Ferrari Formula 1 junior driver Giuliano Alesi took victory in the second GP3 race at the Hungaroring, as Trident scored a 1-2-3-4.
It was Alesi’s second GP3 race two victory in a row, beating team-mates Ryan Tveter and Kevin Jorg to the top spot of the podium, while Dorian Boccolacci claimed fourth.
The Trident cars locked out the front two rows of the grid, with Tveter on pole and keeping the position, but he ran deep into Turn 1 and forced Jorg wide.
Alesi took advantage to slip ahead and into first, from there controlling the pack and racing clear of those behind him, with Tveter going with him.
He finished six tenths clear in the end, with Tveter second and Jorg 1.7s further back. Boccolacci was fourth, with Anthoine Hubert the sole points-scoring ART Grand Prix car in fifth.
The team suffered a poor race, with Nirei Fukuzumi clashing with Leonardo Pulcini and forcing him to retire.
A mid-race virtual safety car for Alessio Lorandi and Steijn Schothorst suffering issues closed the midfield pack, with Jack Aitken and George Russell looking to make up ground.
The racing was spiced up even more with a second VSC for Bruno Baptista’s stopped car, with Aitken challenging Boccolacci and going wide at Turn 4.
A second attempt, this time at Turn 1, saw him run wide and this let Hubert and Arden’s Niko Kari through. Russell then joined the battle but when Aitken ran wide, Russell had nowhere to go and they collided.
Aitken retired with a puncture, while Russell struggled from then on and dropped back, finishing a distant 12th.
Kari picked up the pieces in sixth, with Raoul Hyman, Marcos Siebert, Haas junior Arjun Maini and Pulcini completing the top 10.
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