Tsolov wins last race before serving ban as race ends under Safety Car · RaceFans

Nikola Tsolov resisted crew mate Laurens van Hoepen to win the System 3 characteristic race on the Hungaroring, which ended underneath the Security Automobile.

Arvid Lindblad and Mathias Zagazeta collided approaching flip 4 with two laps to go as they disputed seventeenth place. The Pink Bull junior driver hit a barrier on the right-hand facet, then got here to a relaxation on the entry kerb at flip 4. Each drivers appeared unharmed within the incident.

The Security Automobile was deployed which ensured Tsolov victory on the finish of a race he led after taking the lead from pole-winning crew mate Van Hoepen firstly. Van Hoepen was nonetheless berating himself for his poor getaway after the chequered flag, after permitting Tsolov a run at him on the within approaching flip one.

Tsolov claimed the lead firstly whereas the ART pair rebuffed the advances of Noel Leon and Leonardo Fornaroli behind. Santiago Ramos saved fifth whereas Christian Mansell moved as much as sixth on the expense of Sami Meguetounif, who picked up a puncture, and Tim Tramnitz, who needed to begin from the pits after inflicting the unique begin to be aborted.

Van Hoepen seldom bought a correct take a look at his crew mate through the race. At one stage he complained to ART that his tyres had been overheating in his crew mates’s slipstream. Although Van Hoepen drew barely nearer as the ultimate laps ticked down, the arrival of the Security Automobile ended his hopes of creating a bid for the lead.

Behind Leon, Fornaroli took fourth, gaining beneficial floor within the championship on a irritating day for the three leaders. Like Lindblad, Gabriele Mini and Luke Browning additionally failed to attain, although they no less than noticed the chequered flag.

After dropping a spot to Browning on the primary lap yesterday, Mini ensured he saved his benefit at present and ended the primary lap thirteenth. On lap three Mari Boya, who had already moved up 5 locations firstly, claimed one other from Browning and commenced making use of strain to Mini.

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The trio picked their well beyond Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak over the course of the race, however had been unable to maneuver into factors competition. Boya took eleventh off Mini shortly earlier than the Security Automobile appeared.

Forward of them, Mansell took fifth from Ramos, Callum Voisin and Nikita Bedrin. Oliver Goethe carried out an outstanding lunge on Dino Beganovic at flip one to assert ninth place.

Tsolov’s victory is his third this season and first in a characteristic race. He is not going to participate in subsequent week’s spherical at Spa-Francorchamps, nevertheless, as he serves his ban for competing within the Eurocup-3 spherical on the identical circuit earlier this yr.