Hohenthal triumphs in wet race two
Sebastian Hohenthal scored his first British Formula 3 victory of the season in the wet second race at Rockingham this afternoon
The Swede came out on top of a three-car drag race to Deene hairpin with pole-sitter Jaime Alguersuari and Max Chilton on the first lap and was able to control the race from then on.
There was a brief spell at one third distance where Alguersuari began to close the gap, but Hohenthal was never seriously threatened in the half hour race.
"I was hoping for rain because I think we've got a good car in the wet," said Hohenthal. "We've struggled a bit in the dry so when it started to rain this afternoon I was the happiest guy in the pit lane."
Chilton completed the podium in a lonely third place ahead of the day's earlier winner Atte Mustonen in a quiet fourth.
Michael Devaney passed Nick Tandy a couple of laps from home, and survived a late trip round the oval after out-braking himself at the Deene hairpin, to finish as the top Mygale runner in fifth.
Andy Meyrick started the race fifth and kept his National Class car in that position for the first half of the race.
He succumbed to Devaney and Tandy eventually, but still finished seventh, beating his Carlin teammates Brendon Hartley and Oliver Turvey, Marcus Ericsson, and championship leader Sergio Perez.
Classified:
Pos Driver Car Time
1. S.Hohenthal Dallara/Mercedes 31::05.263
2. J.Alguersuari Dallara/Mercedes + 2.199
3. Max Chilton Dallara/Mercedes + 6.450
4. Atte Mustonen Dallara/Mercedes + 16.502
5. Nick Tandy Mygale/Mercedes + 18.372
6. Michael Devaney Mygale/Mercedes + 21.659
7. Andrew Meyrick Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 23.274
8. Brendon Hartley Dallara/Mercedes + 25.494
9. Oliver Turvey Dallara/Mercedes + 25.956
10. Marcus Ericsson Dallara/Mercedes + 26.240
11. Sam Abay Dallara/Mercedes + 26.950
12. W.Grubmuller Dallara/Mercedes + 30.411
13. Sergio Perez Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 32.004
14. John Martin Dallara/Mercedes + 43.004
15. Ricardo Teixeira Mygale/Mercedes + 46.319
16. Jay Bridger Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1:01.890
17. Steven Guerrero Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1:12.114
18. Viktor Jensen Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1:14.247
19. Hywel Lloyd Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1:17.333
20. Kristjan Einar Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1:18.865
21. Stefan Wilson Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1:19.944
22. Niall Quinn Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap
Not classified:
Driver Car Laps
S.Al-Khalifa Dallara/Mugen-Honda 15
Craig Reiff Dallara/Mugen-Honda 11
Ali Jackson Mygale/Mercedes 8
Philip Major Dallara/Mercedes 2
Henry Arundel Dallara/Mercedes 0
Fastest lap: Oliver Turvey, 1:28.587 on lap 17
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