In the season opener at Silverstone, he didn’t make it onto the top step of the podium, but at Hockenheim, Antonio Giovinazzi (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin) celebrated his first race win of the year.
Having only just missed out on a podium finish by finishing fourth in the first FIA Formula 3 European Championship race of the season, George Russell (Carlin) made it onto the top step of the podium a few hours later.
Conditions were anything but easy for the 35 drivers in the first race of the season of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship at the 5.901 kilometres long Silverstone Grand Prix circuit.