Hauger closes in on F3 title after dominant Zandvoort victory

Starting from pole posit꧃ion, Hauger maintained the lead into Turn 1 ahead of Trident’s David Schumacher.
Hauger’s superior pace was apparent immediatelဣy as he managed to break DRS to Schumacher behind as Victor Martins started to apply intense presꦓsure.
🧜With Hauger running several seconds clear out front, the focus was on the battle for second between Martins and Schumacher.
The pair came to blows three laps from the end as Mart🅠ins tried an aggressive lunge into🍸 the banked Turn 3 corner, hitting Schumacher and sending him into the barriers.
The tangle allowed Clement Novalak to move into second, while Martins was handed a 10-second time penalty for his role in the incident, ha✤nding Aleksandr Smolyar the final spot on the rostrum.
With Hauger taking the victory, he has extended his lead to 43 points goin𝄹g into the Russia finale over Jack Doohan, 🎉who finished fourth.
With a maximum of 65 points available at each race weekend, it’s in Hauger’s hands goin𓆏g to Sochi.
Outside of the to🍌p four was Caio Collet, Logan Sargeant and Jak Crawfo💫rd.
Collet spent much of the first half of the raꦏce behind Crawford, who was complaining about his fitness levels in t💮he car.
The Brazilian capitalised on Lap 12, making the us൩e of DRS into Turn 1 to overtak꧙e the Red Bull junior.
On Lap 18, a lock-up for𓃲 Crawford allowed Sargeant to get ahead of his fellow countryman for seventh.
Frederik Vesti could only finish eighth ahead of Arthur Leclerc, while Martins🐎' 10-second time penalty dropped him to tenth.
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