Monza GP3: De Vries wins, Leclerc collides with team-mate Fukuzumi
McLaren Formula 1 junior Nyck de Vries beat Alexander Albon to claim his first GP3 victory in an ART one-twoat Monza, as their team-mates Charles Leclerc and Nirei Fukuzumi collided
Ferrari academy driver Leclerc was trying to pass Honda protege Fukuzumi for fifth through the Roggia chicane on the third lap when the accident occurred.
They went side by side through the corner before Fukuzumi moved across on the exit in defence, seemingly unaware that Leclerc was still largely alongside him.
Fukuzumi's car was spat into the barriers and then collected Tatiana Calderon as it rebounded across the track, while championship leader Leclerc slewed into the Lesmo gravel with suspension damage.
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Albon was leading de Vries at the time, the ART pair having passed reverse grid polesitter Antonio Fuoco's Trident car in quick succession over the opening laps.
But on the restart lap de Vries dived inside his team-mate into the Roggia chicane. He nearly replicated Fukuzumi's damaging defence on the exit, with Albon backing out of his retaliation attempt and ensuring they continued unscathed.
While de Vries went on to win by 1.7 seconds over Albon, Fuoco gained on Leclerc in the standings by fending off battling Arden duo Jake Dennis and Jack Aitken for third.
Arjun Maini won a wild upper midfield tussle to claim sixth via a last-lap move on Alex Palou.
Saturday podium finisher Jake Hughes tumbled down the order when he got airborne banging wheels with Aitken off the startline.
He fought back through to 10th, chasing Artur Janosz and Ralph Boschung.
Matt Parry would have been in the mix for points too had he not picked up a puncture on lap one and scooted at high speed over the Ascari gravel.
RACE TWO RESULT
Pos | Driver | Team | Gap |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nyck de Vries | ART Grand Prix | 30m24.854s |
2 | Alexander Albon | ART Grand Prix | 1.741s |
3 | Antonio Fuoco | Trident | 6.382s |
4 | Jake Dennis | Arden International | 7.761s |
5 | Jack Aitken | Arden International | 8.331s |
6 | Arjun Maini | Jenzer Motorsport | 11.991s |
7 | Alex Palou | Campos Racing | 12.264s |
8 | Artur Janosz | Trident | 12.504s |
9 | Ralph Boschung | Koiranen GP | 12.933s |
10 | Jake Hughes | DAMS | 13.910s |
11 | Santino Ferrucci | DAMS | 14.716s |
12 | Kevin Jorg | DAMS | 16.886s |
13 | Steijn Schothorst | Campos Racing | 17.561s |
14 | Konstantin Tereschenko | Campos Racing | 20.609s |
15 | Sandy Stuvik | Trident | 20.958s |
16 | Tatiana Calderon | Arden International | 21.273s |
17 | Matt Parry | Koiranen GP | 22.022s |
18 | Akash Nandy | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m03.571s |
19 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 1 Lap |
- | Matevos Isaakyan | Koiranen GP | Retirement |
- | Nirei Fukuzumi | ART Grand Prix | Retirement |
- | Charles Leclerc | ART Grand Prix | Retirement |
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
Pos | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Charles Leclerc | 177 |
2 | Antonio Fuoco | 153 |
3 | Alexander Albon | 145 |
4 | Nyck de Vries | 104 |
5 | Jake Dennis | 96 |
6 | Jack Aitken | 89 |
7 | Matt Parry | 72 |
8 | Jake Hughes | 69 |
9 | Nirei Fukuzumi | 53 |
10 | Ralph Boschung | 48 |
11 | Arjun Maini | 36 |
12 | Santino Ferrucci | 34 |
13 | Oscar Tunjo | 18 |
14 | Matevos Isaakyan | 17 |
15 | Steijn Schothorst | 16 |
16 | Alex Palou | 15 |
17 | Kevin Jorg | 13 |
18 | Sandy Stuvik | 8 |
19 | Artur Janosz | 3 |
20 | Tatiana Calderon | 2 |
21 | Giuliano Alesi | 1 |
22 | Akash Nandy | 0 |
23 | Richard Gonda | 0 |
24 | Konstantin Tereschenko | 0 |
25 | Niko Kari | 0 |
26 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | 0 |
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