Doohan beats Hauger to wet Formula 3 feature race victory at Paul Ricard

Jack Doohan beat Dennis Hauger to the Formula 3 feature race victory at the Circuit Paul Ricard.
Doohan beats Hauger to wet Formula 3 feature race victory at Paul Ricard

The heavens opened up in the minutes leading up to th🐬e race meaning it w൲as a wet start to the race. 

Hauger got the best start possible, powering꧅ past pole-sitter Frederik Vesti into the leadꦿ.

The Prema driver looked at home in the wet conditions, quickl✨y establishing a 3.2s lead over Vesti in second.

It ꩲwasn’t Vesti who Hauger had to look out for as Doohan began to show impressive pace in the Trident, overtaking Victor Martins for third into Turn 1 on Lap 7.

A mistake from Vesti into Turn 3 on Lap 10 allowed Doohan to move up to se😼cond and have a clear run at Hauger, who continued to lead the race.

As the track started to dry up,🐻 the advantage swung in Doohan’s favour. 

On Lap 14, Doohan tried to get past Hauger into the final corner, with the pair going side-by-side down the start-finish str💎aight.

The Austra🌳lian ultimately came out on top with a bold move a💯round outside of Turn 1.

Doohan to﷽ok the chequered flag by 1.5s ahead of Haguer, with Ca🙈io Collet in third, having overtaken teammate Martins into the final corner in the closing laps.

Martins held✱ onto fourth ahead of the second Triden🌟t of Clement Novalak.

Noval♚ak looked like he had the pace to challenge for the win 🌺at one point, as he looked to overtake Vesti into Turn 1 on Lap 6.

Vesti defended the position, forcꦛing Novalak wide which allowed Martins and Doohan to get past.

The Mercedes F1 junior ultimatel🌺y finished sixth ahead Ayumu Iwasa๊ and Aleksandr Smolyar.

🔯Juan Manuel Correa continued his encouraging weekend with ninth, while 16-year-old Jak Crawford rounded 𝔉out the top ten.

Having started 30th, Arthur Leclerc recovered to finish 13th, ꧋behi🌺nd Enzo Fittipaldi and Calan Williams.

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