George Russell won once again after another intense duel with his teammates. Jack Aitken was 2nd ahead of Anthoine Hubert.
Fukuzumi, the man on pole, couldn’t take part in this race due to mechanical issues in his ART GP. Russell kept the lead at the start. Aitken overtook Hubert, but the Frenchman took the position back. Pulcini hit the back of Lorandi’s Jenzer and they both crashed together against the barriers. This brought the Safety Car out for 8 laps. At the restart, many drivers started cutting corners because of the tricky conditions with the track slightly wet. Boccolacci had to pit for a new front wing after causing a puncture to Ticktum.
Correa missed the braking point and hit the back of Maini’s car. There was a Virtual Safety Car which left the 3 ART very close to each other. At the restart, Aitken overtook both of his teammates and took the lead ahead of Russell, who would take it back two laps later. Kari, who was P4, lost control of his Arden and crashed with two laps to go, so the race ended behind the Safety Car.
Russell took the win and made his championship lead even more comfortable. Aitken was very close at the end, but he couldn’t try because of the SC. Hubert completed the podium ahead of Siebert, Tveter, Alesi, Calderón, Falchero, Jörg and Baptista.
Result:
1 Russell 2 Aitken 3 Hubert 4 Siebert 5 Tveter 6 Alesi 7 Calderón 8 Falchero 9 Jörg 10 Baptista 11 Hyman 12 Schothorst 13 Ticktum 14 Boccolacci OUT: Kari, Maini, Correa, Lorandi, Pulcini. DNS: Fukuzumi.
