Because the starting lights didn’t work, the race got underway behind the safety car. After one lap, green flags were waved, but shortly after, George Russell (HitechGP) and Joel Eriksson (Motopark) collided. Because Russel’s car got stuck on track, the safety car was deployed for the second time. At that time, Lance Stroll was in the lead from Anthoine Hubert, Guanyu Zhou, Sérgio Sette Câmara and Maximilian Günther.

With the race about to resume again, Pedro Piquet (Van Amersfoort Racing) ran into the back of the car driven by Ryan Tveter (Carlin) and then slid into the car of Niko Kari (Motopark). After this incident, the race was interrupted with the red flag.

Action resumed some minutes later behind the safety car. Soon after the drivers were allowed to return to racing speed, Sérgio Sette Câmara overtook Guanyu Zhou to take third place. The battle for sixth positon between the two team-mates Mikkel Jensen and David Beckham (both kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport) was less harmonious. A collision put an end to the team-internal battle, both young drivers retired,

Out in front, Lance Stroll drove his fifth race win of the season home. Anthoine Hubert secured his second FIA Formula 3 European Championship podium finish, followed by third-placed Sérgio Sette Câmara. Guanyu Zhou finished fourth from Maximilian Günther. Nick Cassidy (Prema Powerteam) worked his way up from 19th on the grid to finish sixth as Callum Ilott (Van Amersfoort Racing), Alessio Lorandi (Carlin), Ralf Aron (Prema Powerteam) and Harrison Newey (Van Amersfoort Racing) rounded out the top ten.

Lance Stroll (Prema Powerteam): “Unfortunately, we didn’t have too many laps at racing speed due to the numerous incidents, and not many position fights either. Nevertheless, my car was good and the weekend was a successful one with two wins. Now, I am 86 points clear in the lead of the drivers’ standings, which is nice, but doesn’t mean a lot. I will continue to work hard, because I still want to be on top in the drivers’ standings at the end of the season, and not only have the unofficial ‘mid-season champion’ title.”

Anthoine Hubert (Van Amersfoort Racing): “Somehow, it was a peculiar race. At times, it wasn’t easy to remain focussed and to keep the tyres at their working temperature all the time. The start of my season wasn’t good, but now, I am all the more happy to have made it onto the podium once more. Now, I hope to make it to the prize-giving ceremony more often.”

Sérgio Sette Câmara (Motopark): “Finally being back on the podium is nice. With the accidents and the interruption, the race was a rather unusual affair, but my team kept me updated about what was going on all the time. Especially in the first half of the race, my pace was good and I managed to work my way up into third place. Towards the end of the race, I lost some speed, which might have been the result of a damaged rear wing.”