Asmer dominates race one
Marko Asmer (Hitech Racing) registered another flag-to-flag win in the British Formula Three Championship at Silverstone this morning
The Estonian took the lead at the first corner, ahead of Rodolfo Gonzalez (T-Sport), Atte Mustonen (Double R Racing) and Maro Engel (Carlin Motorsport).
Half a lap into the race, the safety car appeared so that marshals could clear up the wreckage of a first-corner accident amongst the midfielders. At the restart, Gonzalez and Mustonen got too close for comfort at Becketts and touched. Mustonen only lost one place, to Engel, but Gonzalez plunged all the way down the field and eventually retired.
The rest of the race was quiet at the front, with Asmer keeping a steady gap to Engel, who had the measure of Mustonen, who led Greg Mansell (Fortec Motorsport) by a safe distance.
Asmer's only scare came when he nearly spun exiting Abbey, but he pulled off an excellent save and stayed calm to the flag to secure the win.
Sergio Perez (T-Sport) was the National Class winner, ahead of newcomer Ernesto Otero (Double R) and Hamad Al Fardan (Performance Racing).
Classified:
Pos Driver Car Time
1. Marko Asmer Dallara-Mercedes 30:13.633
2. Maro Engel Dallara-Mercedes + 1.656
3. Atte Mustonen Dallara-Mercedes + 4.700
4. Greg Mansell Dallara-Mercedes + 7.264
5. Stephen Jelley Dallara-Mercedes + 13.899
6. Sam Bird Dallara-Mercedes + 15.382
7. Niall Breen Dallara-Mercedes + 25.347
8. Michael Devaney Mygale-Mercedes + 26.308
9. S.Hohenthal Dallara-Mercedes + 26.714
10. Jonathan Kennard Dallara-Mercedes + 31.037
11. Sergio Perez Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 39.595
12. W.Grubmuller Dallara-Mercedes + 40.445
13. E.Guerrieri Mygale-Mercedes + 44.523
14. Ali Jackson Dallara-Mercedes + 45.186
15. Leo Mansell Dallara-Mercedes + 45.568
16. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 46.794
17. Ernesto Otero Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 56.521
18. Hamed Al Fardan Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 57.747
19. F.Castellacci Dallara-Mugen-Honda +1:02.431
20. Juan P.Garcia Lola-Dome-Mugen-Honda +1:04.383
Not classified:
Driver Car Laps
Cheng Cong Fu Dallara-Mugen-Honda 19
Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara-Mugen-Honda 15
John Martin Dallara-Mugen-Honda 14
Max Chilton Dallara-Mercedes 11
Mario Moraes Dallara-Mercedes 7
Viktor Jensen Dallara-Mugen-Honda 1
Alberto Valerio Dallara-Mercedes 0
S.Al-Khalifa Dallara-Mugen-Honda 0
Michael Meadows Dallara-Mugen-Honda 0
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