Bedrin lead home an AIX 1-2 at the same circuit in which he claimed his first F3 podium 1 year ago

Finlay McSporran
Published: 17:59, 20th July 2024

Pole-sitter Bino Beganovic had a race to forget as he came home 3rd after starting P1

Race Report

Beganovic had a good launch, the Ferrari junior covering off Bedrin as they rounded turn one however Bedrin came right back at the race leader, hanging around the outside of turn 2 which gave him the inside line for turn 3, allowing him to take the race lead.

Further back and Mari Boya had gone wide, re-joining into the path of Zagazeta who made contact with the Campos which gave him suspension damage, forcing him to retire on lap one with the virtual safety car coming out shortly after.

Racing would resume a few laps later with Beganovic right behind Bedrin as they started lap 6. The other AIX car of Inthraphuvasak seamed to be struggling as well, with the Rodin motorsports car of Callum Voisin right behind him as they approached turn 2. Voisin made a lunge down the inside however there wasn’t really any room as he made contact with the left rear tyre of Inthraphuvasak, both drivers managing to continue.

Lap 10 and Beganovic was right on the gearbox of race leader Bedrin once again, the Swedish driver selling the dummy as they approached turn 2, forcing Bedrin to go to the outside which left a gap for Beganovic to take the race lead. Unfortunately for him, he caught the curb on the inside off the track which gave him a handful of oversteer which sent him wide, allowing Inthraphuvasak to slot into 2nd.

Behind them, Voisin had now been passed by Tramnitz and Mansell which dropped him down to 6th while Luke Browning had made his way back into the points and up to P8 after having his qualifying lap deleted yesterday.

Out in front, Nikia Bedrin after taking the lead on lap one crossed the line to win for the first time in Formula 3, taking AIX ‘s first win and first podium as they become the 10th team to finish on the podium this season meaning that all 10 teams have been on the podium this year!

It was also a first podium for Inthraphuvasak, who came into this round last in the standings but now holds the title of being the first driver from Thailand to finish on a Formula 3 podium in the modern era!

Championship Outlook

With his P3 Beganovic moves himself up to 5th in the drivers standings while Luke Browning’s comeback drive means that he moves himself up to 2nd in the standings behind Gabriele Mini who still leads the standings despite not scoring any points today.

As for the team standings Prema continue to dominate with 320 points compared to ART in second who have just 180, while Browning’s P8 moves Hitech up to 4th

Full Race Results (subject to change)

POSITION	DRIVER	TEAM
1st	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing
2nd	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing
3rd	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing
4th	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport
5th	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix
6th	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport
7th	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident
8th	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight
9th	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix
10th	Sami Meguetounif	Trident
11th	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing
12th	Noel Leon	Van Amersfoort Racing
13th	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight
14th	Gabriele Mini	Prema Racing
15th	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing
16th	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport
17th	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport
18th	Mari Boya	Campos Racing
19th	Sebastian Montoya	Campos Racing
20th	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport
21st	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight
22nd	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing
23rd	Sophia Floersch	Van Amersfoort Racing
24th	Piotr Wisnicki	Rodin Motorsport
25th	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing
26th	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport
27th	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport
28th	Santiago Ramos	Trident
29th	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix
DNF	Matias Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport

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