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Jelley wins, Asmer takes title

Marko Asmer wrapped up the British Formula 3 championship in unsatisfying fashion at Croft when he retired from a convincing lead with engine problems. Victory went to Stephen Jelley (Double R Racing) instead.

Asmer (Hitech Racing) sprang into the early lead after a fine start, and was almost instantly assured of the title when his chaser Maro Engel ended in the gravel trap at the first corner following a collision with his Carlin Motorsport teammate Niall Breen as they disputed second place.

That left Asmer with a big lead over Jelley, Sam Bird (Carlin), Greg Mansell (Fortec Motorsport) and Atte Mustonen (Double R Racing).

But it wasn't long before Asmer's engine began to smoke and sound evil - he only made it to half distance before being forced to park it.

That put Jelley in charge, and he had no trouble holding off Bird and Mansell to the flag for the third straight Double R win.

Although Franky Cheng (Performance Racing) took a commanding National Class win, it wasn't enough to stop T-Sport driver Sergio Perez from taking the title.

Pos  Driver            Car/Engine             Time
 1.  Stephen Jelley    Dallara/Mercedes       30:50.597
 2.  Sam Bird          Dallara/Mercedes          +1.951
 3.  Greg Mansell      Dallara/Mercedes          +2.455
 4.  Atte Mustonen     Dallara/Mercedes          +3.298
 5.  Alberto Valerio   Dallara/Mercedes          +7.918
 6.  Mario Moraes      Dallara/Mercedes         +11.462
 7.  Michael Devaney   Mygale/Mercedes          +13.045
 8.  Rodolfo Gonzalez  Dallara/Mugen-Honda      +13.465
 9.  Cheng Cong Fu     Dallara/Mugen-Honda      +17.035
10.  Leo Mansell       Dallara/Mercedes         +17.726
11.  Sergio Perez      Dallara/Mugen-Honda      +23.603
12.  John Martin       Dallara/Mugen-Honda      +26.894
13.  S.Al-Khalifa      Dallara/Mugen-Honda      +28.818
14.  Hamed Al Fardan   Dallara/Mugen-Honda      +30.315
15.  Ernesto Otero     Dallara/Mugen-Honda    +1:15.824
16.  Juan P.Garcia     Lola-Dome/Mugen-Honda     +1 lap

Retirements

     W.Grubmuller      Dallara/Mercedes         23 laps
     Ali Jackson       Dallara/Mercedes         21 laps
     S.Hohenthal       Dallara/Mercedes         19 laps
     E.Guerrieri       Mygale/Mercedes          19 laps
     F.Castellacci     Dallara/Mugen-Honda      15 laps
     Marko Asmer       Dallara/Mercedes         12 laps
     Viktor Jensen     Dallara/Mugen-Honda      10 laps
     Michael Meadows   Dallara/Mugen-Honda       5 laps
     Ricardo Teixeira  Dallara/Mugen-Honda       3 laps
     Jonathan Kennard  Dallara/Mercedes           1 lap
     Max Chilton       Dallara/Mercedes           1 lap
     Maro Engel        Dallara/Mercedes          0 laps
     Niall Breen       Dallara/Mercedes          0 laps

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