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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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