Monza GP3: Dean Stoneman wins race two after epic duel with Lynn
Dean Stoneman won the race of the year in GP3 at Monza on Sunday morning to score his third victory of the season ahead of points leader Alex Lynn
Manor driver Stoneman made a great start from P4 on the grid to swoop into the lead by the first chicane, as Carlin's Lynn jumped up from third to second while Matheo Tuscher and Patrick Kujala both made poor getaways from the front row.
They would later collide at the Roggia, putting both out of the race.
Lynn was right on Stoneman's tail at the end of lap two, and, after shadowing him for a couple of laps, passed him for the lead on the start/finish straight at the start of lap four.
But Stoneman repassed his fellow Briton at the Roggia chicane moments later, and Lynn was further demoted to third by Carlin team-mate Emil Bernstorff at Lesmo 1.
Lynn quickly repassed Bernstorff around the outside of the Parabolica, and closed right up to Stoneman again.
Meanwhile, Bernstorff slipped back into the clutches of ART's Marvin Kirchhofer, who grabbed third when Bernstorff ran wide at Lesmo 2 on lap 10.
Lynn stayed right with Stoneman until the last couple of laps, but when title rival Richie Stanaway retired with a technical failure at Roggia with a few laps remaining, he backed off to finish a safe second to extend his title advantage.
Lynn, who is 50 points clear at the head of the standings, can now wrap up the title at Sochi next time out.
Saturday's race winner Jimmy Eriksson made a dreadful start, and was mired in 12th for most of the event.
He rallied at the end, taking advantage of some late-race retirements and off-track moments from others to grab a solitary point for eighth.
Nick Yelloly finished fifth, behind Bernstorff and ahead of Kevin Ceccon and Luis Sa Silva.
Results - 17 laps:
Pos | Driver | Team | Gap |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dean Stoneman | Marussia Manor Racing | 28m27.813s |
2 | Alex Lynn | Carlin | 0.908s |
3 | Marvin Kirchhofer | ART Grand Prix | 3.399s |
4 | Emil Bernstorff | Carlin | 4.321s |
5 | Nick Yelloly | Status Grand Prix | 7.472s |
6 | Kevin Ceccon | Jenzer Motorsport | 9.774s |
7 | Luis Jorge Sa Silva | Carlin | 18.900s |
8 | Jimmy Eriksson | Koiranen GP | 19.759s |
9 | Dino Zamparelli | ART Grand Prix | 21.007s |
10 | Alex Fontana | ART Grand Prix | 21.513s |
11 | Pal Varhaug | Jenzer Motorsport | 21.582s |
12 | Riccardo Agostini | Hilmer Motorsport | 21.893s |
13 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 22.337s |
14 | Robert Visoiu | Arden International | 23.169s |
15 | Santiago Urrutia | Koiranen GP | 24.124s |
16 | Ryan Cullen | Marussia Manor Racing | 24.853s |
17 | John Bryant-Meisner | Trident | 27.332s |
18 | Nelson Mason | Hilmer Motorsport | 27.786s |
19 | Patric Niederhauser | Arden International | 31.820s |
20 | Mitch Gilbert | Trident | 49.962s |
21 | Carmen Jorda | Koiranen GP | 55.598s |
- | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | Retirement |
- | Jann Mardenborough | Arden International | Retirement |
- | Alfonso Celis | Status Grand Prix | Retirement |
- | Matheo Tuscher | Jenzer Motorsport | Retirement |
- | Patrick Kujala | Marussia Manor Racing | Retirement |
Championship standings
Pos | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Alex Lynn | 173 |
2 | Richie Stanaway | 123 |
3 | Jimmy Eriksson | 115 |
4 | Emil Bernstorff | 111 |
5 | Marvin Kirchhofer | 107 |
6 | Nick Yelloly | 102 |
7 | Dino Zamparelli | 101 |
8 | Dean Stoneman | 95 |
9 | Jann Mardenborough | 61 |
10 | Patric Niederhauser | 37 |
11 | Matheo Tuscher | 29 |
12 | Robert Visoiu | 22 |
13 | Patrick Kujala | 22 |
14 | Alex Fontana | 20 |
15 | Riccardo Agostini | 18 |
16 | Pal Varhaug | 11 |
17 | Roman de Beer | 8 |
18 | Luis Jorge Sa Silva | 6 |
19 | Kevin Ceccon | 4 |
20 | Luca Ghiotto | 4 |
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