Norisring European 3: Felix Rosenqvist's fuel verdict overturned
Formula 3 European Championship title contender Felix Rosenqvist has been reinstated to this weekend's Norisring results after doubts emerged over the accuracy of the tests on his post-qualifying fuel sample
The Swede was racing under appeal from the grid positions he earned in qualifying when the Mucke Motorsport team elected to contest the verdict.
He finished second in both of Saturday's races, but was not included in the results. New results have now been issued with his reinstatement.
FIA chief steward Francis Murac explained: "The man who makes the analysis said there was a problem with car number 6 because the analysis was not the same as the reference sample taken at the start of the meeting.
"Mucke made an appeal, so in this case we decided to suspend our decision.
"This morning at 7.30 I had a call from Aral [the championship's fuel supplier], saying they were not 100 per cent sure that the fuel analysis is correct.
"They made a report and with my two colleagues we decided to reverse the decision, and the appeal money has been given back to Mucke Motorsport."
The new verdict leaves Rosenqvist 31.5 points adrift of championship leader Raffaele Marciello going into this morning's third race, which the duo will start from the front row of the grid.
Amended Race One results - 39 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Raffaelle Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 35m46.130s
2. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc +0.336s
3. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc +1.178s
4. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc +2.077s
5. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc +3.680s
6. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW +7.231s
7. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW +9.124s
8. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc +12.463s
9. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW +17.201s
10. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc +17.616s
11. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc +18.605s
12. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc +21.103s
13 Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc +21.546s
14. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan +22.616s
15. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc +23.491s
16. Nick Cassidy Eurointernational Dallara-Merc +26.239s
17. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW +26.424s
18. Michela Cerruti Ferraris Dallara-Merc +32.301s
19. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan +2 laps
Retirements:
Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc 34 laps
Sven Muller Ma-con Dallara-VW 34 laps
Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 34 laps
Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW 28 laps
Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc 15 laps
Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW 12 laps
Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc 6 laps
Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc 5 laps
Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW 1 lap
Amended Race Two Results - 42 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc 34m22.297s
2. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc +1.257s
3. Raffaelle Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc +2.355s
4. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan +3.258s
5. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc +11.396s
6. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc +12.271s
7. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-Merc +12.672s
8. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW +13.647s
9. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW +19.545s
10. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc +20.098s
11. Nick Cassidy Eurointernational Dallara-Merc +21.008s
12. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW +21.327s
13. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc +25.377s
14. Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc +27.685s
15. Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc +34.228s
16. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc +36.076s
17. Sven Muller Ma-con Dallara-VW +36.792s
18. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW +41.601s
19. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW +44.460s
20. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW +44.616s
21. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc +44.702s
22. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc +46.229s
23. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc +1 lap
24. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan +1 lap
25. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc +1 lap
26. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc +1 lap
27. Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW +1 lap
28. Michela Cerruti Ferraris Dallara-Merc +2 laps
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