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Hockenheim F3 Euro: Felix Rosenqvist wins, Daniel Juncadella exits

Felix Rosenqvist won the opening Formula 3 Euro Series race of the Hockenheim season finale on Saturday, while a mechanical problem for Daniel Juncadella ensured that the title battle remains open

Juncadella challenged polesitter Rosenqvist for the lead at the Mercedes Arena on the opening lap, but was unable to pass the Swede, who defended strongly.

While Mucke Motorsport driver Rosenqvist was able to pull away to a 5.6-second victory - his second successive win in the Euro Series - Juncadella looked set for a comfortable runner-up spot that would have won him both the Euro Series and the FIA European Championship.

However, with four laps to go, his pace slackened sufficiently, the Dallara F312 passing the pits with a flat-sounding Mercedes engine.

His chief title rival Pascal Wehrlein immediately passed him for second, setting up a one-two finish for the Mucke squad and clinching the Rookie of the Year title as well.

Raffaele Marciello, who can also still win the title, passed his team-mate Juncadella for third as the Spaniard fell outside of the points positions and eventually retired.

Juncadella now leads the Euro Series by a reduced 17 points from Wehrlein and 21.5 from Marciello with 35 up for grabs from the two remaining races.

His lead in the FIA European F3 Championship now stands at 15.5 points over Marciello with only the 25 available from Sunday's final race available.

Tom Blomqvist was a fine fourth - and best of the Volkswagen-engined brigade - for Ma-con, the Briton benefitting when his team-mate Emil Bernstorff spun Carlos Sainz Jr around at the Mercedes Arena on the first lap.

Sainz then sustained a puncture when Fortec's unsighted Alex Lynn clipped his right-rear tyre while attempting to avoid the Carlin machine. While Sainz and Lynn pitted, Bernstorff was given a drive-through penalty for causing the collision.

Sven Muller, who put a strong move on Bernstorff before the Brit's penalty, was fifth for Prema with Will Buller, Euro Series debutant Lucas Auer and Lucas Wolf completing the top eight.

URD driver Wolf will start race two from pole position by virtue of the reversed-grid rule with Van Amersfoort Racing's Auer alongside him.

Results - 25 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                     Time/Gap
 1.  Felix Rosenqvist     Mucke Dallara-Merc         39m45.135s
 2.  Pascal Wehrlein      Mucke Dallara-Merc           + 5.658s
 3.  Raffaelle Marciello  Prema Dallara-Merc           + 8.551s
 4.  Tom Blomqvist        Ma-con Dallara-VW           + 11.174s
 5.  Sven Muller          Prema Dallara-Merc          + 11.938s
 6.  Will Buller          Carlin Dallara-VW           + 24.386s
 7.  Lucas Auer           Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW   + 27.672s
 8.  Lucas Wolf           URD Dallara-Merc            + 33.938s
 9.  Michael Lewis        Prema Dallara-Merc          + 34.690s
10.  Pipo Derani          Fortec Dallara-Merc         + 39.717s
11.  Emil Bernstorff      Ma-con Dallara-VW           + 40.045s
12.  Andrea Roda          Zeller Dallara-Merc         + 54.952s
13.  Daniel Juncadella    Prema Dallara-Merc           + 1 lap*
14.  Dennis van de Laar   Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW     + 1 lap
15.  Sandro Zeller        Zeller Dallara-Merc           + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Felix Serralles      Fortec Dallara-Merc           21 laps
     Felipe Nasr          Carlin Dallara-VW             10 laps
     Alex Lynn            Fortec Dallara-Merc            9 laps
     Luis Sa Silva        Angola Dallara-Merc            4 laps
     Carlos Sainz Jr      Carlin Dallara-VW               1 lap

* Not running at finish

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