Starting from second on the grid, Bearman settled in behind Carlin's Zak O'Su⛦llivan in the opening handful of la𝓀ps.

It quickly becameꩵ clear that the Ferrari-backed driver had the pace to claim the lead from O'Sullivan.

Bearman waited until Lap 5 before ove💯rtaking O'Sullivan into Turn 6 and Turn 7. 

The Prem🦂a driver quickly built up a sizea⛦ble lead over the competition as O'Sullivan struggled for pace.

The British ཧdriver's lack of paceꦐ saw him drop into the clutches of Zane Maloney, who was ahead of Alex Smolyar and Hadjar.

On Lap 16, O'Sullivan lost out to Maloney an🧜d Hadjar before dropping behind Smolyar and Arthur🐷 Leclerc by the end of the race.

🃏Hadjar got past Malonಌey into Turn 1 a lap later and began his pursuit of Bearman.

The 17-year-old cu🗹t Bearman's lead down to just over three seconds but it wasn't enough as the Brit took the victory on track.

As he crossed the line, race control announced that Bearman had received a five-second time penalty for track limit ♛offences.

This handed Hadjar the win on his F3 debut ﷽with Bearman slotting into second, with Smolyar completing the꧑ podium.

Maloney kept Leclerc at bay for fourth after the Prema driver triedꦜ an opportunistic lunge into 👍Turn 13 on the final lap.

Leclerc enjoyed꧂ an impressive recovery from outside the top 10 to finish in fifth.

Rounding out the top 10 waღs O'Sullivan, Caio Collet, Kaylen Frederick, Juan Manuel Correa and David Vi🧜dales.

It was a disastrous day for ART Grand P🐽rix afte💃r it saw Gregoire Saucy collide with teammate Victor Martins at Turn 1, forcing both drivers to retire.

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