Moreau Takes Maiden Win
Guillaume Moreau scored his first ever Formula Three Euroseries win at Zandvoort, after ASM teammates Lewis Hamilton and Adrian Sutil collided at the first corner of the opening lap
The Signature rookie took full advantage when the title contenders ran into one another. Sutil was left with nowhere to go as Hamilton appeared to edge him out. The pair locked wheels sending both into retirement.
Three cars had already been eliminated after Kohei Hirate (Team Rosberg) tangled with Signature's James Rossiter at the start. Hirate then speared into Carbone's unique SLC machine, taking out the unfortunate Brazilian on the spot.
The safety car came out as the track was cleared and at the re-start McLaren Autosport Award Winner Paul di Resta got a run on Sebastien Vettel (Mucke) for second. It appeared to be a great move and the Manor Motorsport driver soon set about hunting down Moreau for the lead.
Unfortunately, the Scot was adjudged to have passed Vettel before the start/finish line and was handed a drive-through penalty. This left Moreau in a comfortable lead he held to the end.
Toyota protege Franck Perera picked up third for Prema, while teammate Greg Franchi took his best ever Euroseries result in fourth.
CLASSIFIED: Pos Driver Team Time 1. Guillaume Moreau Signature 30:05.230 2. Sebastian Vettel ASL Mucke Motorsport + 3.393 3. Franck Perera Prema Powerteam + 6.319 4. Greg Franchi Prema Powerteam + 11.342 5. Atila Abreu ASL Mucke Motorsport + 14.199 6. Esteban Guerrieri Team Midland Euroseries + 15.468 7. Hannes Neuhauser HBR Motorsport + 16.042 8. Marco Bonanomi Prema Powerteam + 17.161 9. Alejandro Nunez HBR Motorsport + 21.445 10. Loic Duval Signature-Plus + 26.089 11. Thomas Holzer AM-Holzer Rennsport + 28.986 12. Robert Austin Team Midland Euroseries + 29.483 13. Filip Salaquarda Team I.S.R. + 32.927 14. Paul di Resta Manor Motorsport + 2 laps NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS: Driver Team On Lap G. van der Garde Team Rosberg 11 James Rossiter Signature-Plus 1 Fabio Carbone Signature 0 Lucas di Grassi Manor Motorsport 0 Lewis Hamilton ASM F3 0 Kohei Hirate Team Rosberg 0 Adrian Sutil ASM F3 0 Fastest lap:>b Paul di Resta Paul, 1:33.497 on lap 8
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