O’Sullivan takes fourth win of season in shortened Hungarian F3 feature race · RaceFans

Zak O’Sullivan dominated the Formulation 3 characteristic race in Hungary from begin to end to assert his fourth victory of the season.

The Williams junior crossed the road 2.8 seconds forward of Dino Beganovic in a Prema one-two with Franco Colapinto becoming a member of them on the rostrum.

Whereas O’Sullivan has now gained extra races than any F3 driver this season, he stays 43 factors behind championship chief Gabriel Bortoleto, who laboured within the midfield for seventh place in as we speak’s race.

O’Sullivan had taken pole place in emphatic trend, he and Beganovic locking out the entrance row for Prema. The race was shortened from 24 laps to 19, the identical as yesterday’s dash race, as a result of issues over tyre efficiency after drivers encountered heavy degradation on Saturday.

The 30-car F3 subject maintained good order initially as O’Sullivan maintained the lead with a fast response off the road. The drivers behind him largely stored place, and regardless of a lot wheel-to-wheel motion, by lap two the very best overtake was Pepe Marti on Nikola Tsolov for tenth.

The highest 5 drivers then broke away from the pack in order that by lap six Paul Aron trailed fifth-placed Oliver Goethe by over two seconds. On the identical lap Bortoleto overtook Jonny Edgar for seventh behind them.

O’Sullivan steadily prolonged his benefit and by lap seven he held a 2.6s lead over his crew mate. A brand new title reached the rostrum locations on lap 9 as Colapinto carried out a late-braking transfer at flip one and overtook Leonardo Fornaroli on the within for third. The Trident driver quickly dropped again once more, Goethe overtaking Fornaroli for fourth at flip two on lap 10.

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In the meantime O’Sullivan continued to steadily draw clear, the Williams junior’s lead over Beganovic reaching 4.1s by lap 13. Colapinto’s hopes of additional progress had been slim as he lay an additional 7.5s behind the second Prema.

The primary wheel-to-wheel motion got here within the decrease level positions the place by lap 16, Marti had stormed as much as sixth after beginning thirteenth with a collection of wonderful passes.

Regardless of fears over the tyre efficiency, no drivers encountered any notable issues in the direction of the tip of the race, because the asphalt rose from 27C to 34C by the point the chequered flag dropped.

However the motion up entrance remained very quiet. O’Sullivan maintained a comparatively snug benefit within the closing levels to cross the road for one more victory. “Good one guys, the tempo was actually good,” he stated afterwards paying tribute to a fantastic crew efficiency.

Beganovic and Colapinto joined him on the rostrum, with Goethe ending fourth. Aron, Marti, Bortoleto, Fornaroli, Edgar and Mari Boya finishing the points-paying positions.

With 4 races remaining, Bortoleto stays in control of the championship image on 144 factors. O’Sullivan has moved up 5 positions to second and is 43 factors behind the Trident driver. Marti is now third, only one level behind the Williams junior.

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