Alguersuari grabs first win in race two
| By Steven English |
Monday, March 24th 2008, 17:43 GMT |
 Jaime Alguersuari converted the second of his pole positions into a first British F3 victory at Oulton Park today.
The Carlin Motorsport driver retired from the day's earlier race after being hit by teammate Brendon Hartley, but he bounced back to utterly dominate proceedings this afternoon.
He charged away at a rate of a second a lap and thought he had the race in the bag by mid-distance, but a safety car period brought things back to life when Nick Tandy wiped out the tyre wall at Hislop's, leaving debris in the chicane.
There was widespread confusion when the safety car was called but didn't appear to pick the field up as they began the next lap. Alguersuari backed up the pack but there was a waved green flag after the incident at Hislop's and several drivers got back to racing speed while most maintained their place in the queue.
Hartley leapt from fourth to first but then picked up the safety car at the start of the next lap. He led from the restart and won the race on the road, but he was given a penalty to drop him back to fourth place.
Alguersuari took the win, ahead of Fortec Motorsport teammates Marcus Ericsson and Sebastian Hohenthal.
Ericsson had started on the front row but lost out off the line to Esteban Guerrieri, who made a flying start from fifth to second. Ericsson piled the pressure on and regained the place when Guerrieri made a mistake and ran wide at Druids.
Hohenthal, meanwhile, charged through the field from eighth on the grid. He was fifth by the end of the first lap, took fourth from Hartley when he pounced down the inside into Old Hall, and was promoted to third by Guerrieri's error. Pos Driver Team Car Time
1. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin Motorsport D/M 30:10.677
2. Marcus Ericsson Fortec Motorsport D/M +0.411
3. Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec Motorsport D/M +2.748
4. Brendon Hartley Carlin Motorsport D/M +2.963
5. Walter Grubmuller Hitech Racing D/M +3.481
6. Esteban Guerrieri Ultimate Motorsport M/M +4.621
7. Atte Mustonen Raikkonen Roberston D/M +5.653
8. Michael Devaney Ultimate Motorsport M/M +6.018
9. Alistair Jackson Raikkonen Robertson D/M +7.702
10. Henry Arundel Raikkonen Robertson D/M +8.933
11. Sam Abay Carlin Motorsport D/M +9.449
12. Oliver Turvey Carlin Motorsport D/M +9.637
13. Sergio Perez T-Sport D/H +12.783
14. Max Chilton Hitech Racing D/M +13.061
15. Andy Meyrick Carlin Motorsport (N) D/H +13.997
16. Salman Al-Khalifa T-Sport (N) D/H +17.127
17. Ricardo Teixeira Ultimate Motorsport M/M +18.489
18. Niall Quinn Team Loctite (N) D/H +18.594
19. Jay Bridger Fluid Motorsport (N) D/H +18.803
20. Hywel Lloyd CF Racing (N) D/H +20.156
21. Kristjan Einar Carlin Motorsport (N) D/H +22.824
22. Philip Major Fortec Motorsport D/M +23.310
23. Stefan Wilson Fluid Motorsport (N) D/H +33.282
24. Craig Reiff Nexa Racing (N) D/H +37.784
25. Steven Guerrero T-Sport (N) D/H +1 lap
Not classified
Driver Team Car Laps
Nick Tandy JTR M/M 11 laps
John Martin Raikkonen Robertson D/M 11 laps Fastest lap: J.Alguersuari, 1:29.375, on lap 10
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