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Will Buller claims first F3 Euro Series victory in Austria

Will Buller controlled the pace at the front to take his maiden F3 Euro Series victory in the second race at Spielberg on Saturday afternoon

The British driver made a perfect getaway from pole position on the reversed grid and was never troubled as he took the chequered flag by 1.2 seconds and gave Carlin its first series win for three years.

American Michael Lewis shook off the attention of Tom Blomqvist to claim second place - the Prema driver's best Euro Series finish. Blomqvist's result was his first podium and the first for the ma-con team in the Euro Series as well.

Sven Muller and Jazeman Jaafar rounded out the top five for the Prema and Carlin squads respectively.

Behind them came the battle of the race as Pascal Wehrlein, Carlos Sainz Jr, Daniel Juncadella and Raffaele Marciello grappled over sixth for the duration of the 13 laps.

Prema driver Juncadella, who started second, found himself mired in the battle after stalling on the line and falling outside the top 10. But his recovery brought him into the thick of the fight.

Although visibly slower than the rest, Wehrlein defended his position perfectly, losing his spot to championship leader Marciello at the Remus Kurve on lap eight, but then retaking it at the next corner as the Italian ran wide on the exit.

While that was happening, Juncadella was banging wheels with Sainz's Carlin machine a few feet further back, having clattered the inside kerb at Remus.

Marciello pushed too hard the following lap, running wide at Turn 1 and being launched a few feet into the air after hitting the Ludwig kerbs violently. This allowed both Sainz and Juncadella past, although neither could challenge Wehrlein's Mucke Motorsport Dallara.

Behind them, ma-con driver Emil Bernstorff passed Andrea Roda's Zeller car early in the race to secure the final spot in the top 10.

After suffering a spin and a drive-through in race one, Felix Rosenqvist had another disappointing race. The Mucke driver kept going after taking off on the Turn 1 Ludwig kerbs on lap one and then retired after contact with Lucas Wolf (URD) at Turn 3 a few laps later.

Results - 13 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car               Time/Gap
 1.  Will Buller          Carlin Dallara-VW    19m14.359s
 2.  Michael Lewis        Prema Dallara-Merc     + 1.266s
 3.  Tom Blomqvist        ma-con Dallara-VW      + 2.268s
 4.  Sven Muller          Prema Dallara-Merc     + 3.306s
 5.  Jazeman Jaafar       Carlin Dallara-VW      + 4.006s
 6.  Pascal Wehrlein      Mucke Dallara-Merc     + 4.582s
 7.  Carlos Sainz Jr      Carlin Dallara-VW      + 6.233s
 8.  Daniel Juncadella    Prema Dallara-Merc     + 6.808s
 9.  Raffaelle Marciello  Prema Dallara-Merc     + 7.886s
10.  Emil Bernstorff      ma-con Dallara-VW     + 10.708s
11.  Andrea Roda          Zeller Dallara-Merc   + 14.352s
12.  Sandro Zeller        Zeller Dallara-Merc   + 20.114s
13.  Luis Sa Silva        Angola Dallara-Merc   + 22.833s
14.  Lucas Wolf           URD Dallara-Merc      + 23.202s
15.  Philip Ellis         GU Dallara-Merc       + 28.051s

Retirements:

     Felix Rosenqvist     Mucke Dallara-Merc        1 lap

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