In the first sprint race of the weekend, the Prema driver took a remarkable pole position in the reverse grid and recovered from 30th place on the grid to 12th place.
Leclerc remained unchallenged in Turn 1 after Hitech’s Jak Crawford – who started the race from the second – stalled at the start and fell back to the bottom of the field.
With Crawford declining the order, Leclerc led Prema teammates Olli Caldwell and Dennis Hauger.
Hauger passed Caldwell in turn 8 on lap 8 in second, but failed to beat Leclerc, who emerged as a comfortable winner.
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Victor Martins put in another overtaking master class and drove from 11th to fourth place in just four laps.
Martins made an optimistic move to overtake Caldwell at Turn 12 to ensure he was on the podium in a row.
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Today’s result keeps Hauger at the top of the drivers’ standings, albeit tied with Martins.
Caldwell held fourth place ahead of Jack Doohan, who continued his impressive run of points in fifth.
Clement Novalak beat Aleksandr Smolyar, winner of sprint race one, in sixth place, while Calan Williams overtook Ayumu Iwasa in eighth place on the penultimate lap.
Iwasa was up to fourth place on the first laps, but quickly lost in the course of the race.
Mercedes F1 junior Frederik Vesti completed the top ten for ART.
Vesti will start the main race on Sunday from pole position.
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