Barcelona GP3: Marvin Kirchhofer wins race two for ART Grand Prix
Marvin Kirchhofer claimed his first GP3 victory of the season in the reversed-grid sprint race at Barcelona
The ART Grand Prix driver started fourth on the grid after finishing fifth in Saturday's race, moving up to second at the start.
He then passed pole-position starter Antonio Fuoco's Carlin car when the Ferrari Driver Academy prospect ran wide at the exit of Turn 3.
Kirchhofer quickly established a comfortable lead at the front, with Fuoco falling into the clutches of Koiranen GP's Jimmy Eriksson.
Eriksson attacked Fuoco around the outside into the first corner, and the pair battled all the way to the long right-handed Turn 3 before the Swede made the move stick.
Kirchhofer controlled the gap at the front, eventually crossing the line 6.7 seconds clear of Eriksson, who appeared to be struggling for grip at the end of the race.
That meant he almost fell into the clutches of third-place finisher Jann Mardenborough on the last lap.
Carlin driver Mardenborough started fifth and ran sixth early on before dispatching Arden's Kevin Ceccon for fifth into Turn 1 and setting about closing on Emil Bernstorff.
With Fuoco also struggling for grip, the pair caught him by the last lap, and Bernstorff attacked around the outside of Fuoco into Turn 1.
The pair battled through to Turn 3, but the canny Mardenborough kept a watching brief and held a tight line through the long right-hander that allowed him to jump from fifth to third in one move.
Fuoco held onto fourth thanks to Bernstorff running wide and dropping to fifth, with Ceccon taking sixth.
Race one-winner Esteban Ocon ran seventh throughout to bank two points, with Trident's Luca Ghiotto eighth.
RESULTS - 17 LAPS:
Pos | Driver | Team | Gap |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marvin Kirchhofer | ART Grand Prix | 28m35.765s |
2 | Jimmy Eriksson | Koiranen GP | 6.724s |
3 | Jann Mardenborough | Carlin | 7.116s |
4 | Antonio Fuoco | Carlin | 9.654s |
5 | Emil Bernstorff | Arden International | 10.417s |
6 | Kevin Ceccon | Arden International | 11.436s |
7 | Esteban Ocon | ART Grand Prix | 11.613s |
8 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 15.860s |
9 | Matt Parry | Koiranen GP | 17.190s |
10 | Alfonso Celis | ART Grand Prix | 19.160s |
11 | Oscar Tunjo | Trident | 24.640s |
12 | Artur Janosz | Trident | 28.589s |
13 | Matheo Tuscher | Jenzer Motorsport | 36.330s |
14 | Ralph Boschung | Jenzer Motorsport | 36.780s |
15 | Zaid Ashkanani | Campos Racing | 37.061s |
16 | Alex Fontana | Status Grand Prix | 37.821s |
17 | Sandy Stuvik | Status Grand Prix | 38.377s |
18 | Pal Varhaug | Jenzer Motorsport | 38.796s |
19 | Samin Gomez | Campos Racing | 39.098s |
20 | Alex Palou | Campos Racing | 39.631s |
21 | Adderly Fong | Koiranen GP | 41.348s |
22 | Mitch Gilbert | Carlin | 46.872s |
23 | Alex Bosak | Arden International | 48.233s |
24 | Seb Morris | Status Grand Prix | 48.564s |
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
Pos | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Esteban Ocon | 29 |
2 | Marvin Kirchhofer | 27 |
3 | Luca Ghiotto | 23 |
4 | Jann Mardenborough | 22 |
5 | Emil Bernstorff | 21 |
6 | Jimmy Eriksson | 20 |
7 | Antonio Fuoco | 12 |
8 | Kevin Ceccon | 10 |
9 | Alex Fontana | 2 |
10 | Alfonso Celis | 1 |
11 | Matt Parry | 0 |
12 | Zaid Ashkanani | 0 |
13 | Oscar Tunjo | 0 |
14 | Artur Janosz | 0 |
15 | Alex Palou | 0 |
16 | Matheo Tuscher | 0 |
17 | Ralph Boschung | 0 |
18 | Sandy Stuvik | 0 |
19 | Adderly Fong | 0 |
20 | Pal Varhaug | 0 |
21 | Samin Gomez | 0 |
21 | Alex Bosak | 0 |
23 | Mitch Gilbert | 0 |
24 | Seb Morris | 0 |
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