Vettel scores maiden win
Sebastian Vettel scored his maiden F3 Euroseries win and ASM's first of the season with victory at Hockenheim today
British series regular Yelmer Buurman (Fortec Motorsport) started the race from pole but quickly slipped backwards, with Vettel relieving him of the lead on the first lap. Paul di Resta and Kamui Kobayashi followed him through.
Then Vettel severely outbraked himself at the hairpin, which allowed di Resta to claim the lead from his teammate.
But only two laps later, di Resta lost control in the Sachs Kurve and gifted the lead back to the German.
Vettel almost succumbed to Kobayashi after he repeated the same error a little later, but just held on and was then able to control the rest of the race.
Kobayashi later made a mistake of his own, which allowed Esteban Guerreri and Kohei Hirate to pass him. The order remained unchanged to the flag despite only 1.4 seconds covering the top four at the line.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Sebastian Vettel ASM Formule 3 28:42.167
2. Guillaume Moreau Signature-Plus + 00.499
3. Esteban Guerrieri Manor Motorsport + 00.952
4. Kohei Hirate Manor Motorsport + 01.676
5. Kamui Kobayashi ASM Formule 3 + 03.566
6. Kazuki Nakajima Manor Motorsport + 04.375
7. Giedo van der Garde ASM Formule 3 + 04.983
8. James Jakes Hitech Racing + 17.973
9. Joao Urbano Prema Powerteam + 27.688
10. Alejandro Nunez Prema Powerteam + 28.494
11. Jonathan Summerton ASL M?cke Motorsport + 29.138
12. Charlie Kimball Signature-Plus + 29.793
13. Romain Grosjean Signature-Plus + 30.803
14. S?bastien Buemi ASL M?cke Motorsport + 32.565
15. Filip Salaquarda Team ISR + 35.315
16. Michael Herck Bas Leinders Junior + 35.987
17. Ronayne O'Mahony Prema Powerteam + 46.356
18. Julian Theobald SMS Seyffarth +1:20.475
19. Anthony Janiec Janiec Racing Team +1:21.324
20. Cemil Cipa HBR Motorsport +1:22.431
21. Peter Elkmann Jo Zeller Racing + 2 laps
22. Tim Sandtler Signature-Plus + 3 laps
NOT CLASSIFIED:
Driver Team Laps
Yelmer Buurman Fortec Motorsport 10
James Walker Hitech Racing 4
Paul di Resta ASM Formule 3 3
Kevin Fank SMS Seyffarth 1
Fastest lap: Hirate, 1:33.987 on lap 7
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