Liam Lawson braves it out for F3 win in Austria

Liam Lawson claws his way to victory in the second F3 race at the Red Bull Ring, ahead of Richard Verschoor and Clement Novalak
Liam Lawson braves it out for F3 win in Austria

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:FIA F3 Austria – Race Results (2)

Liam Lawson has taken his maiden FIA ﷽Formula 3 Championship victory with a commanding performance in the reverse grid sprint race at the Red Bull Ring, holding his nerve after a late safety car period.

A hard-fought success for the New Zealander, Lawson started fifth but quickly made gains into the top three off the startline be♔hi🍷nd reverse grid pole sitter Clement Novalak and David Beckmann.

With Beckmann getting the run on Novalak on lap four,📖 the Briton attempted to get his own back the following lap but in doing so allowed the close-following Lawson through into second place.

From 𝔍here Lawson stalked Beckmann before slipstreaming past under DRS on the run to turn four on lap seven, assuming a lead he’d retain to the chequered flag.

With Richard Verschoor taking up the fight on lap 13 when he overtook for second on lap 13, the Dutchman looked to have a shot at victory when a late safety car bunched the field up with just two laps remaining🥂.

However, Red Bull jun♐ior Lawson would nail h꧙is restart and protect his advantage to the finish line to collect victory for the Hitech Grand Prix team.

Macau GP winner Verschoor secured second place 𝔉with 2019 BRDC F3 champion Novalak holding o✅n for the podium on his first weekend of F3 racing for Carlin.

Beckmann settled for fourth place after his early rally, holding off Lirim Zendeli and Frederik Vesti, with Alex Smolyar – who st💞arted on the front row – resisted the race long attentions of round one winner Oscar Piastri.

Elsewhere, there was disappointment for two of Saturday’s podium winners w🥂ith Logan Sargeant slowed by an early puncture, while technical issues elimin☂ated Alex Peroni.

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