Carbone takes maiden win in race two
Fabio Carbone scored his maiden Formula Renault 3.5 series victory in the second race at the Hungaroring
The 27 year-old Brazilian's achievement with new team Ultimate-Signature is particularly notable given that the Anglo-French squad was assembled from scratch at the beginning of the season.
"Everything was new, the workshops and personnel," said Carbone. "We were struggling at the start of the season, but now everything is up and running well, and I am pretty sure we can continue this form to the end of the season."
Julien Jousse repeated his second position finish from race one. The French rookie's growing frustration of missing out on his first win was tempered by closing the gap to points' leader Giedo van der Garde in the title race.
The championship leader failed to score after spinning into a gravel trap, two laps from home, while running fourth.
Miguel Molina made amends for crashing into his Prema team-mate in race one, and rounded out the podium.
Carbone converted pole position into a first corner lead, and was only headed during the mandatory pit-stops. Molina slotted into second at turn one, passing a locked-up Jousse around the outside. Van der Garde held fourth, ahead of Silverstone winner Robert Wickens.
Prior to the race, van der Garde had expressed concerns that the race would feature frequent safety car periods, and the Dutchman pitted at the first opportunity on lap five.
BR>Pos Driver Team Time 1. Fabio Carbone Ultimate-Signature 41:01.764 2. Julien Jousse Tech 1 Racing + 1.891 3. Miguel Molina Prema Powerteam + 11.221 4. Bertrand Baguette International Draco Racing + 16.057 5. Alvaro Barba Prema Powerteam + 24.533 6. Alexandre Marsoin Epsilon-Euskadi + 25.494 7. Marco Barba International Draco Racing + 25.975 8. Robert Wickens Carlin Motorsport + 26.452 9. Charles Pic Tech 1 Racing + 27.086 10. James Walker Fortec Motorsport + 28.072 11. Pasquale Disabatino Red Devil Team Comtec + 30.644 12. Esteban Guerrieri Ultimate-Signature + 33.650 13. Marco Bonanomi Red Devil Team Comtec + 36.443 14. Fairuz Fauzy Fortec Motorsport + 38.872 15. Mikhail Aleshin Carlin Motorsport + 39.434 16. Salvador Duran Interwetten.Com Racing + 47.093 17. Claudio Cantelli Rc Motorsport + 57.431 18. Aleix Alcaraz Pons Racing + 57.864 19. Duncan Tappy Rc Motorsport + 59.402 20. Daniil Move Ktr + 1 lap 21. Giedo Van Der Garde P1 Motorsport + 3 laps Retirements: Driver Team Laps Mario Romancini Epsilon-Euskadi 18 Pablo Sanchez Interwetten.Com Racing 6 Marcos Martinez Pons Racing 0 Guillaume Moreau Ktr 0 Pippa Mann P1 Motorsport 0
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