Hungary F3: Colombo wins first sprint race after Edgar mechanical failure

The Campos Racing driver took the lead on lap eight just as Edgar suffered a race-ending mechanical issue exiting Turn 1, tumbling down the timing order and prompting a yellow flag in sector one.

Ayuma Iwasa (Hitech Grand Prix) finished in second, his best finish in the series so far, while Prema Racing’s Olli Caldwell took third.

Logan Sargeant finished fourth for Charouz Racing System, while Trident’s Clement Novalak was fifth and championship leader Dennis Hauger (Prema Racing) took sixth.

Edgar initially kept the lead for Carlin on the opening lap, despite a lock-up at Turn 1 before almost forcing Colombo off the road at Turn 2.

Hauger passed ART Grand Prix’s Frederik Vesti for 10th on lap two, while Matteo Nannini (HWA Racelab) and Trident’s Jack Doohan tussled for 11th, but the Australian driver maintained his position.

Colombo was applying pressure to Edgar as early as lap five in the 22-lap contest but failed to make the pass, while Caldwell looked up the inside of Iwasa but chose not to make the move.

Colombo pulled out a 1.2 second lead by lap nine after taking the lead, with Caldwell 0.8s behind Iwasa in second, while championship leader Hauger continued his impressive progress as he moved past David Schumacher on lap 14, breezing around the outside of T1 to move into seventh – up four places from his starting position.

Lorenzo Colombo, Campos Racing and Jonny Edgar, Carlin Buzz Racing battle

Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

Vesti soon retired with a mechanical issue on lap 16, stopping on the run-off area at T1 which prompted a safety car.

The safety car came in at the end of lap 18, with Colombo retaining control of the pack, while Hauger passed Alexander Smolyar (ART Grand Prix) for sixth and Trident’s Schumacher fell to ninth, while on the final lap Ido Cohen came to a halt in his Carlin car after contact.

Enzo Fittipaldi will start on pole for Charouz Racing System in this afternoon's sprint race after finishing 12th, with Roman Stanek starting in second for Hitech Grand Prix and Nannini in third. Doohan will start fourth for Trident, with his team-mate Schumacher in fifth.

FIA F3 Hungary race 1 full results

Cla	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing
2	Ayumu Iwasa	HitechGP	1.800
3	Olli Caldwell	Prema Powerteam	2.000
4	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	2.700
5	Clement Novalak	Trident	3.200
6	Dennis Hauger	Prema Powerteam	3.600
7	Alexander Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	4.900
8	David Schumacher	Trident	6.400
9	Jack Doohan	Trident	7.500
10	Matteo Nannini	HWA AG	7.800
11	Roman Staněk	HitechGP	8.300
12	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	9.500
13	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Powerteam	9.600
14	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	10.500
15	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	11.400
16	Jake Hughes	Carlin	11.900
17	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	12.200
18	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA AG	13.600
19	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	13.700
20	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	14.200
21	Tijmen van	MP Motorsport	14.500
22	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	15.300
23	Rafael Villagómez	HWA AG	16.600
24	Reshad de	Charouz Racing System	17.100
25	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	18.000
26	Jak Crawford	HitechGP	18.400
27	László Tóth	Campos Racing	19.600
28	Ido Cohen	Carlin
29	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix
30	Jonny Edgar	Carlin
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