Spa F3: Doohan holds off Schumacher to win finishing behind safety car

The Trident driver took 15 points after starting in pole, where he will also start for tomorrow’s feature race. He sits second in the drivers’ standings behind Prema Racing's Dennis Hauger, who finished in ninth.

He finished ahead of team-mate David Schumacher and Charouz Racing System’s Logan Sargeant, who had started in fifth.

The race finished behind the second safety car of the race after a collision at the Eau Rouge/Raidillon section – the third of the weekend after a huge collision in W Series qualifying and Lando Norris’ shunt in Formula 1 qualifying.

MP Motorsport’s Caio Collet finished fourth, with the third Trident of Clement Novalak in fifth and Frederik Vesti (ART Grand Prix) in sixth.

The race started in the dry after the earlier rainfall, albeit still with significant spray.

Alexander Smolyar was forced wide on the first lap, while Logan Sargeant moved up from fifth to third and Vesti made up three places to move up to sixth.

By lap four, Doohan had settled into a comfortable three second lead ahead of his team-mate Schumacher.

Podium: Race winner Jack Doohan, Trident, second place David Schumacher, Trident, third place Logan Sargeant, Charouz Racing System

Photo by: Formula Motorsport Ltd

Johnathan Hoggard was sent spinning by Arthur Leclerc while defending in ninth into Pouhon, and was closely followed by championship leader Dennis Hauger, while Hoggard was sent to the back of the pack.

The two went on to tussle but Leclerc maintained his position.

At the halfway point, Doohan had built a 3.4s lead from Schumacher, while the darkening clouds suggested an imminent downpour.

Amaury Cordeel was handed two five-second penalties for repeatedly exceeding track limits at Turn 9, while several other drivers were cautioned for the same move.

A virtual safety car was prompted after Matteo Nannini span into the final chicane on lap 10, braking off the racing line before losing the rear, almost making contact with Hunter Yeany.

The rain eventually fell on lap 11, with a full safety car emerging to control the pack until the end of lap 13.

As the green flag was waved, Doohan maintained his lead, while Hauger passed Leclerc at La Source to take another point for his championship campaign.

But the safety car was deployed again just moments later, with another crash at the top of Raidillon involving Calan Williams of Jenzer Motorsport and Amaury Cordeel of Campos Racing, with both drivers emerging from their cars unaided.

Due to the extensive clear up and tricky conditions, the race finished behind the safety car.

Race 2 results - 16 laps

Cla	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Jack Doohan	Trident	-
2	David Schumacher	Trident	0.400	0.400
3	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	1.000	1.000
4	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	1.900	1.900
5	Clement Novalak	Trident	2.700	2.700
6	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	3.000	3.000
7	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	3.500	3.500
8	Alexander Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	4.300	4.300
9	Dennis Hauger	Prema Powerteam	4.900	4.900
10	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Powerteam	6.400	6.400
11	Ayumu Iwasa	HitechGP	7.100	7.100
12	Jak Crawford	HitechGP	7.500	7.500
13	Roman Staněk	HitechGP	8.900	8.900
14	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	9.600	9.600
15	Olli Caldwell	Prema Powerteam	10.700	10.700
16	Tijmen van	MP Motorsport	11.400	11.400
17	Jonny Edgar	Carlin	12.400	12.400
18	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	13.600	13.600
19	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	14.000	14.000
20	Ido Cohen	Carlin	14.900	14.900
21	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA AG	15.800	15.800
22	László Tóth	Campos Racing	16.200	16.200
23	Zdenek Chovanec	Charouz Racing System	17.000	17.000
24	Rafael Villagómez	HWA AG	17.400	17.400
25	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	19.600	19.600
26	Hunter Yeany	Charouz Racing System	23.200	23.200
	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	3 laps
	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	3 laps
	Matteo Nannini	HWA AG	8 laps
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