Austria F3: Vesti boosts title push with first win of 2021

The ART Grand Prix driver, who started second, took the lead at the halfway mark before crossing the chequered flag ahead of Hauger, driving for Prema.

Hauger’s team-mate Olli Caldwell completed the podium, with Vesti’s team-mate Alexander Smolyar in fourth.

HWA Racelab’s Matteo Nannini finished fifth, with Hitech Grand Prix’s Ayuma Iwasa in sixth, having started 19th.

Caio Collet struggled to get his MP Motorsport car off the grid after stalling, pushing him to the back of the grid, but Hauger managed to get a clean start.

But Vesti had made up the difference by lap five, taking the lead with DRS after having crept towards Hauger in the lead over the previous laps.

Caldwell overtook MP Motorsport’s Victor Martins on lap six, before his team-mate Arthur Leclerc did the same.

Smolyar took second on the seventh lap, while Caldwell and Leclerc passed Jak Crawford (Hitech Grand Prix) up into fifth and sixth respectively.

Smolyar briefly took the lead on lap 11 ahead of Vesti while Hauger took second.

On lap 14, Leclerc and Martins collided, with Leclerc clattering across the gravel before coming to a halt, prompting a safety car, with Trident’s Clement Novalak also taken out.

Caldwell was on the back of Smolyar by lap 21 before managing to take second.

There was contact between Crawford and Jack Doohan (Trident) the following lap, pushing the latter down the standings before both were forced to pit with damage.

Caldwell passed Hauger on the final lap before Hauger managed to take back the position.

Collet finished seventh, having made up 23 places after being dropped to the back of the grid at the start of the race.

F3 returns for round four at the Hungaroring from 30 July - 1 August.

Austria F3 - Race 3 results

Cla	Driver	Team	Laps	Gap
1	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	24
2	Dennis Hauger	Prema Powerteam	24	1.100
3	Olli Caldwell	Prema Powerteam	24	1.700
4	Alexander Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	24	2.200
5	Matteo Nannini	HWA AG	24	4.100
6	Ayumu Iwasa	HitechGP	24	5.100
7	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	24	6.700
8	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	24	7.500
9	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	24	8.300
10	Jonny Edgar	Carlin	24	9.000
11	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA AG	24	9.200
12	David Schumacher	Trident	24	9.600
13	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	24	10.300
14	Roman Staněk	HitechGP	24	10.700
15	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	24	11.300
16	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	24	11.600
17	Tijmen van	MP Motorsport	24	13.000
18	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	24	14.600
19	Ido Cohen	Carlin	24	15.500
20	Reshad de	Charouz Racing System	24	16.200
21	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	24	16.300
22	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	24	17.200
23	Rafael Villagómez	HWA AG	24	17.800
24	László Tóth	Campos Racing	24	19.100
25	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	24	43.000
26	Jak Crawford	HitechGP	24	1'15.900
27	Jack Doohan	Trident	23
28	Clement Novalak	Trident	13
29	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Powerteam	13
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