This morning pilots from the academy of F3 they open the track activity on Saturday with the Sprint Race of the Austrian GP. Mild temperatures e padel more cold, two very attractive conditions for the young drivers, who will have to face the twenty-one laps without the possibility of pit stops.
Chaos Sprint Race, Mansell conquers the F3 Austrian GP
When the traffic lights go out, Christian mansell he opens the session by returning to his loud voice. However, the gap is not enough and is subsequently joined by Stenshorne e Tsolov. Shortly thereafter, the first problems did not take long, which caused the exit of one Safety car in the first round. The car of Sztuka he definitively stops his race on the first lap, after a contact made in the chaos of the first laps.
Problems also for Beganovich, which undergoes a spin which makes him fall to the twenty-fifth position. At the restart, Mansell tries to keep behind the group of cars determined to catch him. Meanwhile in the rear, Browning builds his comeback from eleventh position.
Safety Car: Montoya makes a splash, Tsolov thanks
With ten laps to go, mansell loses the his leadership in favor of Tsolov. There is a constant gap between the two 0.223 seconds, such as to leave no room for error for the pilot of the ART. On the other hand Fornaroli, goes up fourteenth position after a departure from twenty-fourth position.
With four laps to go, Montoya receives a nasty surprise from the "melee" engaged in the group. Stopping the car causes a Safety car which brings the group back together with one lap to go. Despite the attempts of the course commissioners, the F3 Federation opted to end this race Sprint Race of the Austrian GP with only one lap available.
Despite the lap available, the four kilometers of travel do not allow for major differences in the grid, which remains unchanged as the race progresses. checkered flag.
