Mortara wins wet first race
Edoardo Mortara held off a late challenge from Nico Hulkenberg to win the first Formula Three Euro Series race of the weekend in the wet at Barcelona
The start of the race had been delayed by 10 minutes as a downpour hit the circuit moments before the formation lap was due to begin, and Hulkenberg led into the first corner having started from pole position.
Mortara was able to lap faster than him in the early laps though, and he inherited the lead when Hulkenberg went off on lap eight.
The German recovered and closed back in on Mortara, and he eventually finished just 1.2 seconds behind the Italian.
Romain Grosjean took third place having started 14th on the grid, and the Frenchman's championship bid was boosted when rival Sebastien Buemi slid into retirement as Grosjean was chasing him.
Tom Dillman took fourth place, although he had run third for a long time, and only lost the place after a bold move from Grosjean in the closing stages.
James Jakes had a lonely run to fifth place having started 11th, while his Manor Motorsport teammate Franck Mailluex was sixth.
Renger van der Zande recovered to finish seventh after he had been tagged by Buemi earlier in the race, and the Dutchman will share the front row for race two with Edoardo Piscopo, who finished in eighth.
Classified:
Pos Driver Car Time
1. Edoardo Mortara Dallara-Mercedes 40:03.576
2. N.Hulkenberg Dallara-Mercedes + 1.208
3. Romain Grosjean Dallara-Mercedes + 4.994
4. Tom Dillmann Dallara-Mercedes + 8.275
5. James Jakes Dallara-Mercedes + 12.912
6. Franck Mailleux Dallara-Mercedes + 20.341
7. R.van der Zande Dallara-Mercedes + 28.366
8. Edoardo Piscopo Dallara-Mercedes + 29.690
9. H.Schlegelmilch Dallara-Mercedes + 37.211
10. Yann Clairay Dallara-Mercedes + 41.931
11. Kamui Kobayashi Dallara-Mercedes + 42.708
12. Tim Sandtler Dallara-Mercedes + 45.287
13. Filip Salaquarda Dallara-Mercedes + 48.900
14. Daniel Clos Dallara-Mercedes + 49.722
15. Marco Holzer Dallara-Volkswagen + 57.439
16. Cyndie Allemann Dallara-Mercedes +1:01.952
17. J.Summerton Dallara-Volkswagen +1:02.524
18. Michael Patrizi Dallara-Mercedes +1:17.471
19. Sergei Afanasiev Dallara-Mercedes +1:18.981
20. Maximilian Gotz Dallara-Volkswagen + 6 laps
Not classified/retirements:
Driver Car Laps
Sebastien Buemi Dallara-Mercedes 17
Basil Shaaban Dallara-Mercedes 14
Euan Hankey Dallara-Mercedes 7
Yelmer Buurman Dallara-Mercedes 2
Jean-Karl Vernay Dallara-Mercedes 1
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