The governing body initially said no points would be given out after the incident-strewn race on a damp track saw the safety car run for much of its 12 laps and finished under caution.
Caio Collet took victory for Van Amersfoort Racing, with Taylor Barnard second for Jenzer Motorsport in his maiden series podium and Prema driver Paul Aron in third.
The series said in a press release after the race: “As the minimum of two racing laps were not completed without the intervention of the Safety Car, no points are awarded for the race as per the Sporting Regulations.”
But the governing body backtracked several hours later, deciding to award full points.
It said the two-lap rule didn’t apply because the race ran to full distance, having been shortened from 15 to 12 laps on Thursday in a pre-event race director’s note due to concerns over tyre safety.
A full final race classification will be issued in due course.
The U-turn has an impact on the championship fight, with Aron boosted to joint second with Campos driver Pepe Marti on 102 points.
Standings leader Gabriel Bortoleto, who failed to finish Saturday’s race after contact with Dino Beganovic (Prema) holds the lead on 144 points.
Marti also failed to finish after coming together with Gabriele Mini (Hitech) in the fight for 10th at Pouhon, the Alpine Academy member tagging the Spaniard and sending him into a spin, with Mini’s race ended.
Marti then attempted to rejoin but crashed into the side of Rodin Carlin driver Ido Cohen, ending both of their races in an incident which was investigated by the stewards - with no further action taken on Marti.
Source: Autosport