Antinucci leads US one-two
Richard Antinucci and Charlie Kimball scored a one-two finish for America in Sunday's reverse grid Formula Three Euroseries race at Barcelona in Spain
Antinucci led from start to finish from pole position, keeping his cool during an early safety car period to win by four seconds.
Kimball grabbed second at the first corner from a slow starting Sebastien Buemi, who was also demoted by Kazuki Nakajima.
The first corner claimed Saturday winner Sebastian Vettel, who spun into the gravel after contact with Esteban Guerrieri. That promoted Paul di Resta, who endured a disastrous Saturday race, into the points.
In a largely processional race, Kohei Hirate passed Buemi for fourth, and closed right up on the Kimball and Nakajima duo, but could do nothing to pass them. Antinucci, meanwhile, scored victory by almost four seconds.
Di Resta's sixth place edges him a point further ahead of Vettel, but his advantage is four points with four races remaining, so the title is still very much up for grabs.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Richard Antinucci HBR Motorsport 30:01.471
2. Charlie Kimball Signature-Plus + 3.971
3. Kazuki Nakajima Manor Motorsport + 4.911
4. Kohei Hirate Manor Motorsport + 5.756
5. Sebastien Buemi ASL Mucke Motorsport + 11.143
6. Paul di Resta ASM Formule 3 + 11.738
7. Esteban Guerrieri Manor Motorsport + 12.401
8. Giedo van der Garde ASM Formule 3 + 19.918
9. Romain Grosjean Signature-Plus + 20.635
10. Guillaume Moreau Signature-Plus + 22.345
11. Tim Sandtler Signature-Plus + 24.548
12. Alejandro Nunez Prema Powerteam + 29.553
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Driver Team On Lap
Sebastian Vettel ASM Formule 3 11
Paolo Nocera Prema Powerteam 9
Filip Salaquarda Team ISR 1
Michael Herck Bas Leinders JRT 1
Kamui Kobayashi ASM Formule 3 1
Jonathan Summerton ASL Mucke Motorsport 0
Ronayne O'Mahony Prema Powerteam 0
Fastest Lap: Kohei Hirate, 1:01.876 on lap 15
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