Jelley wins, Asmer takes title
Marko Asmer wrapped up the British Formula 3 championship in unsatisfying fashion at Croft when he retired from a convincing lead with engine problems. Victory went to Stephen Jelley (Double R Racing) instead.
Asmer (Hitech Racing) sprang into the early lead after a fine start, and was almost instantly assured of the title when his chaser Maro Engel ended in the gravel trap at the first corner following a collision with his Carlin Motorsport teammate Niall Breen as they disputed second place.
That left Asmer with a big lead over Jelley, Sam Bird (Carlin), Greg Mansell (Fortec Motorsport) and Atte Mustonen (Double R Racing).
But it wasn't long before Asmer's engine began to smoke and sound evil - he only made it to half distance before being forced to park it.
That put Jelley in charge, and he had no trouble holding off Bird and Mansell to the flag for the third straight Double R win.
Although Franky Cheng (Performance Racing) took a commanding National Class win, it wasn't enough to stop T-Sport driver Sergio Perez from taking the title.
Pos Driver Car/Engine Time 1. Stephen Jelley Dallara/Mercedes 30:50.597 2. Sam Bird Dallara/Mercedes +1.951 3. Greg Mansell Dallara/Mercedes +2.455 4. Atte Mustonen Dallara/Mercedes +3.298 5. Alberto Valerio Dallara/Mercedes +7.918 6. Mario Moraes Dallara/Mercedes +11.462 7. Michael Devaney Mygale/Mercedes +13.045 8. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara/Mugen-Honda +13.465 9. Cheng Cong Fu Dallara/Mugen-Honda +17.035 10. Leo Mansell Dallara/Mercedes +17.726 11. Sergio Perez Dallara/Mugen-Honda +23.603 12. John Martin Dallara/Mugen-Honda +26.894 13. S.Al-Khalifa Dallara/Mugen-Honda +28.818 14. Hamed Al Fardan Dallara/Mugen-Honda +30.315 15. Ernesto Otero Dallara/Mugen-Honda +1:15.824 16. Juan P.Garcia Lola-Dome/Mugen-Honda +1 lap Retirements W.Grubmuller Dallara/Mercedes 23 laps Ali Jackson Dallara/Mercedes 21 laps S.Hohenthal Dallara/Mercedes 19 laps E.Guerrieri Mygale/Mercedes 19 laps F.Castellacci Dallara/Mugen-Honda 15 laps Marko Asmer Dallara/Mercedes 12 laps Viktor Jensen Dallara/Mugen-Honda 10 laps Michael Meadows Dallara/Mugen-Honda 5 laps Ricardo Teixeira Dallara/Mugen-Honda 3 laps Jonathan Kennard Dallara/Mercedes 1 lap Max Chilton Dallara/Mercedes 1 lap Maro Engel Dallara/Mercedes 0 laps Niall Breen Dallara/Mercedes 0 laps
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