Canadian Stroll extends Formula 3 lead with win at Norisring

Canadian teenager Lance Stroll is set to be the youngest driver in Formula One next season. (Ryan Remiorz/CP)

NUREMBERG, Germany – Canadian Lance Stroll won his fifth FIA Formula 3 European Championship race of the season Sunday at the Norisring street circuit.

Stroll held off rookie driver Anthoine Hubert to win the turbulent race.

The Montreal native increased his lead in the overall drivers’ standings to 86 points over Maximilian Gunther, who finished fifth on Sunday.

The race was beset by problems. The starting lights didn’t work, and the safety car was deployed twice because of crashes.

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