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Boyd takes sensational maiden win

Wayne Boyd claimed a sensational maiden British F3 victory in a frenetic race two at Donington Park this afternoon

The race began in dry conditions and all drivers started on slicks, but rain fell steadily and, after an early safety car period, conditions became highly treacherous.

Reigning British Formula Ford champion Boyd began in a lowly ninth and, after taking to the grass at the start, lay 10th when the safety car was despatched on lap six while Victor Garcia's stricken Fortec car was extracted from the Coppice gravel trap.

With all tyre temperature gone and the rain falling ever harder as racing resumed, Boyd began a charge that would carry him to his first win via several swashbuckling moves and a round the outside pass on long-time leader Renger van der Zande (Hitech) at Redgate with five laps to run.

"It was a great race and the car was mega," said winner Boyd, who at times lapped 1.5s quicker than any of his rivals.

Boyd's T-Sport team-mate Adriano Buzaid completed the squad's maiden 1-2 finish by taking second spot. The Brazilian started from the front row, but ran third for much of the latter part of the race and inherited second when van der Zande backed off on the final lap, having failed to serve an apparent drive-through penalty.

The Dutchman was involved in an early-race incident with championship leader Daniel Ricciardo that spun the pole-sitting Australian through 720 degrees at Coppice and limited the Carlin racer to a frustrated run to sixth, which became fifth when van der Zande was hit with a time penalty post-race.

The Dutchman's Hitech team-mate Walter Grubmuller completed the podium to further erode Ricciardo's points lead, while Carlos Huertas (Double R) enjoyed another strong run to fourth.

Ricciardo's Carlin team-mate Henry Arundel rounded out the top six, while Daniel McKenzie (Fortec) completed a National Class double in 12th overall.

Pos Driver                 Team        Car     Time/Gap
 1. Wayne Boyd             T-Sport     D/V   30m13.649s
 2. Adriano Buzaid         T-Sport     D/V       +6.082
 3. Walter Grubmuller      Hitech      D/M       +7.362
 4. Carlos Huertas         Double R    D/M       +8.308
 5. Daniel Ricciardo       Carlin      D/V      +10.452
 6. Henry Arundel          Carlin      D/V      +11.994
 7. Max Chilton            Carlin      D/V      +13.462
 8. Jay Bridger            Litespeed   M/M      +14.168
 9. Daisuke Nakajima       Double R    D/M      +15.305
10. Riki Christodoulou     Fortec      D/M      +16.503
11. Hywel Lloyd            CF          D/H      +24.226
12. Daniel McKenzie        Fortec      D/H      +30.017
13. Renger van der Zande   Hitech      D/M      +32.936
14. Gabriel Dias           T-Sport     D/H      +45.035

Retirements

    Victor Correa          Litespeed   S/H      19 laps
    Dominic Storey         Double R    D/M      15 laps
    Maxim Snegirev         West-Tec    D/H      13 laps
    Philip Major           Carlin      D/V       3 laps
    Victor Garcia          Fortec      D/M       2 laps

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