Lindblad controls delayed Silverstone dash race to affix championship battle · RaceFans

Crimson Bull junior driver Arvid Lindblad thrust himself into the struggle for the Method 3 title by dominating the delayed Silverstone dash race.

Lindblad gained the race to the primary nook at the beginning and by no means regarded again, profitable by over six seconds forward of Noel Leon. Matias Zagazeta secured his first podium in F3 in third.

Championship chief Luke Browning failed to attain factors following a mid-race crash with Tim Tramnitz following a Security Automobile restart.

Steady rain in a single day and into the morning at Silverstone left the observe too moist for the dash race to start as initially scheduled at 9:20am on Saturday morning. Consequently, race management postponed the race till after F1’s qualifying session.

When the lights went out, Arvid Lindblad, Matias Zagazeta and reverse grid pole-winner Noel Leon charged three-wise into Abbey. Lindblad took the lead with Zagazeta transferring as much as second and demoting Leon to 3rd. As Lindblad pulled out a second over Zagazeta behind over the opening lap, Leon overtook Zagazeta to maneuver again up into second place.

The Security Automobile was deployed after a high-speed collision between Max Esterson and Oliver Goethe into Copse on the fifth lap which despatched each drivers skidding into the tyre limitations. Fortunately each drivers climbed out of their vehicles underneath their very own energy, seemingly unharmed within the accident.

The race restarted initially of lap eight, with Lindblad main the sphere away from Leon and Zagazeta. Getting into The Loop on the restart, Browning was hit by Tim Tramnitz, inflicting a left-front puncture for the Williams junior driver and breaking Tramnitz’s entrance wing. Each drivers recovered to the pit lane and rejoined, albeit a lap down.

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Lindblad remained untroubled out entrance, progressively stretching out his lead over Leon behind. There was drama when McLaren junior Alexander Dunne and Charlie Wurz made contact down the Wellington Straight, sending Wurz sliding sideways alongside the observe and into retirement, which prompted a Digital Security Automobile interval.

However nothing troubled Lindblad who proceed to develop his lead after the race went inexperienced once more. The Crimson Bull junior took the chequered flag to say his second win of the season, 6.5s forward of Leon. Zagazeta held onto third to say his first factors within the championship and his first podium.

Callum Voisin took fourth forward of Alpine juniors Nikola Tsolov and Gabriele Mini, who have been concerned in a really shut name at Woodcote on the ultimate lap. Sebastian Montoya took seventh forward of Sami Meguetounif, Laurens van Hoepen and Leonardo Fornaroli in tenth. Christian Mansell had completed sixth, however dropped out of the highest ten after a 5 second time penalty for a number of observe limits infringements.

Lindblad’s victory and Browning’s failure to attain sees Lindblad transfer as much as third within the championship on 88 factors, with Browning nonetheless within the lead on 106.

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