Hulkenberg takes Masters victory
Nico Hulkenberg led the Zandvoort Masters of Formula Three at Zolder from start to finish to claim a fourth straight Masters victory for ASM
The two most important incidents of the race happened right at the start. The first occurred when pole man Romain Grosjean (ASM) stalled on the grid, which resulted in him getting away at the very back of the field and ruled him out of contention.
The other major happening at the beginning of the race was that Franck Mailleux (Manor Motorsport) was judged to have jumped the start.
The decision to give him a drive-through took a long time to come, by which point Mailleux seemed to have second place under control, albeit some way behind Hulkenberg.
With Mailleux out of the way at mid-distance, everyone moved up one place but the order was the same as it had been from the start.
Yann Clairay (Signature) led Jean Karl Vernay (Signature), Brendan Hartley (Mucke), Yelmer Buurman (Manor) and Renger van der Zande (Prema).
This string of drivers drove around in the same order all race, despite being in close proximity to each other. The only change came on the very last lap, when van der Zande and Buurman got a little too close and Buurman spun, dropping to eighth.
Classified:
Pos Driver Make Time
1. N.Hulkenberg Dallara/Mercedes 40:45.974
2. Yann Clairay Dallara/Mercedes + 6.690
3. Jean-Karl Vernay Dallara/Mercedes + 7.385
4. Brendon Hartley Dallara/Mercedes + 7.662
5. Edoardo Piscopo Dallara/Mercedes + 12.166
6. Edoardo Mortara Dallara/Mercedes + 12.881
7. Yelmer Buurman Dallara/Mercedes + 15.140
8. H.Schlegelmilch Dallara/Mercedes + 15.356
9. R.van der Zande Dallara/Mercedes + 19.680
10. Marko Asmer Dallara/Mercedes + 21.887
11. Atte Mustonen Dallara/Mercedes + 29.278
12. Tim Sandtler Dallara/Mercedes + 36.507
13. Maro Engel Dallara/Mercedes + 37.323
14. Romain Grosjean Dallara/Mercedes + 38.162
15. Daniel Clos Dallara/Mercedes + 42.772
16. Filip Salaquarda Dallara/Mercedes + 45.716
17. Franck Mailleux Dallara/Mercedes + 46.121
18. E.Guerrieri Mygale/Mercedes + 49.250
19. Cheng Cong Fu Dallara/Mercedes + 53.867
20. Jonathan Kennard Dallara/Mercedes +1:00.789
21. James Jakes Dallara/Mercedes +1:09.153
22. Ali Jackson Dallara/Mercedes + 1 Lap
23. Stephen Jelley Dallara/Mercedes + 1 Lap
24. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap
25. Rodolfo Avila Dallara/Mercedes + 1 Lap
26. F.Castellacci Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap
27. Sam Bird Dallara/Mercedes + 1 Lap
28. John Martin Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 2 Laps
29. Alberto Valerio Dallara/Mercedes + 4 Laps
Not classified:
Driver Make Laps
Niall Breen Dallara/Mercedes 17
Sergei Afanasiev Dallara/Mercedes 16
W.Grubmuller Dallara/Mercedes 13
Michael Devaney Mygale/Mercedes 3
Tom Dillmann Dallara/Mercedes 0
Kamui Kobayashi Dallara/Mercedes 0
Michael Patrizi Dallara/Mercedes 0
Fastest lap: Jakes, 1:25.680 on lap 24
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