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Rio Haryanto takes last-gasp GP3 win at wet Hungaroring

Rio Haryanto capitalised on a late race safety car to steal victory from Nigel Melker in the second GP3 race of the weekend at the Hungaroring

Manor driver Haryanto had charged from ninth on the grid to second by lap eight in the wet conditions, by which time pole-sitter Melker was a long way down the road.

The RSC Mucke man had his lead up to 7.9 seconds when the safety car came out on lap 12, after Thomas Hylkema crashed coming out of Turn 2.

Haryanto attacked Melker going into the final corner on the restart, and he then made his move for the lead stick at Turn 2. From there Melker was shuffled down to fourth by the ART duo of Valtteri Bottas and James Calado.

Bottas had gradually picked his way through the field from eighth to further extend the championship lead he inherited yesterday. But Calado was the real star of the race, charging to a podium finish from 25th on the grid in the wet conditions.

Behind Melker, Jenzer's Nico Muller completed the top five, while front row starter Tom Dillmann (Addax) clung to sixth after cutting the chicane on the final lap while fighting with Status driver Antonio Felix da Costa.

Results - 14 laps:

Pos  Driver                  Team         Time/Gap
 1.  Rio Haryanto            Manor      30m06.456s
 2.  Valtteri Bottas         ART          + 1.344s
 3.  James Calado            ART          + 3.799s
 4.  Nigel Melker            RSC Mucke    + 5.264s
 5.  Nico Muller             Jenzer       + 7.158s
 6.  Tom Dillmann            Addax        + 8.808s
 7.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Status       + 9.991s
 8.  Aaro Vainio             Tech 1      + 10.741s
 9.  Maxim Zimin             Jenzer      + 11.336s
10.  Alexander Sims          Status      + 13.059s
11.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs     Manor       + 13.339s
12.  Conor Daly              Carlin      + 15.057s
13.  Simon Trummer           MW Arden    + 16.949s
14.  Michael Christensen     RSC Mucke   + 18.071s
15.  Pedro Nunes             ART         + 19.075s
16.  Leonardo Cordeiro       Carlin      + 19.986s
17.  Zoel Amberg             Atech CRS   + 21.114s
18.  Marlon Stockinger       Atech CRS   + 21.636s
19.  Callum MacLeod          Carlin      + 22.551s
20.  Dean Smith              Addax       + 22.845s
21.  Tamas Pal Kiss          Tech 1      + 25.458s
22.  Matias Laine            Manor       + 27.214s
23.  Ivan Lukashevich        Status      + 42.863s

Retirements:

     Mitch Evans             MW Arden      12 laps
     Thomas Hylkema          Tech 1         9 laps
     Luciano Bacheta         RSC Mucke      8 laps
     Nick Yelloly            Atech CRS      2 laps
     Lewis Williamson        MW Arden        1 lap
     Vittorio Ghirelli       Jenzer          1 lap
     Gabby Chaves            Addax          0 laps

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