Felix Rosenqvist took his third Formula 3 European Championship win of the year at Spielberg on Saturday morning to reduce Raffaele Marciello’s points lead.
From second on the grid Mucke Motorsport driver Rosenqvist made one of his trademark getaways to outdrag polesitter Daniil Kvyat into the first corner.
While Red Bull junior driver Kvyat was busy fending off a rearguard assault from Lucas Wolf, Rosenqvist made a break at the front and never headed.
The Swede won by 12 seconds with Carlin driver Kvyat, who is not registered for championship points, taking the best result of his short F3 career.
Wolf ran third for the first half of the race, but the URD Rennsport driver was soon under pressure from Carlin’s Jordan King.
King passed Wolf cleanly with eight laps to go and took his maiden podium finish in the series, but when Nicholas Latifi did the same thing to Wolf on the next lap the German ran wide, dropping further spots to Marciello and Sven Muller.
Wolf’s day got even worse when was overtaken by both Tom Blomqvist and Alex Lynn at Turn 1 next time round. He misjudged his braking, spinning Blomqvist around and earning himself a drive-through penalty.
Ferrari protege Marciello finished fourth for Prema Powerteam, having started 13th.
After running with Muller for the majority of the race, he passed the German on lap 16 and quickly dispatched Latifi afterwards. His championship lead was reduced by 10 points to 67.5 over Rosenqvist as a result.
Latifi was an excellent fifth with Ma-con driver Muller behind and Lynn seventh – from 17th on the grid.
Eddie Cheever was eighth with Michael Lewis – now recovered following his huge Brands Hatch accident – taking his first points of the year in ninth and Lucas Auer completing the top 10.
Auer had to fight back after spinning to 22nd on lap three following a wheel-banging incident with Muller exiting Turn 2.
Harry Tincknell was another on the fightback. He spun at Turn 2 on the opening lap, possibly as a result of a nudge from a rival, and in the process blocked his Carlin team-mate Jann Mardenborough. They finished 12th and 13th respectively.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/rosenqvist-closes-points-gap-with-win
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