Rossi seals Hungaroring victory
Alexander Rossi has taken his second GP3 win of the season with a lights-to-flag effort in today's race at the Hungaroring
The ART driver made a good start and saw off a challenge into the first corner from compatriot Josef Newgarden of Carlin to settle into a lead that he would never relinquish.
Newgarden was on track to finish second for an American 1-2 but his car stopped with a mechanical problem two laps before the finish, allowing Status driver Robert Wickens up to second. The Canadian had been stalking the lead duo all race, and his result was enough to prevent Esteban Gutierrez from wrapping up the title with two rounds to spare.
Carlin's Dean Smith had an uneventful run to third, with Stefano Coletti of Tech 1 finishing fourth after a race-long battle with Gutierrez. Jenzer's Nico Muller secured the final point.
While the race was processional up at the front, there were a few incidents further back in the field to liven things up. Addax's Felipe Guimaraes made an early exit after becoming the latest driver to launch off the back of another when he ran into MW Arden's Michael Christensen in the braking zone for Turn 1.
ART's Pedro Nunes' race also ended prematurely when he was hit by Doru Sechelariu at Turn 15 and sent barrel-rolling off the track.
Pos Driver Team Time/Gap 1. Alexander Rossi ART 26m27.165s 2. Robert Wickens Status + 4.962s 3. Dean Smith Carlin + 11.159s 4. Stefano Coletti Tech 1 + 12.399s 5. Esteban Gutierrez ART + 13.257s 6. Nico Muller Jenzer + 15.521s 7. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Manor + 18.743s 8. Mirko Bortolotti Addax + 24.227s 9. Adrien Tambay Manor + 29.828s 10. Oliver Oakes Atech CRS + 30.387s 11. Rio Haryanto Manor + 39.618s 12. Daniel Morad Status + 40.034s 13. Leonardo Cordeiro MW Arden + 40.449s 14. Nigel Melker RSC Mucke + 40.895s 15. Vittorio Ghirelli Atech CRS + 42.572s 16. Pablo Sanchez Lopez Addax + 45.168s 17. Antonio Felix da Costa Carlin + 46.205s 18. Ivan Lukashevich Status + 46.465s 19. Marco Barba Jenzer + 46.934s 20. Miki Monras MW Arden + 48.691s 21. Doru Sechelariu Tech 1 + 51.086s 22. Roberto Merhi Atech CRS + 52.631s 23. Pal Varhaug Jenzer + 1m17.076s Retirements: Josef Newgarden Carlin 13 laps Tobias Hegewald RSC Mucke 4 laps Michael Christensen MW Arden 2 laps Felipe Guimaraes Addax 1 lap Pedro Nunes ART 1 lap Renger van der Zande RSC Mucke 0 laps
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