Schlegelmilch wins Nurburgring race 2
Latvia's Harald Schlegelmilch won his and HS Technik team's first-ever victory in the Formula Three Euroseries at the Nurburgring on Sunday
Schlegelmilch led from pole and held off race-long pressure from championship leader Romain Grosjean (ASM).
Grosjean actually got his nose briefly ahead at the final corner with eight laps to go, but Schlegelmilch held on around the outside, and although they crossed the start/finish line side-by-side, Schlegelmilch held on at Turn 1.<.p>
From then, Schlegelmilch kept Grosjean at bay to win by three-tenths of a second. Sebastien Buemi (Mucke) finished third, meaning Grosjean now leads the series by six points.
Yesterday's winner Nico Hulkenberg (ASM) was a surprisingly subdued fourth, although he did make a couple of attempts to pass Buemi while Schlegelmilch was battling with Grosjean, to no avail.
Dani Clos (Signature) was a distant fifth, ahead of Yelmer Buurman, who had a great dice with Manor Motorsport teammate James Jakes and Renger van der Zande (Prema).
Classified: Pos Driver Make Time 1. H.Schlegelmilch Dallara/Mercedes 40:01.354 2. Romain Grosjean Dallara/Mercedes + 0.352 3. Sebastien Buemi Dallara/Mercedes + 1.110 4. N.Hulkenberg Dallara/Mercedes + 1.724 5. Daniel Clos Dallara/Mercedes + 5.808 6. Yelmer Buurman Dallara/Mercedes + 7.168 7. James Jakes Dallara/Mercedes + 7.687 8. R.van der Zande Dallara/Mercedes + 7.970 9. Maximilian Gotz Dallara/Volkswagen + 8.939 10. Jean-Karl Vernay Dallara/Mercedes + 12.693 11. Edoardo Mortara Dallara/Mercedes + 15.101 12. Sergei Afanasiev Dallara/Mercedes + 15.821 13. Tim Sandtler Dallara/Mercedes + 16.334 14. Marco Holzer Dallara/Volkswagen + 25.443 15. J.Summerton Dallara/Volkswagen + 28.950 16. Euan Hankey Dallara/Mercedes + 32.633 17. Basil Shaaban Dallara/Mercedes + 44.280 18. Filip Salaquarda Dallara/Mercedes +1:01.621 19. Cyndie Allemann Dallara/Mercedes + 1 Lap 20. Franck Mailleux Dallara/Mercedes + 1 Lap 21. Yann Clairay Dallara/Mercedes + 1 Lap 22. Michael Patrizi Dallara/Mercedes + 2 Laps Not classified: Driver Make Laps Tom Dillmann Dallara/Mercedes 20 Edoardo Piscopo Dallara/Mercedes 0 Kamui Kobayashi Dallara/Mercedes 0 Fastest lap: Clairay, 1:24.439 on lap 27
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