Martins wins F3 Bahrain feature race ahead of Leclerc

Victor Martins has won the first Formula 3 feature race of the 2022 season ahead of Arthur Leclerc.
Martins wins F3 Bahrain feature race ahead of Leclerc

Starting from third on the grid, Marti🐈ns overtook Roman Stanek into Turn 1 on Lap 5 at the Safety Car restart.&nb🍸sp;

Tꩵhe race was put on hold early on after a number of cars were forced to retire f🐓rom the race.

Caio Collet picked up suspension damage after running over the kerbs at Turn 6/7, while Za💧ne Maloney and Francesco Pizzi were out on the opening lap. 

Once t⛦he race got back underway, pole-sitter Franco Colapinto led Martins and Alexander Smolyar.

As the race progressed, Colapinto's lack of experience became apparent as he struggled 𓄧with his rear tyres. 

꧑On Lap 15, Martins completed a switc🍸hback move out of Turn 3 to take the lead of the race. 

Th🐲e ART Grand Prix driver controlled the race from the front, eventually winning by 1.5s ahead of Leclerc in the Prema.

Leclerc completed a similar move on Colapinto on Lap 18, completing a sens🦂ational recovery from outside of the top 10.

If theౠ Monegasque improves his qualifying pace for future races then no doubt he will be a serious threat in the title race.&⛎nbsp;

Gregoire Saucy compꦯleted the podium in the second ART car after Colapinto picked up a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits on multiple occasions, dropping him to fifth in the final classification.

Juan Manuel Correa made it three ARTs in the top four with a strong drive to P4, getting ahea🐈d of 🤡Colapinto thanks to his penalty.

🅺Oliver Bearman finished sixth in the 🐟second Prema as he led an intense midfield fight.

Jak Crawford, ✤David Vidales, William Alatalo and Kaylen 𒁃Frederick rounded out the top 10.

Sprint race winner Isack Hadjar finished 25th after contac𒁏t with Smolyar handed hi🦄m an unfortunate puncture.

Click here for the full FIA ♋Fo♓rmula 3 feature race results from Bahrain

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