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David Walther was declared the winner of Race 3 after Teo Borenstein, the provisional race winner, received a five second penalty and dropped behind Walther by 0.664 seconds. Elia Weiss finished third.

The winners of the previous two races, Jenzer Motorsport team mates Borenstein and Weiss lined up on the front row. The second row featured Walther and Georgiy Zasov, while Cram Motorsport’s Lyuboslav Ruykov started fifth alongside Ella Hakkinen.

Weiss made a slightly better start to take the lead, but Borenstein stayed close and retook the position on the run between Turns 3 and 4. Walther held on to third ahead of Zasov, and as in the earlier races, the opening lap was clean with no incidents.

Walther wasted no time in attacking Weiss and successfully moved into second, while Ruykov passed Zasov for fourth. Their battle brought a chasing group into play, led by Aleksandar Bogunovic, Jade Jacquet and Andreas Lo Bue.

At the front, Borenstein maintained a strong pace and constantly built a gap over Walther. Further back, Mathilda Paatz produced an impressive drive, climbing steadily through the field from 13th on the grid. By mid race she had reached ninth place, passing Hakkinen before catching and overtaking her team mate Jacquet on lap eight.

Zasov ran wide at Turn 4 while battling Ruykov for fourth and dropped to 10th. Ruykov then came under increasing pressure from the pack behind, with Bogunovic, Lo Bue, Paatz, Jacquet and Hakkinen all closing in.

Paatz continued her charge by passing Lo Bue, although she briefly ran wide at Turn 4 and brushed the gravel with her left side tyres before recovering. Jacquet followed her off the track and dropped further down the order, rejoining in 12th place.

Out front, Borenstein delivered another commanding performance, but eventually dropped to second after the five second penalty for leaving the track and gaining advantage. Weiss completed the top 3, followed by Ruykov and Bogunovic.

Zasov took the chequered flag in sixth, ahead of Paatz, Lo Bue and Knud Eske Nielsen, Erik Poulsen  completed the top ten. Ella Hakkinen, who finished ninth, also received five second penalty, and dropped to 11th place.

Race 3 results

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