Norisring Euro F3: Marciello reinstated to win after penalty reprieve
Raffaele Marciello has been reinstated to his win in this morning's Formula 3 European Championship opener at the Norisring as one of seven drivers who had their time penalties rescinded
Team representatives were able to convince officials that the yellow flags were not flying when their drivers improved their sector times, after Tatiana Calderon had pulled off-track with a damaged car.
Marciello's fellow Prema Powerteam runner Alex Lynn has also been reinstated to second place, although he will drop to third if second-on-the-road Felix Rosenqvist's appeal against a fuel issue is rescinded.
Lucas Auer, who followed Lynn home, did not have his penalty reversed as he improved his sector time one lap earlier, while yellow flags were still out.
This means that, for now, Felix Serralles - whose penalty was also rescinded - moves up to third in his Fortec Motorsport machine.
Prema team manager Rene Rosin said: "For a certain amount of time before the safety car came out, there were no yellow flags.
"There was about one minute 10 seconds or something where they were withdrawn. That's when 'Lello' and Alex improved."
Revised Race One results - 39 laps: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Raffaelle Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 35m46.130s 2. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc +1.178s 3. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc +2.077s 4. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc +3.680s 5. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW +7.231s 6. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW +9.124s 7. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc +12.463s 8. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW +17.201s 9. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc +17.616s 10. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc +18.605s 11. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc +21.103s 12 Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc +21.546s 13. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan +22.616s 14. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc +23.491s 15. Nick Cassidy Eurointernational Dallara-Merc +26.239s 16. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW +26.424s 17. Michela Cerruti Ferraris Dallara-Merc +32.301s 18. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan +2 laps Retirements: Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc DQ* Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 34 laps Sven Muller Ma-con Dallara-VW 34 laps Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 34 laps Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 28 laps Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 15 laps Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 12 laps Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 6 laps Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 5 laps Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 1 lap * Racing under appeal, was second on the road
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