Maloney recovers from sprint race crash to take maiden F3 win in feature

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Zane Maloney, who was involved in a frightening accident during Saturday’s Sprint Race, took his first FIA Formula 3 win in the feature race at Spa.

Caio Collet had taken pole position, with Maloney alongside him on the front row. Collet got a good start but was immediately under pressure from Francesco Pizzi and Olive Goethe, who had started on the second row.

An early incident between Pizzi, Kush Maini and Victor Martins prompted the first Safety Car of the race. Martins’ race was over, the retrieval of his car lasting from lap two to six.

On the restart, Goethe was almost immediately overtaken by Collet. Oliver Bearman, who had started eighth, was also troubling Jonny Edgar for fifth. Collet, meanwhile, was issued a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and rejoining unsafely on the opening lap, relegating him heavily.

Meanwhile, Maloney was hunting down Goethe but green flag running was short lived, when Gregoire Saucy found the barriers out of Melmedy, prompting another Safety Car from lap seven to lap ten.

On the lap 11 restart, Maloney took the lead through Les Combes, leaving the drivers behind him to scrap for podium positions. Maloney comfortably led the remaining seven laps and became the first driver from Barbados to win in Formula 3.

Bearman finished third which, combined with his Sprint Race win and a generally atrocious weekend for championship leaders Isack Hadjar and Victor Martins, puts him now into second place, just two points behind Hadjar in the standings.

Formula 3 will decide its 2022 champion over the following two weekends, in Zandvoort and Monza.

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Formula 3 Belgium race two results

Position Car Driver Team
1 3 Zane Maloney Trident
2 2 Roman Stanek Trident
3 6 Oliver Bearman Prema
4 21 Oliver Goethe Campos
5 1 Jonny Edgar Trident
6 10 Caio Collet MP
7 20 David Vidales Campos
8 25 William Alatalo Jenzer
9 11 Alexander Smolyar MP
10 31 Reece Ushijima HWA
11 4 Arthur Leclerc Prema
12 29 Franco Colapinto HWA
13 26 Zak O’Sullivan Carlin
14 18 Isack Hadjar Hitech
15 9 Juan Manuel Correa ART
16 17 Alexander Smolyar MP
17 5 Jak Crawford Prema
18 27 Brad Benavides Carlin
19 30 Rafael Villagomez HWA
20 19 Nazim Azman Hitech
21 16 Francesco Pizzi Charouz
22 22 Pepe Marti Campos
23 15 Christian Mansell Charouz
24 28 Enzo Trulli Carlin
25 14 Laszlo Toth Charouz
26 24 Federico Malvestiti Jenzer
27 8 Gregoire Saucy ART
28 23 Ido Cohen Jenzer
29 7 Victor Martins ART
30 12 Kush Maini MP

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Hazel Southwell
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