Norway’s Martinius Stenshorne (HiTech) won the Formula 3 Sprint Race at the Formula 1 TAG Heuer Grand Prix de Monaco on Saturday morning, joining Lewis Hamilton on the podium who won on the same track just twenty years ago, in May 2005. He started well, but was never overtaken, finishing ahead of two drivers from the French ART Grand Prix team, Finland’s Tuukka Taponen and Dutchman Laurens van Hoepen. Starting from pole position, Alessandro Giusti (MP Motorsport) finished 4th.
The race began with a collision at the end of the field, which resulted in a long safety car outing (8 laps) while the ACM Stewards evacuated the cars and cleared the debris from the track.
When the race restarted on lap 9, the leading positions remained unchanged, Stenshorne remained in the lead, in his McLaren livery, and Frenchman Alessandro Giusti (MP Motorsport), who started from pole position thanks to the principle of the inverted grid (for the top 12 in qualifying), never managed to come back or threaten the leading trio.
Behind Giusti, the places of honour were taken by the main players in the FIA Formula 3 championship, including Austrian Charlie Wurz (6th), the son of Alexander Wurz, Brazilian Rafael Camara (7th), the championship leader, and Spaniard Mari Boya (8th). They did everything they could to climb back up the rankings, but to no avail.
As for the two drivers who had been the best in qualifying on Friday morning, Nikola Tsolov (Campos) and Roman Bilinski (Rodin Motorsport), they completely missed their race and didn’t score a single point. But they will be able to take their revenge on Sunday at 8.00am by starting from the front row and scoring some big points.
🏆 MARTINIUS STENSHORNE WINS THE SPRINT RACE IN F3 !
Tuuka Taponen completes the podium with the 2nd place and Laurens Van Hoepen finishes in 3rd position
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🏆 MARTINIUS STENSHORNE REMPORTE LA COURSE SPRINT F3 !
Tuuka Taponen complète le podium avec la 2ème place et… pic.twitter.com/QYqSws2pre
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