Martins wins F3 Bahrain feature race ahead of Leclerc

Victor Martins has won the first Formula 3 feature race of the 2022 season ahead of Arthur Leclerc.
Martins wins F3 Bahrain feature race ahead of Leclerc

Starting from third on the grid, Martins 🦩overtook Roman Stanek into Turn 1 on Lap 5 at the Safety Car restart.🉐 

The race was put 𝔉on hold early on after a number of cars were forced to retire from the race.

Caio Collet picked up suspension damage aౠfter running over the kerbs at Turn 6/7, while Za𓂃ne Maloney and Francesco Pizzi were out on the opening lap. 

🌠Once the race got back underway, pole-sitter Franco Colapinto led Martins and Alexander Smoly♔ar.

As the race progressed, Colapinto's lack of experience became apparent ෴as he struggled with his rear tyres.&♋nbsp;

On Lap 15, Mart💟ins completed a switchback move out of Turn 3 to take the lead 🍸of the race. 

The ART 🌊Grand Prix driver controlled the race from the front, eventually winning by 1.5s ahead of Leclerc in the Pre🧸ma.

Leclerc completed a similar move on Colapinto on Lap 18, completing a sensational recove🉐ry from outside of the top 10.

If the Monegasque improves his qualifying pace for future races thಞen no doubt he will be a serious threat in the title race. 

Gregoire Saucy com🌊pleted the podium in the second ART car after Colapinto picked up a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits on multiple occasions, dropping him to fi🔴fth in the final classification.

Juan Manuel Correa made ✅it three ARTs in the top four with a strong drive to P4, getting ahওead of Colapinto thanks to his penalty.

Oliver Bearman finished sixth🧸 in the second Prema as he led an intense midfield fight.

Jak Crawford, David Vidales, Willia♒m Alatalo and Kaylen Frederick rounded out the to🌌p 10.

Spri🐠nt race winner Isack Hadjar finished 25th after co🎶ntact with Smolyar handed him an unfortunate puncture.

Click here for the full FIA Formula 3 feature race res🦩ulꦯts from Bahrain

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