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== Race ==
The race began at 15:00 local time with a mixed choice of tyres on the grid, due to regulations that had been brought in at the start of the season to make qualifying more exciting by requiring teams to start the race on the same tyres on which they had set their fastest lap during the second qualifying session, encouraging leading teams to qualify on slower tyres. This meant that [[Alksearia|Alkari]] driver Alphonse Dubost, who had qualified 6th on the fast soft-compound tyres, was able to take the lead after five laps from Marlan Kalming on the medium tyres, and increased his lead until he had to pit on lap twelve when his less durable soft-compound tyres suffered a puncture.
On lap 30, the two Novia drivers, Matthieu Soyer and Kasran is'Vaara, were fighting Dubost for third place. As they both went three-wide down the back straight with the help of [[w:Drag Reduction System|DRS]], Dubost was squeezed between the two Novias, and made contact with the right rear of is'Vaara, sending him spinning into his teammate and forcing them both to pit to replace their damaged front wing. Since the incident took place just before the pit entry, the team had little time to prepare for the emergency stop, and Novia recorded the two slowest pit-stops of the season: 16.1 seconds for is'Vaara, and 23.5 seconds for Soyer, who had to wait an additional seven seconds for is'Vaara's pit stop to finish. Alphonse Dubost was given a five-second penalty for causing the collision.
On lap 40, Leo Arntsen stopped his Metropol on the track following an engine failure, prompting a virtual safety car. The awkward positioning of the car meant it had to be lifted out by crane. After four laps, the Metropol was finally cleared and the virtual safety car ended. After thirty seconds, it was brought out again as Žydre Glemzaite's Eclipse had also stopped on track, due to a gearbox failure. Over the radio, Glemzaite commented: "I've driven [[Gyllir Motor Corporation|Gyllir]] [road car]s that were faster than this shitbox!"
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