Victor Martins takes F3 points lead after feature race win in Barcelona

Martins got pa﷽st F3 title rival Roman Stan🍬ek into the first corner on the opening lap of the feature race in Barcelona.
From then on, th♑e Frenchman controlled the race from the front with overtaking once again very tricky.
Isack Hadjar m▨anaged to get ahead of Alex Smolyar for third, with the top four remaining stable th𒅌roughout the 24-lap race.
Martins' only challenge was to maintain the lead at the two Safety 𝐆Car restarts.
The Safety Car was deploy♕ed on Lap 4 after Kush Maini tapped Rafael Villagomez into the gravel trap.
Rac๊e control was forced to deploy it again on Lap 11 wꦍhen Brad Benavides hit the barrier at Turn 2.
Marti🍌ns secured another victory ahead of Stanek, who had late pressure from Hadjar in the closing laps.
Smolyar finish🔜ed fifth ahead of Prema duo Oliver Bearman and Jak Crawford, while Franco Colapinto, Kaylen Frederick and Juan Manuel Correa rounded out the top 10.
Correa is under investigation by the stewards after p꧙ushing Arthur Leclerc onto the gr🙈ass when defending in the closing laps.
The former points leader ultimately finished 🍷14th after his five-se▨cond penalty.
In terms of the standings, Martins now 💫has a six-point lead over Stanek following his second victory of the ♈season.
Crawford completes the top three, with t💮he Red Bull F1 junior 12 points off the lead.
Hadjar is the second Red Bull-backed driver in the top four after Crawford. The Frenchman is on 4✨7 points, 15 off the lead.
Leclerc has dro𒁏pped to fif🍷th after a lacklustre weekend, sitting on 43 points.
Cli🌄ck here for the f🎃ull FIA F3 results from the feature race in Barcelona

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