Noah Strømsted claimed the F3 Feature Race victory after hard fought race in the 2026 Austrian GP Spielberg Round, full results below.
At the start, Ugo Ugochukwu made a strong getaway to snatch the lead from Hiyu Yamakoshi. Further back, Saturday’s Sprint Race winner Ernesto Rivera spun out, while Yevan David and Maciej Gładysz collided at Turn 1 after running slightly off track. The incident eliminated both drivers and prompted the deployment of the Safety Car to recover their cars.
Racing resumed on Lap 4, with Ugochukwu quickly pulling clear of Yamakoshi. Behind them, Freddie Slater capitalised on the restart, overtaking both Noah Strømsted and Yamakoshi to move into second place.
A Virtual Safety Car was deployed on Lap 5 after Woohyun Shin and Fernando Barrichello collided, forcing both drivers to retire from the race.
The race resumed on Lap 7, and although Slater initially lost ground to Ugochukwu, he quickly closed the gap before using DRS to overtake the American for the lead on Lap 9.
Two laps later, Yamakoshi passed Ugochukwu to claim second place. However, Campos Racing driver responded on Lap 19, reclaiming P2 after a hard-fought battle.
As the closing stages approached, the TRIDENT duo came alive. Ugochukwu was unable to hold off his rivals, with Slater and Strømsted both finding a way past. Armed with DRS, Strømsted then overtook his teammate for the lead on Lap 24.
Ugochukwu and Slater battled for P2, but the American was able to get past.
Strømsted went on to take the chequered flag, leading home Ugochukwu and Slater to complete the podium.
Full F3 Feature Race report from 2026 Spielberg Round
2026 F3 Austrian GP | Feature Race Provisional results
- Noah Strømsted
- Ugo Ugochukwu
- Freddie Slater
- Pedro Clerot
- Jin Nakamura
- Taito Kato
- Tuukka Taponen
- Hiyu Yamakoshi
- Nicola Lacorte
- Kanato Le
- James Wharton
- Enzo Deligny
- Louis Sharp
- Matteo De Palo
- Théophile Naël
- Christian Ho
- Bruno del Pino
- Ernesto Rivera
- Salim Hanna
- Mattia Colnaghi*
- Brando Badoer
- Alessandro Giusti*
- José Garfias
- Fionn McLaughlin*
- Gerrard Xie
- Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi*
DNF Woohyun Shin
DNF Fernando Barrichello
DNF Maciej Gładysz
DNF Yevan David
Penalties
- Bhirombhakdi – 5 second time penalty for a false start
- McLaughlin – 5 second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage
- Colnaghi – 5 second time penalty for a VSC infringment
- Giusti – 10 second time penalty for a starting procedure infringement
