Sta♏rting from second on the grid, Bearman settled in behind Ca🗹rlin's Zak O'Sullivan in the opening handful of laps.

It ඣquickly became clear that the 🥂Ferrari-backed driver had the pace to claim the lead from O'Sullivan.

Bearman waited until Lap 5 before overtaking 🍨O'Sullivan into Turn 6 and Turn 7. 

The Prema driver quickly built up a sizeable lead ov🔯er the competition as O'Sulli🃏van struggled for pace.

The British driver's lack of pace saw him d꧑rop into the clutches of Zane Maloney, who was ahead of Alex Smolyar and Hadjar.

On Lap 16, O'Sullivan lost out to Maloney and Hadjar before dropping behind Smo💯lyar and Arthur Leclerc by the end of the race.

Hadjar got past Maloney iꦯnto Turn 1 a lap later and began his pursuit of Bearman.

The 17-year-old cut 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 announce♛d that Bearman had received a five-second time penalty for track limit offences.

This handed Hadjar the win on his F3 debut wit🎶h Bearman slotting into second, with Smolyar completing the podium.

Maloney kept Leclerc at 🧸bay for fourth after the Prema driver tried a♛n opportunistic lunge into Turn 13 on the final lap.

Lecle🔯rc enjoyed an impressive recovery from outside the topജ 10 to finish in fifth.

Rounding out the top 10 was O'Sullivan, Caio♉ Collet, Kaylen Frederick, Juan Manuel Correa and David Vidales.

It was a disastrous day 🌸for ART Grand Prix after it saw Gregoire Saucy collide with teammate Vic🌼tor Martins at Turn 1, forcing both drivers to retire.

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