Van der Garde wins race 2
Giedo van der Garde's terrible start to the Formula Three Euroseries season finally ended when he won round ten at Norisring on Sunday
The Dutchman, who had only scored ten points all season, grabbed the lead at the first corner from pole sitter Joao Urbano (Prema) and scorched to a 12.5 seconds victory over ASM teammate Kamui Kobayashi.
It would have been an ASM 1-2-3, but Saturday race winner Paul di Resta was forced out with just six laps remaining when he suffered a driveshaft failure and was forced to retire to the pits. He was running second at the time, despite dropping outside the top 10 early on after avoiding Kohei Hirate's first lap crash at the Esses.
Brands winner Peter Elkmann was on the podium once again in third, while USA's Charlie Kimball also put an end to his dismal run, scoring his first Euroseries points for Signature.
Kazuki Nakajima was the only Manor Motorsport car to finish in fifth, as Esteban Guerrieri snapped a driveshaft at the start, and Kohei Hirate slammed into the wall on the opening lap.
Jonathan Summerton, who finished third for Mucke yesterday, lost any chance of a good finish when he was given a drive-though penalty for a jump start. He was running third again at the time. Teammate Sebastien Buemi was also penalized for the same thing, but not before he had punted off fellow Red Bull Junior Sebastian Vettel early on.
Poleman Urbano spun out of third position at the first corner on lap 19.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Giedo van der Garde ASM Formule 3 26:44.440
2. Kamui Kobayashi ASM Formule 3 + 12.507
3. Peter Elkmann Jo Zeller Racing + 14.002
4. Charlie Kimball Signature-Plus + 17.043
5. Kazuki Nakajima Manor Motorsport + 19.009
6. Guillaume Moreau Signature-Plus + 22.415
7. Alejandro Nunez Prema Powerteam + 23.048
8. Romain Grosjean Signature-Plus + 26.385
9. Tim Sandtler Signature-Plus + 28.480
10. Michael Herck Bas Leinders JRT + 29.011
11. Sebastien Buemi ASL Mucke Motorsport + 34.088
12. Ronayne O'Mahony Prema Powerteam + 40.531
13. Jonathan Summerton ASL Mucke Motorsport + 1 lap
14. Anthony Janiec Janiec Racing Team + 1 lap
15. Julian Theobald SMS Seyffarth Motorsport + 1 lap
16. Gina-Maria Adenauer SMS Seyffarth Motorsport + 2 laps
17. Filip Salaquarda Team ISR + 4 laps
18. Paul di Resta ASM Formule 3 + 6 laps
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Driver Team On Lap
Joao Urbano Prema Powerteam 19
Dominik Schraml FS Motorsport 3
Sebastian Vettel ASM Formule 3 1
Kohei Hirate Manor Motorsport 0
Fastest Lap: Sebastien Buemi, 49.435 on lap 21
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