Colapinto throws champagne to Collet, in the South American 1-2 in Hungary. Formula 3 photos
In Hungary, Formula 1 shares the stage with Formula 3, the one in which the Argentine shines Franco Colapinto, who narrowly missed out on victory in a dramatic race on Saturday. Finally, team member Van Amersfoort Racing finished second, behind Caio Collet, who took his first win in the category. The podium was completed by another MP Motorsport man, Kush Maini.
The race started with a wet track and the cars behind the safety car. Unfavorable final for Collet, who started fourth and soon recovered his position, while in the lead of poleman Oliver Goethe – in his first final – fell in the standings and Argentine Colapinto climbed there.
The safety car is back when David Vidales collided with Pepe Martí at Turn 3 and went against the barrier. Action resumed on lap four, with Goethe attacked by Jak Crawford, while Collet passed Hadjar at Turn 1.
Collet tried to overtake Colapinto at turns 12 and 14, but the Van Amersfoort driver kept the lead and the pace car died again on lap five, when Brad Benavides and Ido Cohen collided at Turn 1.
Race speed only resumed on lap eight, where Hadjar attempted to snatch second place from Collet, who reacted at turn 3. Further back, Sunday’s poleman Alexander Smolyar fell from 6th to 18th. place, to then collide with Gregoire Saucy at the chicane.
The tip was traded several times between Collet and Colapinto, until the Brazilian secured the lead. It was lap 10 when the Argentinian lost control of his car and exited at turn 3. From that moment on the MP Motorsport driver remained in the lead and crossed the line six and a half seconds ahead of him. native of Buenos Aires 19 years.
Hadjar made a rare mistake with three laps to go, allowing Maini, who secured the podium, to go wide at Turn 2, before Leclerc did the same. However, the Ferrari driver’s Monegasque brother collided with Crawford at Turn 12 while attempting an inside maneuver and then collided with Martins and ended up at the bottom of the standings, unable to finish the test due to suspension damage.
Colapinto had just finished eleventh time in the second free practice session of Formula 3 on Friday and took advantage of the inverted grid to start the Sprint this Saturday from the front row on the Hungaroring track, in this sixth double round of the category. The native of Pilar, on the other hand, will start 11th in Sunday’s race.
Source: Clarin
