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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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