Carlin's Jamie Caroline climbed from eighth on the grid to claim a dominant win in race two of his maiden main-season race weekend at Spa Francorchamps in the BRDC British F3 Championship. Caroline was second at the end of the first lap after passing Ayrton Simmons around the outside of Blanchimont, and then made the move on Tristan Charpentier on lap five, before streaking into the distance.

Charpentier held off a late charge from Hillspeed's Sasakorn Chaimongkol to take second, while Chaimongkol's third place was his second podium of the year. Pole sitter Ayrton Simmons claimed fourth for Chris Dittmann Racing ahead of Double R's Krishnaraaj Mahadik, with Jamie Chadwick sixth for Douglas Motorsport.

Carlin's Sun Yue Yang claimed seventh after re-passing championship leader Linus Lundqvist on the last lap. Lundqvist climbed from 18th and last on the grid to take eighth place and further extend his advantage with main rival Nicolai Kjaergaard finishing 12th and Tom Gamble failing to finish. Hillspeed's Jusuf Owega and Lanan Racing's Kush Maini completed the top-10.

At the start, Simmons made a good start from pole position to lead Charpentier into La Source, while further back, Pavan Ravishankar and Owega came together at La Source, with both delayed but resuming at the tail of the field. Charpentier passed Simmons mid way round lap one, while Caroline made a move for second around the outside of Blanchimont to take second before the end of lap one.

Charpentier led by 1.871s at the end of lap one, but Caroline quickly brought the gap down. The gap was 1.6 seconds the next time around, and just over a second at the end of lap three. By lap four it was just 0.237s, and Caroline took the lead at the first opportunity on the inside at La Source with a late braking manoeuvre. Demonstrating his pace, Caroline led by over a second the next time they came past the pits, and stretched the margin out to over three seconds by the chequered flag.

Charpentier had to settle for second, but that wasn't easy for the Frenchman, who had to contend with Chaimongkol who delivered a fantastic drive from ninth on the grid to claim his second podium. The Thai driver was up to sixth at the end of lap one, fourth on lap two and then passed Simmons on lap four to move into the podium. From there he set about challenging Charpentier, with the pair separated by just a couple of tenths at the end of lap six. The pair lapped as one for the remainder, with Chaimongkol not quite able to make a move stick.

After his early action at the front, Simmons' drive to fourth was controlled, finishing just under a second away from the podium places, and 1.6s clear of Mahadik, who put in a superb drive to climb from 15th on the grid to fifth, and just over four tenths clear of Chadwick.

Sun Yue Yang made up three places on his starting position, and didn't surrender when challenged by Lundqvist on his charge from the back. Lundqvist made a steady start, taking four places on lap one which included the pair that came together at La Source. He was up to 11th by the end of lap four, and then gained three places on lap five to move into eighth. He then closed on Yang, with the pair separated by two tenths at the end of lap six. The Swede passed the Chinese contender for seventh on the penultimate lap, only for Yang to reclaim the position on the last lap. However points gained for the positions gained, and by finishing ahead of his main rivals, Lundqvist has again stretched his title advantage, now enjoying a lead of 85 points at the top of the standings.

Owega recovered well from the first lap drama to secure ninth place with a fighting drive while Maini climbed from 17th after receiving his grid penalty to round out the top-10.

The final BRDC British F3 race of the weekend starts at 4pm local time, with full updates and live timing available on the BRDC British F3 website.

BRDC British F3 Championship, Spa Francorchamps, race two result:

1. Jamie Caroline, Carlin, 9 laps

2. Tristan Charpentier, Fortec Motorsports, +3.085s

3. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +3.586s

4. Ayrton Simmons, Chris Dittmann Racing, +4.575s

5. Krishnaraaj Mahadik, Double R Racing, +6.245s

6. Jamie Chadwick, Douglas Motorsport, +6.638s

7. Sun Yue Yang, Carlin, +7.307s

8. Linus Lundqvist, Double R Racing, +8.504s

9. Jusuf Owega, Hillspeed, +8.529s

10. Kush Maini, Lanan Racing, +9.064s

11. Manuel Maldonado, Fortec Motorsports, +10.545s

12. Nicolai Kjaergaard, Carlin, +12.356s

13. Billy Monger, Carlin, +12.782s

14. Ben Hurst, Hillspeed, +13.502s

15. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +28.187s

16. Arvin Esmaeili, Douglas Motorsport, +29.394s

17. Pavan Ravishankar, Double R Racing, +52.716s

DNF. Tom Gamble, Fortec Motorsports, +5 laps