Maiden win for Bakkerud in Mugello
Christian Bakkerud scored a comprehensive start-to-finish victory in a bizarre opening British F3 race at Mugello today
The Danish driver had an extremely easy run to his first F3 victory, but only after a great deal of carnage at the start helped eliminate most of his competition.
And that competition included his two Carlin Motorsport teammates Oliver Jarvis and Maro Engel.
Jarvis, Engel, Bakkerud and championship leader Mike Conway were four abreast as they steamed up the straight to the first corner.
It was so close that Jarvis and Engel actually interlocked wheels - enough to damage Jarvis's car beyond reasonable repair.
While Conway sensibly backed out of the situation, Engel took the inside line for the right-hander, with Bakkerud outside him.
But Engel braked too deep and spun out - straight into Conway's path. Engel was instantly out and Conway fell to the very back, as he rallied through the gravel.
That left Bakkerud with an enormous lead over Yelmer Buurman (Fortec Motorsport), Stephen Jelley (Double R) and Alberto Valerio (Cesario Formula).
Both Jelley and Cesario later passed the Dutchman to claim the lower podium spots. Conway recovered to finish sixth.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Driver Make Time
1. C. Bakkerud Dallara/Mugen-Honda 28:15.456
2. Stephen Jelley Dallara/Mercedes + 10.524
3. Alberto Valerio Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 16.391
4. Yelmer Buurman Dallara/Mercedes + 16.878
5. James Jakes Dallara/Mercedes + 26.625
6. Mike Conway Dallara/Mercedes + 26.936
7. Salvador Duran Dallara/Mercedes + 31.914
8. James Walker Dallara/Mercedes + 44.605
9. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 56.975
10. Bruno Senna Dallara/Mercedes + 57.357
11. Karl Reindler Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 59.272
12. Keiko Ihara Dallara/Mugen-Honda +1:12.206
13. Alex Waters Dallara/Mugen-Honda +1:20.328
14. Mauro Massironi Dallara/Opel +1:20.710
15. F. Crestani Dallara/Opel +1:41.348
16. Rodolfo Avila Dallara/Mugen-Honda +1:49.958
17. C. Morgado Lola-Dome/Mugen-Honda + 2 Laps
NOT CLASSIFIED:
Driver Make Laps
Juho Annala Dallara/Mugen-Honda 3
Oliver Jarvis Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1
Maro Engel Dallara/Mugen-Honda 0
Jonathan Kennard Dallara/Mugen-Honda 0
Stuart Hall Dallara/Mugen-Honda 0
Fastest lap: Bakkerud, 1:44.514 on lap 5
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