Barcelona FR3.5: Kevin Magnussen seals title with narrow victory
Kevin Magnussen sealed the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 championship with victory in the first race of the weekend at Barcelona

The McLaren junior led from start to finish in his DAMS machine, but he had to contend with pressure from Will Stevens (P1/Strakka) throughout the race to hang on for victory.
Magnussen appeared to have got the better of Stevens once and for all as the gap crept up towards three seconds mid-race, but he allowed the Briton to close up with an uncharacteristic mistake under braking at Turn 10.
After the race leader had locked up at the end of the backstraight his lead was down to one second, and Stevens was able to reduce that to 0.8 seconds at the start of the final lap.
But Magnussen hung on, giving him more than enough points to prevent Fortec's Stoffel Vandoorne from being able to take the title in Sunday's season finale.
Vandoorne finished a distant and lonely third in the race, having passed a slow-starting Will Buller off the line.
Buller's Zeta entry appeared set to take fourth, but after fifth-placed Sergey Sirotkin (ISR) retired with a broken rear wing, Buller came under pressure late on from Antonio Felix da Costa. The Briton eventually ran wide at Turn 10, giving the Red Bull junior the chance to pass to secure fourth for Arden Caterham.
Only 12 cars were running at the finish, with several of them being eliminated in a first lap accident triggered when Nigel Melker and Marco Sorensen came together at Turn 2 on the opening lap.
Their clash tipped Sorensen into a roll, and several other cars were then caught up in the melee that followed.
Results - 27 laps:
Pos Driver Car Time/Gap 1. Kevin Magnussen DAMS 46m32.366s 2. Will Stevens P1/Strakka +0.849s 3. Stoffel Vandoorne Fortec +11.582s 4. Antonio Felix da Costa Arden Caterham +23.899s 5. William Buller Zeta +29.431s 6. Zoel Amberg Pons +30.196s 7. Matias Laine P1/Strakka +33.363s 8. Daniil Move SMP/Comtec +37.209s 9. Pietro Fantin Arden Caterham +42.491s 10. Oliver Webb Fortec +43.543s 11. Lucas Foresti SMP/Comtec +46.306s 12. Nico Muller Draco +1m14.850s 13. Nikolay Martsenko Pons +2 laps Retirements: Mikhail Aleshin Tech 1 23 laps Christopher Zanella ISR 23 laps Sergey Sirotkin ISR 14 laps Arthur Pic AV 12 laps Andre Negrao Draco 9 laps Carlos Sainz Jr Zeta 2 laps Marco Sorensen Lotus 0 laps Nigel Melker Tech 1 0 laps Norman Nato DAMS 0 laps Marlon Stockinger Lotus 0 laps Yann Cunha AV 0 laps Carlos Huertas Carlin 0 laps

Barcelona FR3.5: Kevin Magnussen grabs pole for potential decider
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