Spain

Barcelona produced a razor-thin qualifying, Mansell taking pole with Lindblad and Tsolov covered by four hundredths. The reverse-grid Sprint was won by Boya for Campos in front of his home crowd: running second, he inherited the lead when Meguetounif collided with leader Ramos while trying to pass, bringing out the safety car. Dunne took second and Goethe third, locking out the podium behind Boya. A later clash between Montoya and Minì meant the race finished under the safety car. In the Feature, run as F3's 100th race of the modern era, Mansell led away but Lindblad took the lead with a decisive outside move at Turn 1 on lap five, the same lap Browning passed Tsolov for third. Lindblad then pulled clear to win, with light rain arriving mid-race but never heavy enough for anyone to switch to wets. The podium battle ran to the final lap: Fornaroli caught and cleanly passed Browning for third, and Goethe followed him through. Mansell held second behind Lindblad. The result handed Fornaroli the championship lead on 84 points, five clear of Browning, with Minì failing to score and slipping to third.