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Pau F3: Barnicoat gets back-to-back wins after Stroll stalls

European Formula 3 rookie Ben Barnicoat scored his second consecutive victory in the series as he controlled a wet first race of the Pau weekend.

Ben Barnicoat, HitechGP Dallara F312 – Mercedes-Benz

Ben Barnicoat, HitechGP Dallara F312 – Mercedes-Benz

Mario Bartkowiak

Nick Cassidy, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312 - Mercedes-Benz
Maximilian Günther, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312 – Mercedes-Benz
Maximilian Günther, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312 – Mercedes-Benz
David Beckmann, kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport, Dallara F312 - Mercedes-Benz
Lance Stroll, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312 - Mercedes-Benz

Promoted to the front row by a host of penalties, Barnicoat stormed into the lead off the line as poleman Lance Stroll bogged down massively.

Points leader Maximilian Gunther moved up to second, but had no answer for Barnicoat's early pace in the rain, the gap between the two growing with each lap until it settled at around six seconds.

And then it was gone in an instant, Carlin's Peter Li Zhi Cong crashing out on lap 8 and bringing out the safety car.

However, instead of challenging Barnicoat at the restart, Gunther fell prey to teammate Nick Cassidy, the Kiwi pulling off an audacious move round the outside before Turn 1.

In the second part of the race, Cassidy would not let Barnicoat escape quite as easily, but the Briton maintained his pace and ended up comfortably ahead by the chequered flag.

Gunther held off George Russell for third place, with Callum Ilott picking up fifth.

It was sixth place for Mucke's Mikkel Jensen, ahead of Ryan Tveter, Red Bull junior Sergio Sette Camara, a recovering Stroll and Alessio Lorandi.

Series newcomer David Beckmann finished the race in 17th.

Race results

Pos. Driver Team Gap
1 Ben Barnicoat HitechGP  
2 Nick Cassidy Prema Powerteam 2.489
3 Maximilian Gunther Prema Powerteam 5.318
4 George Russell HitechGP 7.034
5 Callum Ilott Van Amersfoort Racing 8.156
6 Mikkel Jensen kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport 16.707
7 Ryan Tveter Carlin 17.997
8 Sergio Sette Camara Motopark 22.166
9 Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam 22.956
10 Alessio Lorandi Carlin 26.906
11 Guan Yu Zhou Motopark 30.07
12 Anthoine Hubert Van Amersfoort Racing 30.803
13 Ralf Aron Prema Powerteam 31.856
14 Joel Eriksson Motopark 33.052
15 Harrison Newey Van Amersfoort Racing 35.617
16 Nikita Mazepin HitechGP 36.351
17 David Beckmann kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport 39.666
18 Arjun Maini ThreeBond with T-Sport 1:01.388
19 Niko Kari Motopark 1 Lap
20 Pedro Piquet Van Amersfoort Racing 1 Lap
Ret Zhi Cong Li Carlin  

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