Parente Wins First Knockhill Race
Alvaro Parente won the first British F3 International Series race at Knockhill, after leading the wet race from start to finish

The Carlin Motorsport driver, who missed the first two races of the season, started the race from pole position and maintained a lead throughout the race, despite difficult weather conditions.
The race began under heavy rain, and the rainfall eased off only towards the end of the race.
T-Sport's Ryan Lewis finished second after a race-long battle with Fortec's Mike Conway, who finished third.
Lewis, starting from fourth position, overtook Steven Kane, who was third on the grid, on the second lap, and then went on to overtake Mike Conway on lap seven. Lewis maintained his position to the end, despite several attempts by Conway to overtake him.
Conway himself had to battle for his position with Kane as well, and by lap 17, Kane overtook Conway for third, but lost his place back to Conway on lap 21, when he was lapping Buno Senna and Nick Jones. The two backmarkers forced Kane to go wide, allowing Conway through and back to third.
The second race at Knockhill begins this afternoon, with parente again on pole position.
British F3 Round 7 (Race 8) - Knockhill Race Results:
CLASSIFIED: Pos Driver Chassis-Engine Time 1. Alvaro Parente Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 22:58.695 2. Ryan Lewis Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 7.820 3. Mike Conway Dallara Opel Spiess + 8.708 4. Steven Kane Lola B05/30 Mugen-Honda + 16.333 5. Danilo Dirani Lola B05/30 Mugen Honda + 19.528 6. Christian Bakkerud Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 44.482 7. Charlie Hollings Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen Honda + 46.530 8. Salvador Duran Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 48.943 9. Josh Fisher Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 51.269 10. Barton Mawer Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap 11. Stephen Jelley Dallara F305 Opel Spiess + 1 Lap 12. Juho Annala Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap 13. Jonathan Kennard Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap 14. Bruno Senna Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap 15. Ronayne O'mahony Dallara F305 Opel Spiess + 1 Lap 16. Keiko Ihara Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda + 2 Laps 17. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda + 3 Laps NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS: Driver Chassis-Engine On Lap Tim Bridgman Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 20 Nick Jones Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 18 Marko Asmer Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 16 James Walker Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 15 Cheong Lou Meng Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 15 Charlie Kimball Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 0 FASTEST LAPS: Championship: Steven Kane 54.025 on lap 18 National: Charlie Hollings 54.426 on lap 5
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