Rossi seals Hungaroring victory
Alexander Rossi has taken his second GP3 win of the season with a lights-to-flag effort in today's race at the Hungaroring
The ART driver made a good start and saw off a challenge into the first corner from compatriot Josef Newgarden of Carlin to settle into a lead that he would never relinquish.
Newgarden was on track to finish second for an American 1-2 but his car stopped with a mechanical problem two laps before the finish, allowing Status driver Robert Wickens up to second. The Canadian had been stalking the lead duo all race, and his result was enough to prevent Esteban Gutierrez from wrapping up the title with two rounds to spare.
Carlin's Dean Smith had an uneventful run to third, with Stefano Coletti of Tech 1 finishing fourth after a race-long battle with Gutierrez. Jenzer's Nico Muller secured the final point.
While the race was processional up at the front, there were a few incidents further back in the field to liven things up. Addax's Felipe Guimaraes made an early exit after becoming the latest driver to launch off the back of another when he ran into MW Arden's Michael Christensen in the braking zone for Turn 1.
ART's Pedro Nunes' race also ended prematurely when he was hit by Doru Sechelariu at Turn 15 and sent barrel-rolling off the track.
Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Alexander Rossi ART 26m27.165s
2. Robert Wickens Status + 4.962s
3. Dean Smith Carlin + 11.159s
4. Stefano Coletti Tech 1 + 12.399s
5. Esteban Gutierrez ART + 13.257s
6. Nico Muller Jenzer + 15.521s
7. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Manor + 18.743s
8. Mirko Bortolotti Addax + 24.227s
9. Adrien Tambay Manor + 29.828s
10. Oliver Oakes Atech CRS + 30.387s
11. Rio Haryanto Manor + 39.618s
12. Daniel Morad Status + 40.034s
13. Leonardo Cordeiro MW Arden + 40.449s
14. Nigel Melker RSC Mucke + 40.895s
15. Vittorio Ghirelli Atech CRS + 42.572s
16. Pablo Sanchez Lopez Addax + 45.168s
17. Antonio Felix da Costa Carlin + 46.205s
18. Ivan Lukashevich Status + 46.465s
19. Marco Barba Jenzer + 46.934s
20. Miki Monras MW Arden + 48.691s
21. Doru Sechelariu Tech 1 + 51.086s
22. Roberto Merhi Atech CRS + 52.631s
23. Pal Varhaug Jenzer + 1m17.076s
Retirements:
Josef Newgarden Carlin 13 laps
Tobias Hegewald RSC Mucke 4 laps
Michael Christensen MW Arden 2 laps
Felipe Guimaraes Addax 1 lap
Pedro Nunes ART 1 lap
Renger van der Zande RSC Mucke 0 laps
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