Collet took the lead﷽ of the sprint race o🎐n Lap 4, making the most of DRS down to Turn 1 to get ahead of Colapinto.

From then on, the Brazilian controlled the race from the f𒁏ront perfectly, managing the various Safety Car periods throughout a chaotic F3 race.

The battle for the lead went down to the final lap with Collet leading Colapinto and Hitech👍's Isack Hadjar.

The Argentine seized the lead inꦕto Turn 1 but Collet was under threat from Hadjar, who placed his ca🌊r on the outside of Collet.

Collet moved to the right under the braking zonꦅe into Turn 1, causing the pair to collide.

Collet dropped to the back of the field while Hadjar continued through the gravel trap, ultimately recoveringꦗ to finish i🅠n fifth.

Colapinto took the win by 2.6s to move up to third in the champღionship on 22 points, 11 behind Victor Martins, who benefitted from the last-lap chaos to finish second.

Martins 𓄧managed to fend off Red Bull F1 junior Jak Crawford to the line to secure second and retain his championship lead ahead of Arthur Leclerc, who failed to score at Imola.

Going into the feature race, Martins leads🏅 on 33 points ahead of Leclerc on 24 and then Colapinto on 22 points.

Outside the🎐 podium was Roman Stanek in fourth, who picked up his first points of the ye꧙ar, just ahead of Hadjar.

Zane Maloney, who💟 will start the feat🏅ure race from pole position, finished sixth ahead of Oliver Rasmussen.

♓Rasmussen finished an impressive seventh in the second Trident after replacing Jonny Edgar ahead of Imola.

Kaylen Frederi🌜ck, Aleksandr Smolyar and Rafael Villagomez rounded out the top 10.

Click here for the full FIA Formula 3 sprint race results at Imဣo🐬la