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Two maiden winners and a title fight turned upside down: Spa gave Formula 3 its most consequential weekend of the season. In Saturday's Sprint, Jin Nakamura converted fourth on the reverse grid into Hitech TGR's first win of 2026 — and his own first in the championship. He cleared Mattia Colnaghi and Pedro Clerot in the opening corners, then nailed the Safety Car restart at half distance to take the lead from Brando Badoer, becoming the first Japanese winner in the series since Ayumu Iwasa in 2021. Behind him the championship exploded: leaders Ugo Ugochukwu and Freddie Slater made contact at Turn 6 and ended up in the gravel, ending Slater's race and sending Ugochukwu to the pits with suspension damage. Rodin Motorsport filled the podium with Badoer and Clerot, while Colnaghi took fourth ahead of Taito Kato. On Sunday, Red Bull junior Ernesto Rivera was patient from fourth on the grid before a clinical second half: he dispatched Tuukka Taponen, then Hiyu Yamakoshi, and finally Slater for the lead, pulling clear of DRS range for a maiden Feature win for Campos Racing. Yamakoshi took second for Van Amersfoort Racing and Slater recovered to third — enough to cut Ugochukwu's championship lead to a single point after the American could only manage 22nd on the road. Colnaghi's fourth was his best result of the season.