Hungary GP3: Aitken takes dominant win as Russell breaks down

Aitken converted his pole position into a lights-to-flag victory, as the only real threat to his win was a first-lap charge from ART teammate Nirei Fukuzumi.

The safety car neutralised the action after the opening lap due to Arjun Maini and Tatiana Calderon both stopping on-track.

Following the restart and a short virtual safety car stint when Steijn Schothorst's car came to a halt, Aitken set several fastest laps during the race to eventually win by 4.4s.

Fukuzumi took second as Anthoine Hubert completed an all-ART podium after making a brilliant move on Dorian Boccolacci on the outside of Turn 2.

Soon after losing third, Boccolacci was also under attack from Niko Kari, only for the Finn to run off-track at Turn 1 during his overtaking attempt and slip behind the Frenchman's Trident teammates Giuliano Alesi and Kevin Jorg.

Afterwards, Alessio Lorandi fought past all three and then chased down Boccolacci. While his first move at Turn 1 didn't come off as he ran wide, Lorandi finally outmanoeuvred Boccolacci at Turn 2 with three laps to go.

The Frenchman had to settle for fifth, followed by Alesi, Jorg.

Kari only took ninth after also falling behind Ryan Tveter, as Bruno Baptista took the final two points-scoring position.

With his win, Aitken has climbed up to second in the standings, 11 points behind Russell.

Race 1 results

Cla	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	37'23.211
2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	4.489
3	Anthoine Hubert	ART Grand Prix	8.946
4	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	16.563
5	Dorian Boccolacci	Trident	20.303
6	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	20.890
7	Kevin Jörg	Trident	21.618
8	Ryan Tveter	Trident	22.772
9	Niko Kari	Arden International	25.082
10	Bruno Baptista	DAMS	25.460
11	Marcos Siebert	Campos Racing	28.209
12	Matthieu Vaxiviere	DAMS	28.700
13	Julien Falchero	Campos Racing	29.196
14	Raoul Hyman	Campos Racing	29.795
15	Leonardo Pulcini	Arden International	30.303
	Steijn Schothorst	Arden International	19 laps
	Tatiana Calderon	DAMS
	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport
	George Russell	ART Grand Prix