Hohenthal takes first F3 win
Sebastian Hohenthal took his first British Formula Three Championship win in a dramatic finish to the second race at Brands Hatch this afternoon
The Fortec Motorsport driver survived a couple of late scares after getting ahead of Marko Asmer at the start and keeping the championship leader quiet for most of the race.
After looking mostly unthreatening, Asmer made a move for the lead in the closing stages which resulted in him going off the road at Stirlings.
This gave Hohenthal some breathing space, but only until he dropped a wheel off the road at Clearways at the end of the penultimate lap.
This error allowed Double R Racing driver Atte Mustonen a good run at the leader, and he slipped alongside Hohenthal at Druids on the final lap. But some hard defence from Hohenthal just kept him in front until the flag.
Asmer recovered to finish third, with Ultimate Motorsport man Michael Devaney registering the Mygale car's best F3 result with fourth.
Sam Bird led the race early on, but only as a result of a blatant jump start. He was soon called in for a drive-through penalty, handing control of the race to Hohenthal.
Franky Cheng made it a double in the National Class. Once again his rival Sergio Perez (T-Sport) had no answer for the Performance Racing driver.
Classified:
Pos Driver Car Time
1. S.Hohenthal Dallara-Mercedes 29:45.061
2. Atte Mustonen Dallara-Mercedes + 0.524
3. Marko Asmer Dallara-Mercedes + 1.029
4. Michael Devaney Mygale-Mercedes + 9.781
5. Niall Breen Dallara-Mercedes + 12.084
6. Stephen Jelley Dallara-Mercedes + 12.729
7. Maro Engel Dallara-Mercedes + 14.680
8. Alberto Valerio Dallara-Mercedes + 15.323
9. Walter Grubmuller Dallara-Mercedes + 16.479
10. Jonathan Kennard Dallara-Mercedes + 17.559
11. Sam Bird Dallara-Mercedes + 18.695
12. Mario Moraes Dallara-Mercedes + 34.806
13. John Martin Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 35.305
14. Cheng Cong Fu Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 36.038
15. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 36.340
16. Sergio Perez Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 42.047
17. Sean Petterson Lola-Mugen-Honda + 42.380
18. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 44.490
19. Hamed Al Fardan Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 58.039
20. Max Chilton Dallara-Mercedes + 58.429
21. Alex Waters Dallara-Mugen-Honda +1:05.400
22. Leo Mansell Dallara-Mercedes +1:06.348
23. S.Al-Khalifa Dallara-Mugen-Honda +1:23.089
24. Michael Meadows Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 1 lap
25. Juan P.Garcia Lola-Dome-Mugen-Honda + 1 lap
26. Viktor Jensen Dallara-Mugen-Honda + 1 lap
Not classified:
Driver Car Laps
Greg Mansell Dallara-Mercedes 13
F.Castellacci Dallara-Mugen-Honda 9
Ali Jackson Dallara-Mugen-Honda 8
E.Guerrieri Mygale-Mercedes 0
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