Nurburgring Euro F3: Ferrari's Raffaele Marciello takes another win
Raffaele Marciello made it two wins out of two at the Nurburgring with a dominant drive in the second Formula 3 European Championship encounter on Saturday evening
The Italian, who started from pole position, got the jump on the field at the start and was never seriously challenged as he took his Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes to a ninth win of 2013.
His main title rival and fellow front-row starter Felix Rosenqvist stalled at the start, allowing Alexander Sims into second place off the line.
The T-Sport driver was overtaken at the first corner by Fortec driver Pipo Derani and was unable to get back past as the Brazilian took his best result of the year. Behind them were Carlin's Jordan King and Prema's Lucas Auer.
A mid-race safety car, triggered after Lucas Wolf ploughed into a spun Roy Nissany at Turn 1, closed up the pack and allowed Sven Muller to nip by Felix Serralles for sixth at the same corner as racing resumed.
Alex Lynn was also able to get by Serralles by the end, capping a good recovery drive from 13th on the grid.
Even more impressive was Rosenqvist, who finished the opening lap 22nd and gradually made his way through the field to finish ninth.
His standout moment came when he passed Tom Blomqvist and Daniil Kvyat in four corners to close onto the fringes of the points with a handful of laps to go.
Rosenqvist's result means he is now an increased 57.5 points behind Ferrari protege Marciello in the championship with 10 races left and 250 points available.
Results - 25 laps: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Raffaele Marciello Prema Dallara-Merc 36m17.972s 2. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc +5.466s 3. Alexander Sims T-Sport Dallara-Nissan +6.159s 4. Jordan King Carlin Dallara-VW +6.841s 5. Lucas Auer Prema Dallara-Merc +9.159s 6. Sven Muller Ma-con Dallara-VW +11.045s 7. Alex Lynn Prema Dallara-Merc +11.382s 8. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc +12.637s 9. Felix Rosenqvist Mucke Dallara-Merc +17.272s 10. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW +18.453s 11. Michael Lewis Mucke Dallara-Merc +19.214s 12. Tom Blomqvist Eurointernational Dallara-VW +19.545s 13. Daniil Kvyat Carlin Dallara-VW +20.426s 14. Mitchell Gilbert Mucke Dallara-Merc +20.849s 15. Eddie Cheever Prema Dallara-Merc +21.412s 16. Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Dallara-Merc +21.907s 17. Nicholas Latifi Carlin Dallara-VW +22.442s 18. Sean Gelael Double R Dallara-Merc +23.002s 19. Dennis van de Laar Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW +23.892s 20. Tatiana Calderon Double R Dallara-Merc +25.460s 21. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Nissan +27.425s 22. Andre Rudersdorf Ma-con Dallara-VW +27.758s 23. Sandro Zeller Zeller Dallara-Merc +1m00.931s Retirements: Roy Nissany Mucke Dallara-Merc 13 laps Lucas Wolf URD Dallara-Merc 13 laps Jann Mardenborough Carlin Dallara-VW 1 lap
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