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Raffaele Marciello takes first F3 Euro Series victory in Hockenheim race two

Raffaele Marciello continued Prema Powerteam's strong form at Hockenheim by taking his maiden F3 Euro Series win in race two on Saturday

From third place on the reversed grid, the Italian teenager made a rocket start to overtake Tom Blomqvist off the line and then sweep around the outside of polesitter Lucas Wolf at the first corner.

The Ferrari Academy driver was never headed and gradually drew away from Fortec driver Hannes van Asseldonk - who had passed Wolf's URD Dallara-Mercedes at the Spitzkehre on the opening lap - to take victory by six seconds.

Wolf and ma-con driver Blomqvist dropped steadily backwards as the race developed, and both were easy prey for rivals that had beaten them in race one.

Mucke's Felix Rosenqvist outbraked Wolf for third at the Spitzkehre early on, and Carlin team-mates Will Buller and Carlos Sainz Jr made similar light work of both the Brit and Wolf.

Buller sat in a lonely fourth spot for most of the race, but was pressured hard by Sainz on the final lap; first at the Spitzkehre and then at the Mercedes Arena. Buller defended well however and hung on to the spot.

Behind the Carlin duo were Prema's Sven Muller and Fortec's Alex Lynn, with Prema's Michael Lewis nipping by Blomqvist late on for ninth after the American was squeezed onto the grass under braking for the Spitzkehre on the opening lap and was forced into another recovery drive.

Race one winner Daniel Juncadella (Prema) climbed from eighth to fourth within two laps, but retired in the pits early on having sustained damage in contact with Buller. The only other retiree was Philip Ellis (GU), who spun into the gravel at the Stadium entrance on the final lap.

Results - 13 laps:

Pos  Driver                Team/Car                   Time/Gap
 1.  Raffaelle Marciello   Prema Dallara-Merc       20m50.142s
 2.  Hannes van Asseldonk  Fortec Dallara-Merc        + 5.976s
 3.  Felix Rosenqvist      Prema Dallara-Merc         + 6.711s
 4.  Will Buller           Carlin Dallara-VW         + 11.601s
 5.  Carlos Sainz Jr       Carlin Dallara-VW         + 12.341s
 6.  Sven Muller           Prema Dallara-Merc        + 13.969s
 7.  Lucas Wolf            URD Dallara-Merc          + 16.283s
 8.  Alex Lynn             Fortec Dallara-Merc       + 17.166s
 9.  Pascal Wehrlein       Mucke Dallara-Merc        + 20.499s
10.  Michael Lewis         Prema Dallara-Merc        + 21.713s
11.  Tom Blomqvist         ma-con Dallara-VW         + 24.041s
12.  Emil Bernstorff       ma-con Dallara-VW         + 24.845s
13.  Felix Serralles       Fortec Dallara-Merc       + 25.222s
14.  Luis Sa Silva         Angola Dallara-Merc       + 37.505s
15.  Sandro Zeller         Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc    + 38.787s
16.  Andrea Roda           Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc    + 39.193s
17.  Philip Ellis          GU Dallara-Merc             + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Daniel Juncadella     Mucke Dallara-Merc           3 laps

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