F3 Hungary: Mini beats Bortoleto to sprint win after late restart

The Alpine Academy racer lost the lead to Nikita Bedrin (Jenzer) off the line, but made it back into the lead by lap eight before cruising to victory.

Bedrin, who started second after a previous series best start of 14th, snatched the lead at Turn 1, but lost out when Mini deployed DRS.

He held second before a final lap shootout with championship leader Gabriel Bortoleto saw the Trident driver snatch the runner-up spot at the penultimate corner.

As Bedrin took the lead at the start, Mini settled into second while Christian Mansell, who took his maiden podium at Silverstone last weekend, ran third for Campos.

Bortoleto made it past Mansell for third on lap five with the help of DRS into Turn 1, with Prema’s Paul Aron repeating the move the following lap but running wide and allowing Mansell to hold fourth.

Mini clinched the lead on lap eight with the help of DRS, but Bedrin at this stage looked safe in second with a six-second gap between the leading pair and Bortoleto in third.

Sunday polesitter Zak O’Sullivan (Prema) made contact with ART driver Nikola Tsolov on lap 12, damaging his front wing in an incident which will be investigated after the race.

The safety car was then deployed after Sebastian Montoya (Hitech) came to a stop on track at Turn 13. He'd earlier made contact with VAR driver Tommy Smith, while Roberto Faria spun his PHM-run car. Rodin Carlin driver Ido Cohen was forced to retire with damage, and Hugh Barter (Campos) was also caught up in the tangle.

Zak O'Sullivan, Prema Racing

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Racing resumed with three laps remaining, with Aron finally taking fourth at Turn 3 after another fierce fight with Mansell, having run wide at Turn 1 before making it back past two turns later.

Tsolov also made contact with Campos driver Pepe Marti on the restart, the former running into the rear of Marti and punting the Spaniard into a spin in their fight for eighth.

Out front, Mini had built a 2.1s lead to Bedrin, who valiantly held off Bortoleto. The Brazilian made an attempt to pass at Turn 5 before finally snatching second at the penultimate corner, leaving Bedrin to take third.

Aron finished fourth, with Trident driver Oliver Goethe in fifth and Mansell sixth.

Franco Colapinto took seventh for MP Motorsport ahead of team-mate Jonny Edgar, while ART driver Gregoire Saucy and Dino Beganovic (Prema) rounded off the top 10.

F3 Hungary Race Results (19 laps):

Main Information Additional Data Driver Info

     

Driver Info			Main Information Additional Data
Cla	Driver	#		Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Pits	Points	Retirement	Bonus
1	G. Minì Gabriele Minì Hitech Pulse-Eight	15		19	-				10
2	G. Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto Trident	5		19	+4.200	4.200			9		1
3	N. Bedrin Nikita Bedrin Jenzer Motorsport	26		19	+4.900	0.700			8
4	P. Aron Paul Aron Prema Powerteam	1		19	+5.100	0.200			7
5	O. Goethe Oliver Goethe Trident	6		19	+8.200	3.100			6
6	C. Mansell Christian Mansell Campos Racing	24		19	+8.800	0.600			5
7	F. Colapinto Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport	10		19	+9.900	1.100			4
8	J. Edgar Jonny Edgar MP Motorsport	12		19	+10.100	0.200			3
9	G. Saucy Gregoire Saucy ART Grand Prix	8		19	+10.300	0.200			2
10	D. Beganovic Dino Beganovic Prema Powerteam	2		19	+11.000	0.700			1
11	L. Browning Luke Browning Hitech Pulse-Eight	16		19	+12.000	1.000
12	T. Barnard Taylor Barnard Jenzer Motorsport	27		19	+13.500	1.500
13	K. Frederick Kaylen Frederick ART Grand Prix	7		19	+13.800	0.300
14	C. Collet Caio Collet Van Amersfoort Racing	17		19	+13.900	0.100
15	L. Fornaroli Leonardo Fornaroli Trident	4		19	+16.100	2.200
16	O. Gray Oliver Gray Rodin Carlin	20		19	+16.800	0.700
17	S. Flörsch Sophia Flörsch PHM Racing by Charouz	29		19	+17.000	0.200
18	R. Villagomez Rafael Villagomez Van Amersfoort Racing	18		19	+17.600	0.600
19	M. Esterson Max Esterson Rodin Carlin	21		19	+18.000	0.400
20	R. Faria Roberto Faria PHM Racing by Charouz	30		19	+18.500	0.500
21	P. Martí Pepe Martí Campos Racing	23		19	+18.800	0.300
22	M. Boya Mari Boya MP Motorsport	11		19	+21.900	3.100
23	Z. O'Sullivan Zak O'Sullivan Prema Powerteam	3		19	+22.800	0.900
24	T. Smith Tommy Smith Van Amersfoort Racing	19		19	+49.800	27.000
25	H. Barter Hugh Barter Campos Racing	25		19	+1'00.300	10.500
dnf	M. Shin Michael Shin PHM Racing by Charouz	31		18	1 lap					Retirement
dnf	A. Garcia Alex Garcia Jenzer Motorsport	28		18	1 lap					Retirement
dnf	N. Tsolov Nikola Tsolov ART Grand Prix	9		16	3 laps					Retirement
dnf	S. Montoya Sebastian Montoya Hitech Pulse-Eight	14		10	9 laps					Retirement
dnf	I. Cohen Ido Cohen Rodin Carlin	22		1	18 laps					Retirement
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