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RP Motorsport’s Santiago Urrutia won the first race of F3 Open at Portimao, heading a 1-2-3 for the team with championship leader Sandy Stuvik and poleman Alex Toril.
The RP trio and the fourth-placed Ed Jones built up a significant gap to the rest of the grid, headed by Yarin Stern and Alexey Chuklin. Mario Marasca was seventh ahead of Alexandre Cougnaud and Copa winner Richard Gonda, with Hector Hurst rounding out the top ten.
Main class contenders Roberto La Rocca and Nelson Mason were both prematurely out of the race.
Race results
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Team | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Santiago Urrutia | F312 | RP Motorsport | 16 laps in 27:36.270 |
| 2 | Sandy Stuvik | F312 | RP Motorsport | 0.603 |
| 3 | Alexander Toril | F312 | RP Motorsport | 1.279 |
| 4 | Ed Jones | F312 | Team West-Tec | 3.304 |
| 5 | Yarin Stern | F312 | EmillioDeVillota | 10.268 |
| 6 | Alexey Chuklin | F312 | EmillioDeVillota | 11.150 |
| 7 | Mario Marasca | F312 | BVM | 15.659 |
| 8 | Alexandre Cougnaud | F312 | RP Motorsport | 20.512 |
| 9 | Richard Gonda | F308 | Drivex School | 21.113 |
| 10 | Hector Hurst | F312 | EmillioDeVillota | 29.555 |
| 11 | Vicky Piria | F312 | BVM | 30.986 |
| 12 | Cameron Twynham | F308 | Team West-Tec | 31.663 |
| 13 | Mattia Vita | F312 | Top F3 | 33.556 |
| 14 | Igor Urien | F308 | EmillioDeVillota | 35.799 |
| 15 | Liam Venter | F308 | Team West-Tec | 38.239 |
| 16 | Andres Saravia | F308 | EmillioDeVillota | 38.875 |
| 17 | Lorenzo Paggi | F308 | Corbetta Compeitizoni | 39.055 |
| 18 | Denis Nagulin | F312 | Campos Racing | 42.579 |
| 19 | Artur Janosz | F312 | Campos Racing | 42.895 |
| 20 | Valeria Carballo | F312 | Campos Racing | 44.532 |
| 21 | Luca Orlandi | F312 | Team West-Tec | 45.051 |
| 22 | Gerardo Nieto | F308 | DAV Racing | 46.164 |
| 23 | Damiano Fioravanti | F308 | Corbetta Compeitizoni | 48.432 |
| 24 | Huan Zhu | F308 | Team West-Tec | 49.381 |
| 25 | Che One Lim | F308 | EmillioDeVillota | 49.942 |
| 26 | Saud Al-Faisal | F308 | RP Motorsport | 1:21.409 |
| 27 | Tommaso Menchini | F308 | Corbetta Compeitizoni | 2:11.944 |
| 28 | Nicolas Pohler | F308 | DAV Racing | +4 laps |
| Not classified | ||||
| Roberto La Rocca | F312 | Team West-Tec | +5 laps | |
| Sean Walkinshaw | Team West-Tec | +14 laps | ||
| Nelson Mason | F312 | Team West-Tec | +15 laps | |