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Marciello completes near-perfect weekend with race three win

by Valentin Khorounzhiy

Photo: FIA F3 Europe

Raffaele Marciello continued a streak of great performances in race three of the opening round of the F3 European Championship at Monza, winning the race from pole ahead of Pascal Wehrlein and Alex Lynn.

The race, just like race two, started off under the safety car as the rain that continued throughout the entire day of racing didn’t show any signs of weakening. Marciello managed to keep his lead when the safety car pitted in and he and Wehrlein started to pull far away from the rest of the pack.

Most of the action in the race took place in the midfield as this was another incident-filled outing. A rash move from Sven Muller ended the race for Mucke’s Roy Nissany on lap five while Dennis van de Laar lost the car due to sustained damage on lap seven. Muller continued to struggle under braking, ramming into the back of Nicholas Latifi and ending his race, while a mistake saw Lucas Wolf travel through the gravel into the wall. Finally, on lap eight Andre Rudersdorf and Mitchell Gilbert ended up stuck in the gravel and, a lap later, the race was red-flagged due to difficult weather conditions, not to be restarted.

As such, Marciello took half-points for a second win of the weekend. In his probably final F3 race ahead of the DTM switch, Wehrlein was second, while Prema’s Alex Lynn scored his maiden podium in third.

Lucas Auer continued his strong form to finish fourth, ahead of Pipo Derani and the very consistent Harry Tincknell. Will Buller finished in seventh, while Eddie Cheever, Jr. made it another race with all drivers in the points for Prema, finishing ahead of Jordan King and Tom Blomqvist.

As such, Marciello leads the championship confidently after round one, with 55.5 points. Wehrlein is in second with 49 but since he’s not in title contention, the Italian’s closest rivals are teammate Auer and Carlin’s Tincknell, both at 24 points.

Race results
Pos. Driver Team Time/Gap
1 Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam 8 laps in 20:05.546
2 Pascal Wehrlein Mucke Motorsport +2.182
3 Alex Lynn Prema Powerteam +8.455
4 Lucas Auer Prema Powerteam +18.823
5 Pipo Derani Fortec +21.508
6 Harry Tincknell Carlin +23.935
7 Will Buller ThreeBond/T-Sport +29.684
8 Eddie Cheever, Jr. Prema Powerteam +32.987
9 Jordan King Carlin +37.723
10 Tom Blomqvist EuroInternational +39.326
11 Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Motorsport +40.935
12 Josh Hill Fortec +42.195
13 Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Racing +42.927
14 Jann Mardenborough Carlin +47.397
15 Sven Muller ma-con +50.322
16 Felix Serralles Fortec +51.624
17 Gary Thompson Romeo Ferraris +55.293
18 Sean Gelael Double R Racing +1:03.648
19 Dmitry Suranovich Fortec +1:08.533
20 Spike Goddard ThreeBond/T-Sport +1:19.308
21 Michela Cerruti Romeo Ferraris +1:21.158
22 Tatiana Calderon Double R Racing +1:29.124
23 Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Motorsport +1 lap
24 Andre Rudersdorf ma-con +1 lap
Not classified
25 Lucas Wolf URD Rennsport 6 laps
26 Nicholas Latifi Carlin 6 laps
27 Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort 6 laps
28 Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Racing 5 laps
29 Roy Nissany Mucke Motorsport 4 laps
DNS Mans Grenhagen Van Amersfoort
Championship standings
Pos. Driver Team Pts.
1 Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam 55.5
2 Pascal Wehrlein Mucke Motorsport 49
3 Lucas Auer Prema Powerteam 24
4 Harry Tincknell Carlin 24
5 Alex Lynn Prema Powerteam 19.5
6 Tom Blomqvist EuroInternational 15.5
7 Will Buller ThreeBond/T-Sport 15.5
8 Felix Serralles Fortec 14
9 Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Motorsport 12
10 Jordan King Carlin 7
11 Pipo Derani Fortec 7
12 Josh Hill Fortec 4
13 Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort 3
14 Eddie Cheever, Jr. Prema Powerteam 2
15 Sven Muller ma-con 1
16 Jann Mardenborough Carlin 0
17 Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Racing 0
18 Sean Gelael Double R Racing 0
19 Spike Goddard ThreeBond/T-Sport 0
20 Andre Rudersdorf ma-con 0
21 Nicholas Latifi Carlin 0
22 Gary Thompson Romeo Ferraris 0
23 Dmitry Suranovich Fortec 0
24 Sandro Zeller Jo Zeller Racing 0
25 Roy Nissany Mucke Motorsport 0
26 Tatiana Calderon Double R Racing 0
27 Lucas Wolf URD Rennsport 0
28 Michela Cerruti Romeo Ferraris 0
29 Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Motorsport 0
30 Mans Grenhagen Van Amersfoort 0