Red Bull junior Hadjar takes third FIA F3 win at Red Bull Ring

Isack Hadjar won the FIA Formula 3 Championship Feature Race from pole on Sunday morning in tricky conditions at the Red Bull Ring.

The 29-car grid had a rolling start in full-wet conditions, with Hunter Yeany withdrawing from the weekend after sustaining a broken wrist in the Sprint Race.

Hadjar ran wide at Turn 9 on the first lap, Martins couldn’t quite take advantage but appeared to have more grip.

Hadjar managed to set the fastest lap on Lap 3 and opened the gap to over a second after Martins clouted the sausage kerb on the inside of Turn 10.

Zak O’Sullivan got around the outside of William Alatalo at Turn 4 on Lap 4, and began to chase former Carlin driver Ido Cohen for P14.

After early struggles, Hadjar set yet another fastest lap to open the gap to 2.3s as the two surviving Campos Racing cars of Pepe Marti and David Vidales tangled on the exit of Turn 4.

Sprint Race winner Jak Crawford had been looking to get past fellow Red Bull-backed driver Jonny Edgar in the early stages, but Zane Maloney began to apply the pressure.

Maloney had to check his own mirrors on Lap 9 as the track began to dry, as Caio Collet had a look into Turn 3.

Martins began to respond a lap later, setting the fastest lap in the leading ART Grand Prix car.

Collet had another go up the inside of Maloney on Lap 11, but lit up the rear tyres on the exit and narrowly avoided spinning into Maloney as he moved back through.

The Brazilian driver finally got the move done on Lap 14, taking most of the lap to do it after compromising Maloney’s exit from Turn 3.

Francesco Pizzi and Zdenek Chovanec tangled at Turn 10, spinning the Portuguese driver out in his second collision with a Charouz Racing System team-mate in as many rounds.

Pizzi received a ten-second penalty for his part in the incident, while O’Sullivan made an unorthodox move on the exit of Turn 1 to get past Alatalo down the second straight.

Marti spun O’Sullivan round at Turn 4 as he outbraked himself, damaging his suspension on the Carlin as it spun back round in front of him.

The Spaniard’s team-mate David Vidales clipped him as he was delayed, leading to a very messy incident in the middle sector.

There were more team-mate troubles as Pizzi and Chovanec tangled at Turn 4, with Pizzi already having a ten-second penalty hanging over him.

The safety car came out and wiped out Hadjar’s six-second lead on Lap 20, ensuring an exciting end to the race.

Federico Malvestiti was a lap down and pulled into the pits as the safety car came out, but held up the entire field and allowed Hadjar to get away again.

There was chaos behind as Crawford and Edgar were spun out at Turn 1, and Kaylen Frederick picked up a puncture a lap later after contact with Arthur Leclerc.

Hadjar crossed the line to win by three seconds, ahead of Martins and Oliver Bearman.

FIA Formula 3 Red Bull Ring Feature Race Results:

Pos.	No.	Name	Nat.	Team	Laps/Gap
1	18	Isack Hadjar	FRA	Hitech GP	25 laps
2	7	Victor Martins	FRA	ART Grand Prix	+3.251s
3	6	Oliver Bearman	GBR	Prema Racing	+4.881s
4	4	Arthur Leclerc	MON	Prema Racing	+5.383s
5	3	Zane Maloney	BAR	Trident	+6.457s
6	2	Roman Stanek	CZE	Trident	+8.067s
7	29	Franco Colapinto	ARG	Van Amersfoort Racing	+9.113s
8	11	Alexander Smolyar	FIA	MP Motorsport	+9.882s
9	25	William Alatalo	FIN	Jenzer Motorsport	+10.852s
10	23	Ido Cohen	ISR	Jenzer Motorsport	+12.286s
11	9	Juan Manuel Correa	USA	ART Grand Prix	+12.706s
12	20	David Vidales	SPA	Campos Racing	+13.901s
13	31	Reece Ushijima	GBR	Van Amersfoort Racing	+14.095s
14	8	Gregoire Saucy	SUI	ART Grand Prix	+14.738s
15	30	Rafael Villagomez	MEX	Van Amersfoort Racing	+15.442s
16	19	Nazim Azman	MAL	Hitech GP	+15.722s
17	26	Zak O’Sullivan	GBR	Carlin	+16.765s
18	28	Enzo Trulli	ITA	Carlin	+19.446s
19	14	Laszlo Toth	HUN	Charouz Racing System	+21.368s
20	27	Brad Benavides	USA	Carlin	+24.273s
21	1	Jonny Edgar	GBR	Trident	+50.679s
22	5	Jak Crawford	USA	Prema Racing	+1:00.379s
23	17	Kaylen Frederick	USA	Hitech GP	+1:13.566s
24	16	Francesco Pizzi	ITA	Charouz Racing System	+1 lap
25	12	Kush Maini	IND	MP Motorsport	DNF (damage)
26	24	Federico Malvestiti	ITA	Jenzer Motorsport	+2 laps
27	10	Caio Collet	BRA	MP Motorsport	+3 laps
28	15	Zdenek Chovanec	POR	Charouz Racing System	DNF (crash)
29	22	Josep Maria Marti	SPA	Campos Racing	DNF (damage)