Pepe Marti (6th) leads the Red Bull Ring until the track dries

Estonian pilot Paul Aaron Prema set a new F3 record by winning the first race of Saturday’s Austrian Grand Prix, a water-dominated sprint test.Trucks in Catalonia are flooded with water Pepe Marti He was the undisputed leader, but with three laps to go he ran out of strength and his pace quickly dropped, dropping him to sixth in the final standings. Malibui 12th. Aaron, Mini and Colette finally make it to the podium and the trophy brought by Helmut Marko.

Gabriel Bortolet He remains the Formula 3 World Championship leader with 93 points to Marti’s 73, with Mini and Aron sharing third place on 65.

Pepe got off to a good start from pole position and maintained the lead on the extreme course, which was filled with water and the cars were spraying heavily. The 18-year-old’s problems from Barcelona began when the track began to dry out and his times began to drop significantly, three seconds disappeared and with four seconds to the end the safety car was brought in to hasten the race’s regrouping. . After a defensive maneuver by the Campos Racing driver, Aaron overtook him at Turn 3, leaving three cars behind and the Mini joining them, luckily the three went side by side without contact. Aaron in the center, with his excellent traction, took the lead, while Martin on the outside fell to two of his rivals.

The first two drivers then extended their lead and Marti was again attacked from behind. The situation came to an end at the beginning of the final lap, when Colette snatched the final podium spot from Marti at the finish line. Poleman lost two more positions to Zach O’Sullivan and Johnny Edgar before the end of the race. However, he lost points from Formula 3 World Championship leader Boltlet, who finished 10th, two places ahead of Boya.