Lindblad Dominates Barcelona Sprint from Pole to Flag

Starting from pole, Lindblad delivered a flawless performance in Barcelona’s Sprint Race, resisting Montoya and Verschoor to seal a commanding win.

After convincingly securing pole on Friday, Lindblad maintains the advantage at the start over his closest pursuer, Sebastian Montoya. Behind them, Verschoor claims third place.

Things go less smoothly for Fornaroli, who receives a 10-second penalty for a starting procedure infringement.

Lindblad Holds Off Pressure

As the laps go by, Lindblad manages to pull a small gap on Montoya, while the first drivers make their mandatory pit stops to switch to hard tyres.

Lindblad waits a few laps before doing the same and rejoins ahead of Montoya and Verschoor, who had pitted earlier.

In the midfield, Dürksen and Browning go side-by-side into the first corner, and Dürksen goes off track to avoid contact; he is later handed two five-second penalties, one for the incident and one for gaining an advantage off-track.

Lindblad catches up to drivers who haven’t yet made their mandatory stops, allowing Montoya and Verschoor to close in. The Brit loses significant time behind Mini, Montoya’s teammate.

Meanwhile, Browning and Miyata make contact, sending Browning into the gravel. He later pits for a new front wing and is handed a 10-second penalty for the collision with the Japanese driver.

On lap 23, Crawford relinquishes the lead to Lindblad as he pits for soft tyres for the final stint. The Campos driver then manages to rebuild a gap to Montoya, who is coming under pressure from Verschoor.

Lindblad Wins Under Safety

Yellow flags briefly appear at turns 1 and 2 when Villagomez retires at the side of the track, but his car is quickly cleared.

With fresh soft tyres, Crawford and Dunne begin to charge through the field: Crawford overtakes Marti for fourth place, while Dunne gets past Maini for seventh.

Dunne aims even higher, overtaking Beganovic and Marti to move into fifth. At the same time, Crawford reenters DRS range of Verschoor.

However, their progress is halted by the safety car, which is deployed near the end of the race when Fornaroli’s car stops at turn 3 and cannot be cleared before the checkered flag.

The race ends under safety car conditions, with Lindblad taking victory ahead of Montoya and Verschoor.

Crawford finishes fourth, ahead of Dunne and Marti. Maini, Martins, and Miyata follow, while Mini takes the final point in tenth.

In the championship standings, Dunne retakes the lead, three points ahead of Verschoor and eight ahead of Lindblad.

Lindblad Fends Off Montoya for Tight Barcelona Win

Pos	Driver	Team	Time
1	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	58m49.191s
2	Sebastian Montoya	Prema	+0.301s
3	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.602s
4	Jak Crawford	DAMS	+0.927s
5	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	+1.155s
6	Pepe Marti	Campos Racing	+1.573s
7	Kush Maini	DAMS	+2.344s
8	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+2.605s
9	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	+2.884s
10	Gabriele Mini	Prema	+2.988s
11	Roman Stanek	Invicta Racing	+3.629s
12	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	+5.136s
13	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	+5.470s
14	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+11.754s
15	Max Esterson	Trident	+11.969s
16	Dino Beganovic	Hitech GP	+13.828s
17	Joshua Duerksen	AIX Racing	+14.762s
18	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	+15.212s
19	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	+17.618s
20	Luke Browning	Hitech GP	+48.779s
Ret	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing
Ret	Rafael Villagomez	Van Amersfoort Racing

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Dunne	87
2	Verschoor	84
3	Lindblad	79
4	Crawford	73
5	Browning	73
6	Fornaroli	66
7	Marti	49
8	Martins	41
9	Montoya	36
10	Beganovic	29

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