Australia – Main Race: Câmara unstoppable in the rain, Naël on the podium

The rain could have weakened him, but Rafael Câmara (Trident) held his own perfectly. In pole position for his first round of Formula 3, the Brazilian had to wait before letting the horses go. Indeed, the rain delayed the start of this Main Race with three reconnaissance laps behind the safety car in addition to the protocol formation lap.

When the latter fell into line, the protégé of Ferrari simply rolled out. He quickly took cover from his teammate Noah Strømsted, who was unable to keep up with the leader's pace. Unfortunately, Rafael Câmara had to make all his efforts again since the safety car intervened on the first lap of the race when Nikola Tsolov (Campos) and Callum Voisin (Rodin Motorsport) had a collision. No problem for the Auriverde who did it again at the restart at the end of the 5th lap to take off and quickly take more than 5 seconds ahead of the Dane behind him.

Setting out to win solo, Rafael Câmara must have thought he was doomed when the Safety Car reappeared on lap 13 after Christian Ho's (DAMS) violent exit at turn 6. But after 5 laps behind it and with the rain returning, race control decided to wave the red flag and no longer restart the pack, ensuring the Brazilian his first victory in Formula 3, as he appears to be one of the big favorites for the title.

Mixed fortunes for the French team. Théophile Naël (VAR) capped off his weekend perfectly with a fine 3rd place at the end of a solid race during which he never put himself in danger after his fine 7th place in the Sprint the day before. Alessandro Giusti (MP Motorsport), who started 14th, had long been in contention for points, but a push from behind by Matias Zagazeta (DAMS) dropped him to 25th place and ended his hopes.

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