Starting fro🍒m fourth on the grid, Pourchaire was in the wars early on as he made his way through the field. 

As he attempted 🍨a move on Dan Ticktum into Turn 1 in the opening laps, he was forced t✃o take to the run-off. 

Ticktum wasn’t as fortuna🉐te as when he tried to stay on the track, he was spun around by Felipe Drugovich.&n𝓰bsp;

With Pourchaire up to third, he ಌgot past David Beckmann for second, after he made a mistake in🃏to Turn 1.

The Sauber junior got past Vi𓃲ps on Lap 15 with a late lunge into the lead of the race.

From that moment onwards, Pou꧑rchaire dominated the race, ultimately winning by 4.3s. 

It was a strong r�🦩�ace from Guanyu Zhou as he made his way through up to second-place.

Zhou was only sixth after ൲the first Safety Car but mistakes for Vips and Beckmann, followed by front wing damage for Liam Lawson, moved him up the order.

Christian Lundgaard💝 finished third having started from 19th on the grid.

Lundgaard inherited the final spot on the rostrum thanks𒅌 to Robert Shwartzman’s five-second time penalty for gaining an advantage at the start.

Points leader Oscar Piastri was fourth, continuing his strong str♚eak of results, ahead of Lawson, who recovered well after his front wing ch🦄ange.

Shwartzman was sixth ahead of Bent Viscaal, while Vips dropped to eight having led the race after the opening lapꦐ.

Jehan Daruvala a🐲nd David Beckmann rounded out the top 10 and thus will share the front row of the grid for the second sprint race this afternoon🍌.

Marcus Armstrong narrowly missed out on the top 10 in 11th, finishing just ahead of HWA duo Jake Hughes and Alessio Deledda. 🌳;

Lirim Zendeli ha🅠d been running inside the top 10 before grinding to a halt with three𝐆 laps to go.

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