Emma Felbermayr claimed her maiden F1 Academy victory by winning Race 2 in Canada, finishing ahead of Ella Lloyd.
The Kick-Sauber bounced back from disqualification in Race 1 due to being under the weight limit, which denied her a first podium finish in the series, to take the chequered flag in first place.
Lloyd claimed second ahead of Nina Gademan in third after she had led most of the race.
Chloe Chong started Race 2 from reverse-grid pole position, lining up alongside Gademan on the front row.
The Rodin Motorsport driver was taken out of Race 1 by Rafaela Ferreira, looking to make amends for the missed points-scoring opportunity with a first win in F1 Academy.
Championship contenders Doriane Pin and Maya Weug began further back, starting from sixth and 15th on the grid, respectively, at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Before the second race on Saturday, it was announced that F1 Academy would continue to race in Canada until 2028, following a three-year extension to its current agreement.
Considering the drama that had already unfolded in the first race at the iconic venue, the news will come as a welcome development for fans eager to see more action-packed weekends in Montreal for years to come.
Chong drops down the order from pole
It was an initial good getaway for the British driver as Lloyd swept up into third place.
However, heading into Turn 6, Gademan made a bold lunge down the inside to seize the race lead, while Chong lost two positions in a single corner — Lloyd moving up into second.
Chong’s struggles continued as she slipped further down the order, eventually falling to 13th.
Up front, Lloyd came under increasing pressure from behind, Felbermayr made her way past, and then Pin applied the pressure on Lap 3.
By Lap 5, as replays of the race start were being shown, the broadcast cut back to Chloe Chambers, who had spun onto the grass at Turn 1.
While attempting to pass Mercedes-backed Pin for fourth, she was squeezed heavily into the corner, triggering a spin.
The American rejoined in 14th place — a further blow in a weekend that could have promised a solid points haul on her birthday.
Alba Larsen overtook Alisha Palmowski into Turn 6 to move up to fifth, while Pin passed Lloyd for third — but both drivers ran wide and went straight on at the chicane before the final corner.
The French driver was instructed by her team to relinquish the position on Lap 9, and she promptly complied.
Pin and Lloyd battle intensely for final podium spot
Further down the order, Weug fought hard with Aurelia Nobels for ninth place as she continued her recovery drive from a disappointing qualifying session.
After letting Lloyd through, Pin came under immediate pressure from Larsen at the hairpin, where they made contact, but the Prema Racing driver held onto fourth place.
Weug and Nobels made contact into Turn 14, the latter coming into the pits after sustaining damage to her car, as the title contender took ninth place.
On Lap 12, Pin and Lloyd went side by side once more, but Pin ran wide at Turn 14, handing the position back yet again.
Once conceding the position, the 21-year-old lost out to Larsen from behind on Lap 14 as the Safety Car was called out.
Nicole Havrda had gone straight into the back of her Hitech team-mate, Aiva Anagnostiadis, into the braking zone of the hairpin.
As her stricken car was cleared, the Safety Car peeled back into the pits to allow a one-lap shootout to commence.
Gademan went early to preserve her race lead before Felbermayr closed to the rear of the Alpine-backed driver into Turn 1.
The Austrian dived down the inside at Turn 6 to take the lead, Lloyd also making her way past at the hairpin as a three-way fight ensued on the last straight.
Felbermayr went over the sausage kerb at Turn 14 but crossed the line in first place.
Lloyd crossed the line in second and Gademan settled for third after leading for the majority of Race 2.
Pin crossed the line in fourth, securing valuable points for her title campaign, followed by Larsen in fifth, Palmowski sixth, Tina Hausmann seventh, and Lia Block rounding out the top eight with the final point in Race 2.
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