Grosjean dominates race 1 at Pau
Romain Grosjean took a dominant victory in the first British F3 International Series race at Pau
F3 Euroseries regular Grosjean took the lead at the start from pole and wasn't headed throughout.
However, second-placed Mike Conway, who couldn't live with Grosjean in the 24-lap encounter, takes a full quota of 20 points for victory because the Signature driver is only guesting this weekend and is not a championship regular.
Conway has taken a chunk out of Bruno Senna's championship lead, after the Brazilian picked up a puncture on the opening lap and had to pit. Thanks to a safety car period he was able to catch up to the tail of the field, but could only work his way back up to 11th.
Signature's Guillaume Moreau inherited third after Carlin Motorsport drivers Christian Bakkerud and Maro Engel each had incidents in the closing stages while holding onto the final podium position. Bakkerud reported a steering breakage and Engel lost ground following contact with Moreau.
Oliver Jarvis finished fourth ahead of Charlie Kimball and Engel.
The second British F3 race takes place round the street circuit tomorrow.
CLASSIFIED: Pos Driver Car Time 1. Romain Grosjean Dallara F305 Mercedes 30:33.016 2. Mike Conway Dallara F306 Mercedes HWA + 4.404 3. Guillaume Moreau Dallara F305 Mercedes + 13.203 4. Oliver Jarvis Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda + 16.892 5. Charlie Kimball Dallara F306 Mercedes + 17.274 6. Maro Engel Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda + 24.747 7. Yelmer Buurman Dallara F306 Mercedes HWA + 28.835 8. James Jakes Dallara F306 Mercedes HWA + 29.913 9. James Walker Dallara F306 Mercedes HWA + 30.291 10. Jonathan Kennard Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda + 33.152 11. Bruno Senna Dallara F306 Mercedes HWA + 33.557 12. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 36.021 13. Alberto Valerio Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda + 38.205 14. Juho Annala Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 42.496 15. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda +1:09.541 16. Keiko Ihara Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda +1:22.280 17. Cristiano Morgado Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen + 1 lap NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS: Driver Car On Lap Christian Bakkerud Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda 13 Salvador Duran Dallara F306 Mercedes HWA 10 Karl Reindler Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda 6 Stephen Jelley Dallara F306 Mercedes HWA 6 Alexander Khateeb Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 3 Dennis Retera Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda 1 Fastest Lap: Romain Grosjean, 1:13.168 on lap 12
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