F3 Britain: Lindblad secures weekend sweep in wet-dry thriller

Red Bull junior Arvid Lindblad moved up to second in the Formula 3 standings with his fourth win of the season at Silverstone in a thrilling feature race.

In mixed conditions that swung between favouring wet and dry-shod runners almost by the lap, the Prema driver reaped the rewards of persevering with slicks he'd fitted at the end of the formation lap.

After disposing of the drivers who had opted for wets, including polesitter Luke Browning, Lindblad had surged up to second before inheriting victory when Callum Voisin (Rodin) was handed a post-race penalty.

A smattering of rain ahead of the start saw all but Voisin and Piotr Wisnicki switch to wet tyres for the formation lap, when a number of drivers including Prema trio Lindblad, Gabriele Mini and Dino Beganovic immediately reverted back to slicks.

Starting in eighth, Voisin assumed the lead after a brief safety car intervention on lap two. But during a further interruption when Sophia Floersch (Van Amersfoort Racing) crashed in avoidance of an out-of-control rejoin from Alex Dunne (MP Motorsport) and heavily delayed Beganovic, the rain returned to flip the picture on its head.

For his part in the incident, Dunne was handed a 10-place grid drop for the next race he takes part in - a punishment that will be served in the Hungarian sprint race.

Following the restart, as Beganovic switched back to wets, Voisin, Lindblad and Mini dropped like stones to the rear of the pack as Browning took a commanding lead.

The race was again neutralised swiftly when Dunne and Sebastian Montoya (Campos) crashed heavily after taking avoiding action following a spin for AIX driver Joshua Dufek at Stowe.

Arvid Lindblad, Prema Racing

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With drizzle still falling, an emerging dry line caused the picture to change once again.

Voisin climbed from 22nd to the lead in just two laps, completing the rise with a move on Browning at Chapel, but incurred a 10-second penalty for passing Max Esterson off the track at Village.

Still following Voisin, Lindblad and Mini became the de-facto top two as they both dispatched Browning shortly after.

GB3 champion Voisin led to the line from Lindblad and Mini, but was dropped to third as a result of his penalty.

Mini now takes the championship lead by six points from Lindblad, who is in turn a single point clear of Browning - who tumbled back to eighth as those on dry tyres tore past him.

F3 Britain Feature Race Results

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Cla	Driver	#		Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Pits	Points	Retirement	Bonus
1	A. Lindblad Prema Powerteam	3		20	-
2	G. Minì Prema Powerteam	2		20	+0.800 0.8	0.800
3	C. Voisin Rodin Motorsport	29		20	+9.200 9.2	8.400
4	T. Smith Van Amersfoort Racing	22		20	+19.500 19.5	10.300
5	P. Wiśnicki Rodin Motorsport	30		20	+42.200 42.2	22.700
6	O. Goethe Campos Racing	10		20	+46.000 46.0	3.800
7	L. Fornaroli Trident	4		20	+1'00.400 1'00.4	14.400
8	L. Browning Hitech Pulse-Eight	14		20	+1'03.200 1'03.2	2.800
9	N. Bedrin PHM AIX Racing	27		20	+1'05.400 1'05.4	2.200
10	N. León Van Amersfoort Racing	20		20	+1'08.100 1'08.1	2.700
11	L. Van ART Grand Prix	24		20	+1'13.000 1'13.0	4.900
12	S. Meguetounif Trident	5		20	+1'13.400 1'13.4	0.400
13	C. Mansell ART Grand Prix	23		20	+1'13.600 1'13.6	0.200
14	T. Tramnitz MP Motorsport	7		20	+1'16.500 1'16.5	2.900
15	N. Tsolov ART Grand Prix	25		20	+1'16.800 1'16.8	0.300
16	S. Ramos Trident	6		20	+1'20.200 1'20.2	3.400
17	K. Sztuka MP Motorsport	8		20	+1'21.400 1'21.4	1.200
18	M. Esterson Jenzer Motorsport	18		20	+1'23.600 1'23.6	2.200
19	D. Beganovic Prema Powerteam	1		20	+1'26.000 1'26.0	2.400
20	J. Wharton Hitech Pulse-Eight	15		20	+1'29.700 1'29.7	3.700
21	T. Inthraphuvasak PHM AIX Racing	26		20	+1'31.700 1'31.7	2.000
22	M. Zagazeta Jenzer Motorsport	19		20	+1'33.900 1'33.9	2.200
23	M. Boya Campos Racing	12		20	+1'36.200 1'36.2	2.300
24	J. Loake Rodin Motorsport	31		19	1 lap
dnf	C. Wurz Jenzer Motorsport	17		15	5 laps					Retirement
dnf	J. Dufek PHM AIX Racing	28		8	12 laps					Accident
dnf	S. Montoya Campos Racing	11		7	13 laps					Accident
dnf	A. Dunne MP Motorsport	9		7	13 laps					Accident
dnf	S. Flörsch Van Amersfoort Racing	21		3	17 laps					Accident
dnf	C. Shields Hitech Pulse-Eight	16		18						Retirement
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