Australia

Bortoleto took pole at Albert Park, F3's first visit to Melbourne. The Sprint, started from the reversed grid by Montoya, was incident-packed and required multiple safety cars, eventually finishing under caution. Colapinto crossed the line first on the road, but afterwards all three MP Motorsport cars—Colapinto, Boya and Edgar—were disqualified for a bodywork technical infringement. That handed the win to O'Sullivan, who had passed Montoya late on, with Montoya second and Aron third. The fastest-lap point was reassigned to Mansell. In the Feature, Bortoleto controlled it from pole to make it two from two, holding off Saucy, who sat within DRS range to the flag, with Minì third heading a battling train. The race was strewn with crashes and brought two safety cars: Colapinto picked up a puncture in contact with Browning and crashed, while Cohen and Villagómez tangled at Turn 3. Boya was launched over Tsolov's wheel into the gravel. Browning was penalised for the Colapinto clash and Beganovic for last-lap contact with Collet. Bortoleto's perfect Feature record stretched his championship lead, helped by Goethe failing to score.