Kevin Magnussen wins second British F3 race at Spa for Carlin
Kevin Magnussen claimed his fourth win of the British Formula 3 season by dominating the reversed grid race at Spa
Much like race one winner Roberto Merhi, Magnussen converted pole into an immediate lead with a strong start and stretched out an early lead with some rapid initial laps.
Magnussen was followed home by his Carlin team-mate Rupert Svendsen-Cook and Merhi's fast-starting Prema Powerteam team-mate Daniel Juncadella.
Juncadella rose from eighth on the grid to head Svendsen-Cook on the first lap, before the Brit fought back and reclaimed the place.
He chased hard after Magnussen with Juncadella in tow, but finished 2.6 seconds adrift after eight laps of racing.
Fourth placed Hannes van Asseldonk was the star of this race. The German F3 regular started 12th, but climbed to eighth on the opening lap, as race one winner Merhi (seventh on the grid) and Carlin's Jazeman Jaafar (who started fifth) tumbled down the order after appearing to tangle at Les Combes.
The Dutchman then worked his way past British F3 championship leader Felipe Nasr (Carlin) and Signature team-mates Carlos Munoz and Marco Wittmann, before finishing just 0.8s adrift of the podium.
Signature's Laurens Vanthoor completed a strong drive from 17th on the grid by further demoting Nasr on the penultimate lap to finish seventh, while Fortec's Will Buller and Carlin's Carlos Huertas looked set to round out the top 10, but both were jumped by Signature's Daniel Abt on the final lap.
Results - 8 laps:
Pos Driver Team Car Time/Gap
1. Kevin Magnussen Carlin Dallara-VW 18m12.965s
2. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin Dallara-VW + 2.614s
3. Daniel Juncadella Prema Dallara-Merc + 3.369s
4. Hannes van Asseldonk Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW + 4.245s
5. Marco Wittmann Signature Dallara-VW + 6.118s
6. Carlos Munoz Signature Dallara-VW + 7.143s
7. Laurens Vanthoor Signature Dallara-VW + 7.862s
8. Felipe Nasr Carlin Dallara-VW + 8.485s
9. Daniel Abt Signature Dallara-VW + 13.043s
10. Will Buller Fortec Dallara-Merc + 14.563s
11. Carlos Huertas Carlin Dallara-VW + 14.866s
12. Jack Harvey Carlin Dallara-VW + 15.177s
13. Lucas Foresti Fortec Dallara-Merc + 17.934s
14. Pietro Fantin Hitech Dallara-VW + 18.811s
15. Roberto Merhi Prema Dallara-Merc + 19.964s
16. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin Dallara-VW + 24.116s
17. Scott Pye Double R Dallara-Merc + 26.246s
18. Raffaelle Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc + 28.423s
19. Hywel Lloyd Sino Vision Dallara-Merc + 28.757s
20. Yann Cunha T-Sport Dallara-VW + 29.939s
21. Adderly Fong Sino Vision Dallara-Merc + 31.981s
22. Pipo Derani Double R Dallara-Merc + 33.185s
23. Bart Hylkema T-Sport Dallara-VW + 39.149s
24. Kotaro Sakurai Hitech Dallara-Mugen + 50.402s
Retirements:
Menasheh Idafar T-Sport Dallara-VW 5 laps
Harry Tincknell Fortec Dallara-Merc 4 laps
Marko Asmer Double R Dallara-Merc 2 laps
Fahmi Ilyas Fortec Dallara-Merc 2 laps
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