Hungary GP3: Ghiotto dominates race one, extends points lead

Trident driver Ghiotto led ART’s Esteban Ocon, sweeping across the grid to cover the inside at Turn 1.

Emil Bernstorff tried a bold bid around the outside, and looked to have sealed second but then ran wide at Turn 2 as Ghitto had a big slide, and dropped to third back behind Ocon.

Ghiotto led Ocon, Bernstorff, Marvin Kirchhofer and Matt Parry as a safety car was required from the start of lap two after Zaid Ashkanani went over the back of a slowing Jann Mardenborough at the final corner.

Ghiotto managed the restart well, but a lap after that, Kirchhofer jumped Bernstorff for third in a move that started at Turn 1 and was completed at Turn 2.

That was it for action at the front, as Ghiotto extended a 3.5s lead over Ocon to score his second win of the season.

Kirchhofer, Bernstorff and Parry ran nose-to-tail behind them, with Jimmy Eriksson and Kevin Ceccon next up. Antonio Fuoco, Pal Varhaug and Matheo Tuscher rounded off the top 10 finishers.

Race results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	38'29.253
2	Esteban Ocon	ART Grand Prix	3.500
3	Marvin Kirchhofer	ART Grand Prix	6.224
4	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	6.516
5	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	6.960
6	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	7.782
7	Kevin Ceccon	Arden International	8.265
8	Antonio Fuoco	Carlin	11.390
9	Pal Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	11.833
10	Matheo Tuscher	Jenzer Motorsport	15.200
11	Mitchell Gilbert	Carlin	15.325
12	Seb Morris	Status Grand Prix	15.658
13	Ralph Boschung	Jenzer Motorsport	16.879
14	Alex Fontana	Status Grand Prix	21.995
15	Adderly Fong	Koiranen GP	23.773
16	Artur Janosz	Trident	24.340
17	Alex Bosak	Arden International	27.838
18	Alfonso Celis Jr	ART Grand Prix	29.530
19	Alex Palou	Campos Racing	31.790
20	Zaid Ashkanani	Campos Racing	40.005
21	Samin Gomez	Campos Racing	48.626
22	Sandy Stuvik	Status Grand Prix	2 Laps
Ret	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	-