Hungaroring F3: Gunther takes points lead with straightforward win

With the previous points leader - teammate Nick Cassidy - spinning at the start and failing to score, the German moved to the top with 70 points to his name.

After his start from pole in Race 1 went poorly, Gunther nailed the getaway this time around, heading the field comfortably into Turn 1 as second-placed Ralf Aron came under attack from George Russell.

Russell, however, could not clear the Estonian and soon began to struggle for pace massively - just as he had in Race 1 - allowing the Prema duo to check out at the front.

Despite his struggles, Russell managed a valiant effort to defend his third place for half the race, but he eventually surrendered to Motopark's Guan Yu Zhou.

Having cleared the Briton, Ferrari junior Zhou set out after the Prema drivers, but couldn't do anything about Aron, the Estonian finishing three and a half seconds behind Gunther.

Russell continued to lose time after having been passed by Zhou but managed to hang on to fourth over Red Bull protege Sergio Sette Camara, who emerged victorious in a lengthy scrap with Alessio Lorandi.

Mikkel Jensen was a distant seventh behind Lorandi, holding off Lance Stroll, Callum Ilott and Ben Barnicoat.

Race results

Pos.	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Maximilian Gunther	Prema Powerteam
2	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	3.676
3	Guan Yu Zhou	Motopark	4.816
4	George Russell	HitechGP	10.451
5	Sergio Sette Camara	Motopark	11.306
6	Alessio Lorandi	Carlin	15.175
7	Mikkel Jensen	kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport	28.495
8	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	29.292
9	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	30.002
10	Ben Barnicoat	HitechGP	30.642
11	Ryan Tveter	Carlin	31.111
12	Harrison Newey	Van Amersfoort Racing	31.675
13	Anthoine Hubert	Van Amersfoort Racing	34.435
14	Pedro Piquet	Van Amersfoort Racing	35.72
15	Arjun Maini	ThreeBond with T-Sport	59.497
16	Nick Cassidy	Prema Powerteam	1:10.143
Ret	Nikita Mazepin	HitechGP
Ret	Joel Eriksson	Motopark
Ret	Niko Kari	Motopark
Ret	Zhi Cong Li	Carlin