Parente Makes it Perfect Two
Alvaro Parente wrapped up his British F3 weekend at Knockhill in style, winning the second race of the day after running safely in the lead from start to finish
Parente won the first race this morning in similar fashion, and he started both races from pole position, further compounding his domination of the weekend with Carlin Motorsport.
Once again the battle behind Parente offered excitement, but this time in dry conditions. It began with Marko Asmer and Ryan Lewis battling for second in the opening stages, before a collision caused Lewis to spin down the order. He eventually recovered to finish eighth.
Asmer, on the other hand, continued the fight, this time with Mike Conway, who was right behind Asmer and Lewis while their battle took place. Conway, who started the race in sixth position, overtook Charlie Kimball and inherited another place when Lewis spun off.
But Conway's progress up the field was all for nought. Running as high as second - after he overtook Asmer while the two were lapping a spinning Keiko Ihara - Conway's Opel Spiess engine gave up with just a couple of laps to the end.
This allowed Asmer to resume second place, while Kimball moved into third - his first F3 podium.
British F3 Round 8 (Race 15) at Knockhill - Results:
CLASSIFIED: Pos Driver Chassis-Engine Time 1. Alvaro Parente Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 20:00.876 2. Marko Asmer Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 8.186 3. Charlie Kimball Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 8.677 4. Steven Kane Lola B05/30 Mugen-Honda + 9.045 5. Dan Clarke Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 20.783 6. James Walker Dallara F305 Opel Spiess + 23.224 7. Christian Bakkerud Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 26.975 8. Ryan Lewis Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 27.107 9. Danilo Dirani Lola B05/30 Mugen Honda + 28.953 10. Charlie Hollings Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen Honda + 38.365 11. Barton Mawer Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 41.368 12. Jonathan Kennard Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 43.805 13. Juho Annala Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 46.376 14. Salvador Duran Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap 15. Keiko Ihara Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap 16. Nick Jones Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap 17. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap 18. Cheong Lou Meng Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 2 Laps NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS: Driver Chassis-Engine On Lap Mike Conway Dallara Opel Spiess 23 Ronayne O'mahony Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 16 Stephen Jelley Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 9 Tim Bridgman Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 2 Josh Fisher Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 0 FASTEST LAPS: Championship: Ryan Lewis 47.039 on lap 11 National: Barton Mawer 48.406 on lap 13
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