Zandvoort Formula 3 Euro Series: Will Buller wins truncated race two

The Carlin driver started from pole position on the reversed grid and led into the first corner in his Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen. But his commanding position was shortlived as rain hit the circuit mid-way round the opening lap.

This brought out the safety car and, a lap later, the red flags, to allow the cars to have their slick tyres replaced with wet-weather Hankooks. The rain stopped immediately however, meaning that all the cars remained on slicks.

Crucially, the clock was not stopped during the red flags, meaning that once racing resumed, just three more laps were run before the 20-minute time limit was reached.

As a result Buller's victory - his second of the season - came after just five laps. With half-points awarded, he closed the gap on championship leader Daniel Juncadella to 24.5 points, but remained fourth in the standings.

Juncadella finished second in his Prema Dallara-Mercedes, just 0.3 seconds behind Buller, giving him an increased 13.5-point series lead over third-placed Pascal Wehrlein (Mucke). Ma-con driver Tom Blomqvist, Prema's Sven Muller and Mucke's Felix Rosenqvist completed the top six.

The fourth title contender, Raffaele Marciello finished outside the points after he and his Prema team-mate Michael Lewis banged wheels at the first corner of the race. Lewis retired on the spot with broken suspension while Marciello took a trip through the Tarzan gravel.

Results - 5 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car               Time/Gap
 1.  Will Buller          Carlin Dallara-VW    21m06.032s
 2.  Daniel Juncadella    Prema Dallara-Merc     + 0.323s
 3.  Pascal Wehrlein      Mucke Dallara-Merc     + 1.174s
 4.  Tom Blomqvist        Ma-con Dallara-VW      + 1.744s
 5.  Sven Muller          Prema Dallara-Merc     + 2.286s
 6.  Felix Rosenqvist     Mucke Dallara-Merc     + 3.217s
 7.  Lucas Wolf           URD Dallara-Merc       + 5.205s
 8.  Emil Bernstorff      Ma-con Dallara-VW      + 5.507s
 9.  Carlos Sainz Jr      Carlin Dallara-VW      + 6.116s
10.  Sandro Zeller        Zeller Dallara-Merc    + 9.020s
11.  Andrea Roda          Zeller Dallara-Merc    + 9.280s
12.  Luis Sa Silva        Angola Dallara-Merc   + 11.171s
13.  Raffaelle Marciello  Prema Dallara-Merc    + 11.401s

Retirements:

     Michael Lewis        Prema Dallara-Merc       0 laps