Lawson second as Hughes wins F3 Race 1 in Spain

Jake Hughes continued his resurgence in FIA Formula 3 to take his maiden win of the season, his first ever on a Saturday, in Barcelona. The HWA RACELAB driver battled past pole-sitter Logan Sargeant at the midway stage and dashed off into the distance.

Sargeant, the Championship leader, went on to lose a further position to title rival Liam Lawson who punched ahead of him for P2. The American did at least gain further ground on teammate Oscar Piastri in the race to the crown, with the Australian driver finishing back in sixth.

“We had good speed midway to the end of the race,” said Lawson. “We definitely weren’t as quick at the start. I was really struggling a little bit there. The move on Logan at the end… he had a lot less tyre life than I did, so it wasn’t too difficult. Still, second place in the race is a good result. It would have been nice to try and get the move done earlier, and maybe we’d have had a shot at catching Jake.”

Clément Novalak kept up his fine recent form to score fourth ahead of David Beckmann, who kept his own title ambitions alive with another top five finish.

Meanwhile, Jenzer Motorsport scored their first point of the season as Matteo Nannini sealed tenth place and reverse grid pole for Race 2.

Race 1 Results