F3 – C3: Norris thwarts his penalty

Despite his penalty which deprived him of his pole position, Lando Norris won the third race of the weekend at Spa-Francorchamps.

Published on 29/07/2017 à 14:31

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It's Guan Yu Zhou (Prema) who took the lead at the start from pole sitter Callum Ilott (Prema). On lap three, Jake Hughes and Maximilian Günther collided at Kemel Straight in their battle for third place, the safety car was deployed to recover the cars. Lando Norris (Carlin) takes the opportunity to move up the rankings and gets rid of Zhou and Ilott quite quickly.

The Briton was not worried about the race, especially since Joel Eriksson (Motopark), who started from 10^e position, made another comeback to the podium. Zhou finished third after a fierce battle with his teammate Ilott. Jehan Daruvala (Carlin) finishes 5^e in front of his teammate Ferdinand Habsburg (Carlin).

Ralf Aron (Hitech) finishes the race in 7^e position in front Mick Schumacher (Prema). The Van Amersfoort Racing of Harrison Newey and Joey Mawson complete the top 10 of this last race in Belgium.

Despite his retirement, Maximilian Günther remains at the top of the championship ahead of Lando Norris and Joel Eriksson. Callum Ilott is clinched in 4^e position 54 points from 3^e.

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