Hauger closes in on F3 title after dominant Zandvoort victory

Dennis Hauger has moved one step closer to winning the 2021 Formula 3 title after dominating the feature race at Zandvoort.
Hauger closes in on F3 title after dominant Zandvoort victory

Starting from pole position, H💛auger maintained the lead into Turn 1🐈 ahead of Trident’s David Schumacher.

Hauger’s superior pace wa🌃s apparent immediately as he managed to break DRS to Schumacher behind as Victor Martins started to apply intense pressure. 

Witꦑh 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 Martins 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 inci🍌dent, handing Aleksandr Smolyar the final spot on the rostrum.

Wi♌th Hauger taking the victory, he has extended his lead to 43 points going into the Russia finale over Jack Doohan, who finished fourth. 

With a maximum of 65 points ℱava🐓ilable at each race weekend, it’s in Hauger’s hands going to Sochi. 

𝄹Outside of the top four was Caio Collet, Logan Sargeant and Jak Cra๊wford.

Collet spent much of the first hal🦩f of the race behind Crawford, who was complaining about his fitness l❀evels in the car. 

The Brazilian capitalised on Lap 12, making the use of DRS into Turn 1 ﷽to overtake the Red Bull junior.

On Lap 18, a lock-up for ✨Crawford allowed Sargeant 𒀰to get ahead of his fellow countryman for seventh.

Frederik Vesti could only finish eighth 💎ahead of Arthur Leclerc, while Martins' 10-second time penalty drop📖ped him to tenth.

Click here for the fu🍌ll FIA Formula 3 feature ra🌠ce results from Zandvoort

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