Hockenheim European F3: Ferrari's Marciello takes another win
Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello took his fifth Formula 3 European Championship win of the year in Saturday's second race at Hockenheim
The Prema Powerteam driver made a terrific start from pole position and was a second clear by the end of the first lap in his Dallara-Mercedes.
He steadily pulled away to win by 8s and increase his championship lead from 57.5 points to 81.5 ahead of Felix Rosenqvist.
Front-row starter Tom Blomqvist held second place initially in his EuroInternational car, but came under heavy pressure from Marciello's Prema team-mate Lucas Auer during the middle part of the race.
Auer twice unsuccessfully tried to pass the Briton and was then briefly baulked as Blomqvist ran wide onto the kerb while entering the stadium section on lap 10.
Fortec driver Josh Hill, who had been right behind them, made an opportunist move on the outside and brilliantly passed both as they entered the Sachs Kurve to take second.
Hill and Blomqvist completed the podium - the former taking the best result of his rookie F3 campaign - with Auer holding off Felix Serralles in the second Fortec car for fourth.
Dennis van de Laar added to his excellent eighth spot on the grid with sixth, taking Van Amersfoort Racing's best result of the year in the process.
Prema's Alex Lynn and Ma-con's Sven Muller were next up - the latter having ceded sixth to van de Laar earlier on when he sailed off the track at the Spitz Kehre by himself.
Carlin's Jordan King and Mucke driver Rosenqvist completed the top 10.
Jann Mardenborough was eliminated at the Spitz Kehre on the opening lap when Antonio Giovinazzi tried to overtake and ended up being launched over the Carlin driver's car.
Double R driver Giovinazzi retired on the spot as well while Spike Goddard was forced to pit for a new nose and Lucas Wolf was also involved in the incident, which brought out the safety car.
Results - 35 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 35m11.372s
2. Josh Hill Fortec Dallara-Merc + 8.389s
3. Tom Blomqvist EuroInternational Dallara-VW + 10.395s
4. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc + 11.077s
5. Felix Serralles Prema Dallara-Merc + 12.784s
6. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW + 15.687s
7. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc + 16.166s
8. Sven Muller Ma-con Dallara-VW + 19.692s
9. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW + 20.271s
10. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc + 21.213s
11. Will Buller T-Sport Dallara-Nissan + 21.509s
12. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW + 24.486s
13. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW + 25.330s
14. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc + 28.913s
15. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc + 33.079s
16. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc + 33.588s
17. Mans Grenhagen Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW + 36.652s
18. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc + 36.985s
19. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc + 38.079s
20. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW + 38.560s
21. Michael Lewis Prema Dallara-Merc + 40.525s
22. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW + 41.713s
23. Ed Jones Fortec Dallara-Merc + 44.831s
24. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan + 48.758s
25. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc + 49.838s
26. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc + 52.910s
27. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc + 1m12.424s
Retirements:
Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 0 laps
Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 0 laps
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