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Formula European Masters Silverstone
Rosenqvist dominates damp Silverstone opener
Felix Rosenqvist took a lights-to-flag victory in the first European Formula 3 race of the season at Silverstone, surviving two caution periods to hold off Antonio Giovinazzi for the win.
Jamie Klein
Edited: Apr 11, 2015, 11:17 AM
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The field began under the Safety Car in damp conditions at the Northamptonshire track, and poleman Rosenqvist comfortably led the ensuing rolling start from fellow front row starter Giovinazzi and Jake Dennis as chaos broke out behind.
An ill-judged passing attempt at Club on the opening tour by Charles Leclerc on George Russell saw the pair make contact - an incident in which Brandon Maisano and Kang Ling also were caught up, resulting in the Safety Car being deployed.
Consequently promoted to fourth was Lotus junior Alex Albon, who clambered all over the back of Dennis at the restart as Rosenqvist and Giovinazzi escaped together at the head of the field.
Dennis however remained steadfast in his defence until the Safety Car re-emerged in response to Alessio Lorandi parking his car in the gravel at Luffield, the caution periods meaning that the race would time out with three of the scheduled 18 laps remaining.
Rosenqvist was able to hold off Giovinazzi in the closing stages after the second restart to take victory by nine tenths of a second, while Dennis finished 2.6s adrift in third ahead of Albon.
Reigning German F3 champion Markus Pommer came home fifth, having jumped ahead of Ferrari-backed youngster Lance Stroll at the start, with Gustavo Menezes taking seventh ahead of a recovering Russell.
Maximilian Gunther and Red Bull’s Callum Ilott rounded out the top 10, ahead of Pietro Fittipaldi and Leclerc, who has been promoted to pole position for the two remaining races after Rosenqvist’s qualifying times were deleted yesterday evening as a result of a bodywork infringement.
Pos Driver Car / Engine Time/Gap 1 Felix Rosenqvist Dallara/Mercedes 36:44.906 2 A.Giovinazzi Dallara/Volkswagen 0.938 3 Jake Dennis Dallara/Mercedes 2.681 4 Alexander Albon Dallara/Volkswagen 4.767 5 Markus Pommer Dallara/Volkswagen 5.229 6 Lance Stroll Dallara/Mercedes 6.175 7 Gustavo Menezes Dallara/Volkswagen 6.934 8 George Russell Dallara/Volkswagen 7.470 9 M.Günther Dallara/Mercedes 7.897 10 Callum Ilott Dallara/Volkswagen 8.531 11 P.Fittipaldi Dallara/Mercedes 9.886 12 Charles Leclerc Dallara/Volkswagen 10.282 13 Mikkel Jensen Dallara/Mercedes 12.464 14 Nicolas Beer Dallara/Mercedes 13.147 15 Nabil Jeffri Dallara/Volkswagen 14.060 16 Fabian Schiller Dallara/Mercedes 14.915 17 S.S.Camara Dallara/Volkswagen 15.486 18 Santino Ferrucci Dallara/Mercedes 15.884 19 Raoul Hyman Dallara/Mercedes 17.549 20 Tatiana Calderon Dallara/Volkswagen 17.939 21 D.Boccolacci Dallara/Volkswagen 18.687 22 Sam MacLeod Dallara/Volkswagen 19.510 23 Martin Cao Dallara/Mercedes 20.021 24 Michele Beretta Dallara/Mercedes 20.304 25 Matthew Solomon Dallara/Mercedes 22.949 26 M.Raghunathan Dallara/Volkswagen 28.887 27 Nicolas Pohler Dallara/Mercedes 30.780 28 Julio Moreno Dallara/NBE 33.168 Retirements - Kang Ling Dallara/Mercedes - Zhi Cong Li Dallara/Mercedes - Alessio Lorandi Dallara/Volkswagen - Arjun Maini Dallara/Volkswagen - Ryan Tveter Dallara/Volkswagen - Brandon Maïsano Dallara/Mercedes - Matt Rao Dallara/Mercedes
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