rosenqvist when the F3 veteran was handed a drive-through penalty for exceeding track limits.
After he served that, Ocon extended his leading margin to eight seconds when rain began to fall. As the conditions worsened, race control opted to throw a safety car and then a red flag.
Ocon’s fifth victory of the season – and the first time he has won twice in a weekend – saw him add another 25 points to his tally and extend his series lead to 82 points.
Fuoco and Auer repeated their race two results with second and third respectively. Max Verstappen scored points for the first time since the first race at Pau in fourth ahead of the Jagonya Ayam with Carlin pairing of Antonio Giovinazzi and Tom Blomqvist, who made up for losing a place at the start by taking sixth from Felix Serralles with a late dive at turn one before the rain came.
Gustavo Menezes followed Serralles in eighth, with Jake Dennis passing Nicholas Latifi before the safety car for ninth.
Press realase by AUTOSPORT
Pos. Car Driver Team Car Rookie Time
1 2 Esteban Ocon Prema Powerteam Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz R 28:11.326
2 25 Antonio Fuoco Prema Powerteam Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz R + 4.756
3 3 Lucas Auer kftzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz + 5.663
4 30 Max Verstappen Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F312 – Volkswagen R + 6.875
5 19 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara F312 – Volkswagen + 8.390
6 31 Tom Blomqvist Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara F312 – Volkswagen + 8.901
7 21 Felix Serralles Team West-Tec F3 Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz + 11.142
8 16 Gustavo Menezes Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F312 – Volkswagen + 14.162
9 28 Jake Dennis Carlin Dallara F312 – Volkswagen R + 16.124
10 1 Nicholas Latifi Prema Powerteam Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz + 17.034
11 4 Roy Nissany kftzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz + 20.588
12 10 John Bryant-Meisner Fortec Motorsports Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz + 22.059
13 20 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Dallara F312 – Volkswagen + 23.961
14 26 Dennis van de Laar Prema Powerteam Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz + 24.849
15 15 Jules Szymkowiak Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F312 – Volkswagen R + 25.133
16 18 Tatiana Calderon Jo Zeller Racing Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz + 26.264
17 27 Felix Rosenqvist kftzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz + 26.910
18 12 Alexander Toril ThreeBond with T-Sport Dallara F312 – NBE + 30.480
19 22 Hector Hurst Team West-Tec F3 Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz + 35.497
20 14 Felipe Guimaraes Double R Racing Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz + 35.817
21 8 Michele Beretta Eurointernational Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz R + 39.909
22 11 Richard Goddard ThreeBond with T-Sport Dallara F312 – NBE + 41.710
23 9 Mitch Gilbert Fortec Motorsports Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz + 46.194
24 17 Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Racing Dallara F312 – Mercedes -Benz
25 5 Jordan King Carlin Dallara F312 – Volkswagen