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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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