Di Resta penalised, loses win
F3 Euroseries championship leader Paul di Resta has lost his victory in the second race at the Nurburgring today, after his controversial collision with teammate Giedo van der Garde
Di Resta attacked van der Garde into the chicane towards the end of the race, and the move ended with contact, with the Dutchman spinning out of the lead.
Di Resta claimed van der Garde moved across too late, but the latter disagreed and laid the blame firmly at the Scottish driver's door.
He then pulled away to take a convincing victory but has now been docked 30 seconds by race stewards for his part in the incident.
It means he is classified 13th, with Sebastien Vettel inheriting the victory from Richard Antinucci.
As a result, Vettel has moved to within six points of di Resta at the top of the championship standings.
Final race results:
Pos Driver Make Time
1. Sebastian Vettel Dallara/Mercedes 30:12.489
2. R.Antinucci Dallara/Mercedes + 0.435
3. Kamui Kobayashi Dallara/Mercedes + 2.313
4. Peter Elkmann Dallara/Opel + 2.716
5. E.Guerrieri Dallara/Mercedes + 3.099
6. Charlie Kimball Dallara/Mercedes + 3.778
7. Filip Salaquarda Dallara/Opel + 6.393
8. Sebastien Buemi Dallara/Mercedes + 7.642
9. Tim Sandtler Dallara/Mercedes + 10.431
10. Romain Grosjean Dallara/Mercedes + 14.459
11. G.van der Garde Dallara/Mercedes + 14.640
12. Paolo Nocera Dallara/Mercedes + 16.020
13. Paul Di Resta Dallara/Mercedes + 24.348
14. Julian Theobald Dallara/Mercedes + 24.930
15. Natacha Gachnang Dallara/Opel + 26.715
16. J.Summerton Dallara/Mercedes + 27.083
17. Anthony Janiec Dallara/Renault + 45.437
18. Kazuki Nakajima Dallara/Mercedes + 48.504
19. Cemil Cipa Dallara/Opel + 53.216
20. Julia Kuhn Dallara/Opel + 56.583
21. Alejandro Nunez Dallara/Mercedes +1:15.443
22. Ronayne O'Mahony Dallara/Mercedes + 2 Laps
NOT CLASSIFIED:
Driver Make Laps
Michael Herck Dallara/Mercedes 2
Kohei Hirate Dallara/Mercedes 1
Bruno Fechner Dallara/Mercedes 0
Guillaume Moreau Dallara/Mercedes 0
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