Barcelona F3: Hauger produces masterclass to dominate Race 3

Taking his second podium, but his first for the Italian outfit, Red Bull junior Hauger led every lap from the green flag after taking pole on Friday by just 0.006s in the opening qualifying session of the season.

The victory arrived after the Norwegian clashed with Matteo Nannini while battling for the lead in Race 2 on Saturday. 

Red Bull junior stablemate Jack Doohan finished second after starting in that position, trailing by almost four seconds, with HWA Racelab’s Nannini, who started fourth, in third.

Hauger’s team-mate Olli Caldwell, who won yesterday's Race 2, finished fourth, with MP Motorsport’s Victor Martins in fifth.

It was four wide at Turn 1 on the first lap, but Hauger kept the lead.

There was a battle for third on lap nine, with Doohan snatching third from Martins, before passing Nannini on lap 12 to take second.

Hauger had built a comfortable lead by lap 13, running 3.3 seconds ahead of Doohan, way beyond the one-second DRS window.

By lap 18, Caldwell had passed Martins as the battle for fourth reached its climax.

On the penultimate lap, Trident’s Clement Novalak, who finished fourth in Race 2, took sixth from Logan Sargeant, before Frederik Vesti and Caio Collet also passed the American driver.

Doohan’s team-mate Novalak finished sixth, with ART Grand Prix’s Vesti in seventh and MP Motorsport’s Collet in eighth.

The points finishers were completed by Charouz Racing System’s Sargeant in ninth and Hitech Grand Prix’s Roman Stanek in tenth spot.

ART GP’s Alexander Smolyar who claimed his maiden win at the first race of the weekend on Saturday morning came home in 11th position.

The next round of F3 will take place alongside the French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard, from June 25-27.

This season will see a seven-round season, comprising of three races per weekend, meaning it will rise to 21 races rather than 18 seen in previous years.

Results

Cla	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Powerteam	-
2	Jack Doohan	Trident	3.700	3.700	3.700
3	Matteo Nannini	HWA AG	6.100	6.100	2.400
4	Olli Caldwell	Prema Powerteam	8.100	8.100	2.000
5	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	11.500	11.500	3.400
6	Clement Novalak	Trident	12.300	12.300	0.800
7	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	13.400	13.400	1.100
8	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	14.000	14.000	0.600
9	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	15.400	15.400	1.400
10	Roman Staněk	HitechGP	15.400	15.400	0.000
11	Alexander Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	16.000	16.000	0.600
12	David Schumacher	Trident	16.600	16.600	0.600
13	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Powerteam	17.200	17.200	0.600
14	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	21.200	21.200	4.000
15	Ayumu Iwasa	HitechGP	26.100	26.100	4.900
16	Jonny Edgar	Carlin	31.700	31.700	5.600
17	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA AG	32.300	32.300	0.600
18	Jak Crawford	HitechGP	32.600	32.600	0.300
19	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	33.200	33.200	0.600
20	Tijmen van	MP Motorsport	33.800	33.800	0.600
21	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	34.000	34.000	0.200
22	Ido Cohen	Carlin	37.200	37.200	3.200
23	Reshad de	Charouz Racing System	37.900	37.900	0.700
24	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Jenzer Motorsport	38.500	38.500	0.600
25	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	39.200	39.200	0.700
26	László Tóth	Campos Racing	40.500	40.500	1.300
27	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	53.600	53.600	13.100
28	Rafael Villagómez	HWA AG	1 lap
29	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	1 lap
30	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin	1 lap
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