Tuukka Taponen, who made his F3 debut, had to stop the Belgian race due to a crash.
Made his Formula 3 debut at the weekend in Belgium Tuukka Taponen was disappointed in Sunday’s race when a crash forced him to retire.
Taponen suffered as a bystander while other cars dodged Martinius Stenshornea. One of the dodged cars crashed into Taponen’s car, and he had no choice but to stop.
Taponen drove Spa in the race Nikola Tsolov in place of. Tsolov was banned for one race.
Taponen finished in 18th place in Saturday’s sprint race, but moved up four places due to the time penalties of other drivers.
Taponen usually drives in the Formula Regional European Championship series.