La Formula 3 returns to the track at 19:00 pm (Italian time) for the Silverstone GP Sprint Race. The pioggia – which caused the postponement on Saturday morning of the preparatory category race – yes removed from the circuit English, leaving room for a veiled sun by the presence of some clouds. So let's see what happened on the track.
An eventful start to the race
Un particular Saturday, the one for the F3 drivers, who found themselves competing in a unusual time for this category. Due to the almost torrential rain, the Sprint has been postponed to 18pm local time. The traffic lights turn off when the sun goes down, with Noel Leon which starts due to the inversion of the grid from the first box of the grill.
At the race start Leon, Lindblad and Zagazeta They are along with the first curve, but it is the Prema pilot who succeeds in doing so take the lead of the group. A painful departure for Fornaroli that from ninth slips 20th, while Mini gains 4 positions becoming eighth. On the third round, Ramos drills and what remains of its rubber remains on the track: it is Virtual Safety Car.
At the restart Tsolov overtakes driver number #2 for eighth position, but a yellow flag is immediately shown. To cause the flag – and the consequent entry of the Safety car on the track – it's theincident between Max Esterson and Oliver Goethe at Copse. After the removal of the two cars the race can resume with Lindblad still in the lead, followed by Leon and Zagazeta.
Lindblad wins the F3 Sprint Race at the Silverstone GP
Hip on round 8 when the poleman of the weekend Luke Browning slows down, sliding towards the bottom of the grill. The English driver was involved in a contact with Tramnitz which, after a block, touches the Englishman. While Lindblad continues his run undisturbed, it is fight between Dunne and Wurz for sixth position.
Along the Wellington Straight the two pilots they end up off track: for Wurz the race ends here. On lap 17 of 18, Montoya manages to pass Meguetounif at turn 3, securing eighth position. On the last lap Minì tries to overtake Tsolov, which searches for the trajectory intersection. The Italian doesn't give up and tries again, but the ART GP driver takes him towards the gravel.
Arvid Lindblad wins the Sprint Race of F3 of the Silverstone GP and is accompanied on the podium da Leon and a great one Zagazeta. mansell – who crossed the finish line in fifth place – receives one penalty by 5 seconds which drops him to 11th. He benefits from it Leonardo Fornaroli and climbs into the points winning the last available point.
See you tomorrow, 09.15 am for the Feature Race. Who will win the final game of the triple header?
