Parente Wins at Mondello Park
Alvaro Parente's experience showed at Mondello Park today, as a great start from second on the grid earned the Portuguese driver yet another British F3 win
"It's all about the start here," said the new Champion, who has notched up a few victories thanks to good getaways. "Even if the guys behind were quicker it would have been hard for them to get past. And that wasn't the case - we were fast."
Pole man and local favourite Steven Kane (Promatecme) dropped to second after the start, and then an unforced mistake later in the race dropped him to third behind Fortec Motorsport's Mike Conway.
American Charlie Kimball was fourth, ahead of Danilo Dirani, Dan Clarke and Christian Bakkerud. Kane will get another chance to win later today, when he will also start from pole.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Driver Make Time
1. Alvaro Parente Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 30:29.358
2. Mike Conway Dallara Opel Spiess + 3.072
3. Steven Kane Lola B05/30 Mugen-Honda + 9.419
4. Charlie Kimball Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 11.328
5. Danilo Dirani Lola B05/30 Mugen Honda + 12.791
6. Dan Clarke Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 18.480
7. Christian Bakkerud Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 19.216
8. James Walker Dallara F305 Opel Spiess + 21.524
9. Stephen Jelley Dallara F305 Opel Spiess + 24.744
10. Ronayne O'mahony Dallara F305 Opel Spiess + 25.780
11. Marko Asmer Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 26.146
12. Bruno Senna Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 32.795
13. Barton Mawer Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 41.606
14. Jonathan Kennard Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 42.838
15. Ryan Lewis Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 44.202
16. Juho Annala Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 47.876
17. Josh Fisher Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda +1:04.164
18. Cheong Lou Meng Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda +1:27.320
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Driver Make On Lap
Nick Jones Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 12
Karl Reindler Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 11
Salvador Duran Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 11
Charlie Hollings Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen H 2
Keiko Ihara Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 0
Fastest lap: Alvaro Parente, 1:32.266 on lap 9
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