Wharton outduels Slater to take F3 Barcelona sprint race win

James Wharton took a stunning win at the Barcelona Sprint Race, and let me tell you, the Australian had to earn every bit of it. Starting from P2, he initially slipped to third off the line, but he showed real grit to carve his way back past Freddie Slater and polesitter Gerrard Xie. Even with two Safety Car restarts to contend with, he never cracked under the pressure.

Behind the PREMA Racing driver, the fight was just as intense. TRIDENT’s Freddie Slater held on to secure second, while DAMS Lucas Oil’s Gerrard Xie crossed the line in third. It was a beautiful display of control from the front, even as the field shuffled behind him with Tuukka Taponen taking fourth for MP Motorsport and PREMA’s Louis Sharp putting in a wild drive to climb from P16 to finish ninth.