Conway triumphs in Macau GP
British Formula Three champion Mike Conway won an incident filled Macau Grand Prix on Sunday
The Briton, who started seventh, seized the lead on the opening lap when Kamui Kobayashi and Marko Asmer were put down the escape road at Lisboa after being slid into by Paul di Resta, who then spun.
After a brief safety car period, caused by the wreckage of a collision between di Resta and Rodolfo Avila, Conway pushed hard to pull away from the chasing pack.
Despite brushing the wall at one point, American Richard Antinucci became Conway's closest challenger in the end, having charged through the field.
Antinucci had been sixth early on but came through with some brave overtaking moves. And although it appeared that the ASM driver had the pace to close in on the leader, he ultimately crossed the line 1.4 seconds behind.
Japanese F3 champion Adrian Sutil finished third, having been unable to hold off Antinucci and brushing wheels with his rival on lap eight.
Several of the front-runners hit trouble. Pole man Kobayashi collided with Romain Grosjean on lap nine, while Kohei Hirate - who had challenged Conway early on - hit the wall on the penultimate lap.
Results
Pos Driver Make Time 1. Mike Conway Dallara Mercedes-HWA 39:35.404 2. Richard Antinucci Dallara Mercedes-HWA + 1.489 3. Adrian Sutil Dallara Toyota-TOM'S + 2.055 4. Sebastien Buemi Dallara Honda-Mugen NB + 7.409 5. Romain Grosjean Dallara Mercedes-HWA + 8.752 6. James Jakes Dallara Mercedes-HWA + 23.963 7. Kazuya Oshima Dallara Toyota-TOM'S + 29.948 8. Yelmer Buurman Dallara Mercedes-HWA + 35.978 9. Maro Engel Dallara Honda-Mugen NB + 36.494 10. Fabio Carbone Dallara Nissan + 36.904 11. Stephen Jelley Dallara Mercedes-HWA + 44.681 12. James Winslow Dallara Toyota-TOM'S + 45.128 13. Marko Asmer Dallara Mercedes-HWA + 45.466 14. Mauro Massironi Dallara Honda-Mugen NB + 50.021 15. Oliver Jarvis Dallara Honda-Mugen NB + 50.142 16. Jonathan Kennard Dallara Honda-Mugen NB + 54.400 17. Roldan Rodriguez Dallara Mercedes-HWA + 56.547 18. Daisuke Ikeda Dallara Toyota-TOM'S + 58.457 19. Kamui Kobayashi Dallara Mercedes-HWA + 1:02.141 20. Michael Ho Dallara Honda-Mugen NB + 1:46.823 21. Charlie Kimball Dallara Mercedes-HWA + 2:03.556 22. Cheong Lou Meng Dallara Honda-Mugen NB + 2:06.282 23. Sebastian Vettel Dallara Honda-Mugen NB + 1 LAP 24. Robert Streit Dallara Mercedes-HWA + 1 LAP 25. Jo Merszei Dallara Toyota-TOM'S + 1 LAP 26. Lei Kit Meng Dallara Opel-Spiess + 1 LAP 27. Kohei Hirate Dallara Mercedes-HWA + 2 LAPS Not Classified Kodai Tsukakoshi Dallara Mercedes-HWA D.N.F. Kazuki Nakajima Dallara Mercedes-HWA D.N.F. Paul Di Resta Dallara Mercedes-HWA D.N.F. Rodolfo Avila Dallara Honda-Mugen NB D.N.F. Maximo Cortes Dallara Mercedes-HWA D.N.F. Fastest Lap: Streit 2:12.527
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