Like many of his colleagues, Charles Leclerc grew up with racing drivers around him. His father Hervé Leclerc was a racing driver, as was his godfather Jules Bianchi. Charles’ brother Arthur is also a motorsport driver, who unfortunately was involved in a high-speed crash at the Austrian Grand Prix in Formula 3 race 3.
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When he had the opportunity to overtake MP Motorsport driver Victor Martins before Turn 4, he stormed the field and had more speed than this.
The Prema driver was driving on the inner part of the track and lost balance for the car when at the end of Turn 4 he hit the speed limit bollards on the grass.
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The incident ended the drivers’ race and brought out the safety car. This jammed the field and gave Fredrick Vesti, a young Mercedes driver, the opportunity to take his first win of the season.
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Mercedes’ Vesti benefits from the accident with Leclerc and Novalak
As reported by RaceFans, Vesti won the Austrian Grand Prix ahead of Prema driver and Red Bull youngster Dennis Hauger. The current F3 World Championship leader Hauger started from pole, but could not stop a storming Vesti in turn five.
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Formula 1 F1 – Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan – Ferraris Charles Leclerc after qualifying in the pole position pool over REUTERS / Maxim Shemetov
The incident with Leclerc, Novalak and Martins brought the safety car to light. This offered Hauger the opportunity to regain his lead, but Vesti held out the restart and drove to his first Formula 3 championship win in the 2021 season.
Ollie Caldwell was third behind Hauger, Alexander Smolyar was fourth ahead of Matteo Nannini from HWA. Hitech Racing’s Iwasa finished sixth ahead of Caio Callet in other MP Motorsport. Logan Seargent, Calan Williams and Johnny Edgar rounded out the top ten.
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