F3 Hungary: O’Sullivan dominates in Prema 1-2

The Williams junior put in a masterclass to seal a fourth win of the season and jump up to second in the championship standings.

He crossed the line 2.3s ahead of rookie team-mate Dino Beganovic, with fellow Williams Academy member Franco Colapinto in third for MP Motorsport.

Having lined up on pole, 2021 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award winner O’Sullivan held off his rivals and immediately set about building a gap to Ferrari junior Beganovic.

It was as high as 4.2s by the mid stages, and though Beganovic was able to cut it by two seconds, it was the Briton who took the win.

The race was shortened by five laps – from 24 to 19 - on Saturday evening due to “safety reasons” after a report from Pirelli recommended that the distance was shortened due to the level of tyre wear experienced in Saturday’s sprint race.

The top 10 remained unchanged off the line in a relatively sedate start for F3, while further back Pepe Marti (Campos) took two places by lap two to move into 11th.

The Spaniard took 10th on lap four from Nikola Tsolov (ART) while ahead of them, championship leader Gabriel Bortoleto passed Jonny Edgar for seventh in an identical move at Turn 1 with the help of DRS.

Marti continued his steady climb over the next two laps, taking as many positions when he passed Campos team-mate Christian Mansell and Edgar.

Colapinto took third from Leonardo Fornaroli (Trident) on lap nine at Turn 1, with his team-mate Oliver Goethe holding onto the pair in the podium fight.

Goethe then took fourth at Turn 2 the following lap before Paul Aron (Prema) also passed Fornaroli two tours later, the Italian dropping back as Aron sealed fifth.

Gabriele Mini, Hitech Grand Prix (Photo by: Formula Motorsport Ltd)

By lap 13, O’Sullivan was 4.2s clear of Beganovic, with another 7.3s back to Colapinto in third.

Marti made it into sixth next time round past Fornaroli, before Bortoleto and Edgar did the same as tyre struggles began to affect the drivers.

Though Beganovic did cut the lead to his team-mate by two seconds, it was not enough and he settled for second ahead of Colapinto, who was a further four seconds behind.

Goethe finished fourth, with Aron in fifth and Marti sixth, having climbed seven positions by the chequered flag.

Bortoleto took seventh, his championship lead now 43 points over O’Sullivan, with Edgar, Fornaroli and Mari Boya (MP Motorsport) rounding off the top 10.

F3 returns next weekend in Belgium before the season finale at Monza on 1-3 September.

F3 Hungary - Feature race results

Main Information Additional Data Driver Info

     

Driver Info			Main Information Additional Data
Cla	Driver	#		Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Pits	Points	Retirement	Bonus
1	Z. O'Sullivan Zak O'Sullivan Prema Powerteam	3		19					25		3
2	D. Beganovic Dino Beganovic Prema Powerteam	2		19	2.3				18
3	F. Colapinto Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport	10		19	6.4				15
4	O. Goethe Oliver Goethe Trident	6		19	13.2				12
5	P. Aron Paul Aron Prema Powerteam	1		19	19.0				10
6	P. Martí Pepe Martí Campos Racing	23		19	20.2				8
7	G. Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto Trident	5		19	27.7				6
8	J. Edgar Jonny Edgar MP Motorsport	12		19	27.8				4
9	L. Fornaroli Leonardo Fornaroli Trident	4		19	29.8				2
10	M. Boya Mari Boya MP Motorsport	11		19	30.5				1
11	C. Mansell Christian Mansell Campos Racing	24		19	35.6
12	L. Browning Luke Browning Hitech Pulse-Eight	16		19	36.7
13	H. Barter Hugh Barter Campos Racing	25		19	36.9
14	T. Barnard Taylor Barnard Jenzer Motorsport	27		19	37.1
15	G. Saucy Gregoire Saucy ART Grand Prix	8		19	37.6
16	G. Minì Gabriele Minì Hitech Pulse-Eight	15		19	37.9
17	R. Villagomez Rafael Villagomez Van Amersfoort Racing	18		19	49.0
18	S. Flörsch Sophia Flörsch PHM Racing by Charouz	29		19	54.3
19	C. Collet Caio Collet Van Amersfoort Racing	17		19	55.4
20	R. Faria Roberto Faria PHM Racing by Charouz	30		19	57.4
21	M. Esterson Max Esterson Rodin Carlin	21		19	58.6
22	I. Cohen Ido Cohen Rodin Carlin	22		19	1'04.7
23	N. Bedrin Nikita Bedrin Jenzer Motorsport	26		19	1'05.4
24	S. Montoya Sebastian Montoya Hitech Pulse-Eight	14		19	1'09.3
25	N. Tsolov Nikola Tsolov ART Grand Prix	9		19	1'10.9
26	A. Garcia Alex Garcia Jenzer Motorsport	28		19	1'12.7
27	O. Gray Oliver Gray Rodin Carlin	20		19	1'14.2
28	M. Shin Michael Shin PHM Racing by Charouz	31		19	1'14.4
29	T. Smith Tommy Smith Van Amersfoort Racing	19		19	1'24.8
dnf	K. Frederick Kaylen Frederick ART Grand Prix	7		9	10 laps					Retirement
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