Jarvis wins qualification race

Jarvis, who started from pole position, lost the lead at the start to Asmer but wasted little time in recovering his position.

Following a brief safety car period, called to retrieve the stranded car of Esteban Guerrieri who had crashed at Mandarin Bend on the first lap, Jarvis started hounding the leading Hitech Racing car.

He made his move on lap five after slipstreaming Asmer down the main straight and he overtook him around the outside into Lisboa Bend.

Jarvis then pulled clear to open out a 2.3-second lead before the race was red flagged on lap nine following a series of accidents.

Bruno Senna and Nico Hulkenberg had a big coming together at Mandarin Bend on lap seven, and then just one lap later Atte Mustonen clouted the tyre wall at R-Bend and his car was left stranded in the middle of the track.

That left Jarvis taking the victory from Asmer, with Japanese Formula Three champion Kazuya Oshima finishing a lonely third. James Jakes took fourth for Manor Motorsport, ahead of Sam Bird and Yelmer Buurman.

There was heartbreak on the first lap for three of the front runners who were eliminated from contention in a crash at Lisboa Bend.

Fourth fastest qualifier Edoardo Mortara braked too late for the corner and hit the back of Sebastien Buemi, who in turn then side swiped Kodai Tsukakoshi.

Mortara and Buemi were out on the spot, while Tsukakoshi recovered to finish ninth.

Pos  Driver                 Team                         Time
 1.  Oliver Jarvis          Team Reckless Tom's          20:35.911
 2.  Marko Asmer            Hitech Racing                   +1.687
 3.  Kazuya Oshima          Team Reckless Tom's             +3.159
 4.  James Jakes            Manor Motorsport                +4.722
 5.  Sam Bird               Carlin Motorsport               +5.595
 6.  Yelmer Buurman         Manor Motorsport                +6.563
 7.  Stephen Jelley         Raikkonen Robertson Racing     +12.308
 8.  Robert Streit          Prema Powerteam                +12.746
 9.  Kodai Tsukakoshi       Manor Motorsport               +15.408
10.  Niall Breen            Carlin Motorsport              +15.693
11.  Jonathan Kennard       Raikkonen Robertson Racing     +16.734
12.  Brendon Hartley        Carlin Motorsport              +16.984
13.  Frank Mailleux         Manor Motorsport               +17.988
14.  Atte Mustonen          Signature Plus                 +18.626
15.  Carlo Van Dam          HBR Motorsport                 +19.691
16.  Walter Grubmuller      Hitech Racing                  +23.579
17.  Rodolfo Avila          HBR Motorsport                 +30.999
18.  Takuya Izawa           Fortec Motorsport              +48.176
19.  Jo Merszei             Swiss Racing Team            +1:17.613
20.  Bruno Senna            Raikkonen Robertson Racing      +1 lap
21.  Nico Hulkenberg        ASM F3                          +1 lap
22.  Romain Grosjean        ASM F3                          +1 lap

Not classified

     Lei Kit Meng           Carlin Motorsport               5 laps
     Renger van der Zande   Prema Powerteam                 4 laps
     Michael Ho             Hitech Racing                   4 laps
     Cheong Lou Meng        Swiss Racing Team                1 lap
     Edoardo Mortara        Signature Plus                  0 laps
     Sebastien Buemi        Raikkonen Robertson Racing      0 laps
     Esteban Guerrieri      Signature Plus                  0 laps
     Kamui Kobayashi        ASM F3                          0 laps
     
Fastest lap: Jarvis, 2:13.831 on lap 7