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Nurburgring F3: Hughes holds off Norris for maiden victory

Jake Hughes claimed his first European Formula 3 victory with a lights-to-flag drive in the second race at the Nurburgring.

Jake Hughes, Hitech Grand Prix, Dallara F317 - Mercedes-Benz

Jake Hughes, Hitech Grand Prix, Dallara F317 - Mercedes-Benz

Alexander Trienitz

After a wet Saturday, the final day of action kicked off on a dry track, with pole-sitter Hughes leading fellow front-row starter Callum Ilott into Turn 1 at the start.

The latter was quickly overtaken by Norris but, by the time the championship leader took second, Hughes already had a comfortable lead.

The Hitech driver held a three-second gap for the majority of the race, but Norris launched a late charge and was within a second of his compatriot over the last three laps.

Yet Hughes did not crack under pressure and crossed the line in first as Norris extended his championship lead by 18 points in second.

Ilott was unable to keep up with the aforementioned duo but still completed an all-British podium in third, closely followed by Tadasuke Makino, who secured his best finish in the championship.

Ralf Aron and Ferdinand Habsburg were a close fifth and sixth, while Joey Mawson was a further 10 seconds behind in seventh.

Mawson's teammate Harrison Newey held off Joel Eriksson for eighth, as Jehan Daruvala completed the top 10.

Maximilian Gunther was unable to recover sufficiently from 15th on the grid, and only finished 12th, allowing Norris to build a 54-point lead.

The only retirement of the race was Marino Sato, who collided with Motopark teammate Keyvan Andres at the NGK chicane early in the race.

Race results:

Pos.Driver Team Time/Gap
 Jake Hughes Hitech GP 35'37.113
 Lando Norris Carlin 0.539
 Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam 12.767
 Tadasuke Makino Hitech GP 13.814
 Ralf Aron Hitech GP 15.205
 Ferdinand Habsburg Carlin 16.196
 Joey Mawson Van Amersfoort Racing 26.790
 Harrison Newey Van Amersfoort Racing 33.639
 Joel Eriksson Motopark 36.104
10   Jehan Daruvala Carlin 37.452
11   Maximilian Gunther Prema Powerteam 40.309
12   Sacha Fenestraz Carlin 41.728
13   Guan Yu Zhou Prema Powerteam 44.965
14   Mick Schumacher Prema Powerteam 45.722
15   David Beckmann Motopark 47.342
16   Nikita Mazepin Hitech GP 47.919
17   Pedro Piquet Van Amersfoort Racing 48.108
18   Max Defourny Van Amersfoort Racing 49.647
19   Keyvan Andres Motopark 54.836
20   Petru Florescu Motopark 59.408
21   Ameya Vaidyanathan Carlin 59.874
Ret   Marino Sato Motopark -

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