Mercedes teen Andrea Kimi Antonelli followed up his Formula 2 sprint success at Silverstone along with his first win within the major race in Hungary, which was interrupted by two safety automobile interventions.
Antonelli, who began seventh as the very best placed driver on the hard tyres, moved as much as fifth after the primary changes but moved into the lead when the protection automobile got here out for the primary time on lap seven when polesitter Paul Aron (Hitech) collided with title rival Zane Maloney (Rodin).
Despite gaining a six-second advantage, Antonelli needed one other break to regain his hopes of victory, a prayer that was answered on lap 22 when Amaury Cordeel (Hitech) had a serious crash at Turn 4.
After stopping for soft tyres and returning to the track in fifth place, the Prema driver made immediate progress, passing Dennis Hauger (MP Motorsport) and Enzo Fittipaldi (Van Amersfoort Racing) inside a lap and taking the lead just two laps later.
Starting from pole position, Aron went into the race as favourite to assert his first win of the season and shut the gap on Isaac Hadjar (Campos), who was expected to start out from third.
Anticipation grew because the cars lined up for the beginning and Campos was strangely unable to get Hadjar out of the pits before the red light closed the exit, meaning he had to start out from the pits.
However, after a moment of hope for Aron, the Estonian's day quickly went downhill as a poor start dropped him to seventh place exiting the primary corner.
Things got even worse on lap seven when he misjudged the pace of the hard-shoe Maloney at Turn Two and collided with the rear of Rodin, sending each cars right into a spin.
Hadjar, meanwhile, was making progress and took advantage of an inexpensive stop under the protection automobile to alter to hard tyres. But that was undone by a second intervention that saw him swamped by those that had taken an equally low-cost stop for soft tyres towards the tip, meaning he finished the race in 18th place.
Having given Hadjar an early advantage ahead of the upcoming Spa weekend, Aron later picked up two five-place grid penalties for the Belgian sprint race – one for pushing Oliver Bearman (Prema) off the track and one other for causing a collision with Maloney.
Victor Martins (ART) was second after an exhilarating start from fifth and took the lead at the primary corner, while Richard Verschoor (Trident) was third as he followed the identical strategy as Antonelli and overtook Gabriel Bortoleto (Invicta) for the ultimate podium spot on the ultimate lap.
As a results of the issues for the leaders of the table, Antonelli has moved from ninth to sixth within the Drivers' Championship and is now 55 points behind the leader.
Hadjar stays at the highest of the standings, with an 18-point lead over Aron unchanged. Bortoleto overtakes Maloney and climbs to 3rd, 30 points behind.
Hungaroring – Feature Race
