Bianchi secures Euro F3 championship

The ART driver took advantage of a huge first corner pile-up on the opening lap to rise from seventh to third. From there he picked off Mucke team-mates Sam Bird and Alexander Sims to take the win and the championship.

Bird also worked his way past Sims and kept Bianchi under pressure to the flag. Pole man Sims slipped back to fifth at the finish, losing further places to Manor's Roberto Merhi and ART's Esteban Gutierrez, who charged up from 12th on the grid to fourth.

Mucke's Christian Vietoris, who needed to win to stand any hope of taking the title fight on to the final round at Hockenheim, came home sixth for the final point.

The first lap collision was started when Merhi cut across Motopark's Christopher Zanella, sending him into a spin. Mika Maki had to spin in avoidance and his Signature Dallara was then collected by four other cars, tearing the nose off in the process.

The Finn climbed out of the wreckage, but instantly fell to the ground in obvious distress. He was taken to the circuit medical centre and found to have a bruised pelvis.

Pos  Driver                Team            Car    Time/Gap
 1.  Jules Bianchi         ART             D/M  40m50.023s
 2.  Sam Bird              Mucke           D/M    + 0.351s
 3.  Roberto Merhi         Manor           D/M    + 1.044s
 4.  Esteban Gutierrez     ART             D/M    + 5.039s
 5.  Alexander Sims        Mucke           D/M    + 6.981s
 6.  Christian Vietoris    Mucke           D/M    + 7.202s
 7.  Robert Wickens        Kolles & Heinz  D/V    + 9.007s
 8.  Tiago Geronimi        Signature       D/V   + 10.233s
 9.  Johan Jokinen         Kolles & Heinz  D/V   + 13.582s
10.  Adrien Tambay         ART             D/M   + 14.403s
11.  Brendon Hartley       Carlin          D/V   + 14.988s
12.  Christopher Zanella   Motopark        D/M   + 22.568s
13.  Renger van der Zande  Motopark        D/M   + 25.041s
14.  Pedro Enrique         Manor           D/M     + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Henkie Waldschmidt    SG              D/M  11 laps
     Valtteri Bottas       ART             D/M  6 laps
     Andrea Caldarelli     SG              D/M  5 laps
     Basil Shaaban         Prema           D/M  5 laps
     Mika Maki             Signature       D/V  0 laps
     Marco Wittmann        Mucke           D/M  0 laps
     Jean Karl Vernay      Signature       D/V  0 laps
     Stefano Coletti       Prema           D/M  0 laps
     Tom Dillmann          Prema           D/M  0 laps
     Jake Rosenzweig       Carlin          D/V  0 laps