Callum Voisin claimed his first Formula 3 victory in a Belgian race that was badly disrupted by three safety automotive periods.
The GB3 champion claimed his first podium finish on the last race at Silverstone when he crossed the road first within the primary race, but a five-second penalty relegated him to 3rd place.
Voisin showed that this was no fluke by qualifying his Rodin Motorsport machine on pole and looked on top of things throughout the race, warding off an early challenge from Sebastian Montoya (Campos) before successfully negotiating various restarts to win by 0.9s.
In total, only seven of the fifteen laps were accomplished under the green flag.
Meanwhile, Prema secured its fifth teams' championship title with a round to go despite neither driver scoring some extent within the all-important race.
In dry conditions the day before the event saw general classification leader Gabriele Mini lose momentum because the sprint race runner-up was spun on the primary lap at La Source by Oliver Goethe and dropped to the back of the pack.
However, the young Alpine driver was given a probability to return to the race on the third lap because of the arrival of the protection automotive.
Gabriele Mini, Prema Racing
Photo: Simon Galloway / Motorsports images
This got here about because Martinius Stenshorne (Hitech) and ART rookie Tuukka Taponen were involved in separate incidents at Stavelot – the Finn replacing Nikola Tsolov, who had been disqualified from the race at Spa by one other series – in breach of Formula 3 sporting regulations.
After 4 laps spent on the protection track, the race was stopped again after one lap when Joseph Loake (Rodin) clipped Sophia Floersch and caused a spin on the Bruxelles circuit, with the latter failing to clear the gravel.
The final break got here with only one lap of the race to go but it surely had serious consequences for the championship.
Arvid Lindblad (Prema), who got here to Belgium because the second-placed driver but qualified twenty seventh and was on the run-in, collided with Christian Mansel (ART) and ended up in the identical gravel trap as Floersch.
Leonardo Fornaroli, who began from the front row, lost his advantage over Montoya in the beginning but held on to 3rd place, taking the lead within the Drivers' Championship, one point ahead of Mini.
After receiving a 10-second track restriction penalty and losing points within the sprint, Luke Browning finished sixth within the primary race and can head to Monza six points behind the leader in third.
As a results of this failure, Lindblad loses by 16 points, from a maximum of 39 points.
