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Ricciardo completes debut double

Daniel Ricciardo completed a dominant British F3 double by racing to a comfortable victory in race two at Oulton Park this afternoon

The Carlin driver made two superb getaways at the start of the race, which was restarted following a first corner crash involving T-Sport team-mates Wayne Boyd and Gabriel Dias.

On both occasions, poleman Walter Grubmuller fluffed his start and each time Ricciardo blasted past on the outside to take the lead before turn one.

From there, Ricciardo was able to pull out an instant gap on his Austrian rival and maintain pace consistently to flag.

"I wasn't sure I'd be able to get such a good start both times," said Ricciardo. "But it all worked out and from the first lap I was able to drive my own race and watch the gap back to the rest while keeping my laptimes fast and consistent."

Behind, Grubmuller showed strong pace in his pursuit of Ricciardo and even set the fastest race lap, but a couple of errors dropped him back into the clutches of the chasing Nick Tandy.

Tandy held station in third for most of the race, after winning a first lap duel with Max Chilton, and didn't have the pace to capitalise despite Grubmuller's occasional errors.

Further back, Riki Christodoulou endured a frustrating race, stuck in sixth behind Daisuke Nakajima after also making a poor start.

Pos Driver                   Team             Car             Time      
 1. Daniel Ricciardo         Carlin           D/V       23m57.693s
 2. Walter Grubmuller        Hitech           D/M          +2.625s
 3. Nick Tandy               JTR              M/M          +4.454s
 4. Max Chilton              Carlin           D/V         +10.652s
 5. Daisuke Nakajima         Double R         D/M         +15.912s
 6. Riki Christodoulou       Fortec           D/M         +16.721s
 7. Adriano Buzaid           T-Sport          D/V         +17.623s
 8. Oliver Oakes             Carlin           D/V         +21.381s
 9. Henry Arundel            Carlin           D/V         +22.173s
10. Victor Garcia            Fortec           D/M         +29.372s
11. Hywel Lloyd              CF               D/H         +29.517s
12. Daniel McKenzie          Fortec (N)       D/H         +37.905s
13. Stephane Richelmi        Barazi Epsilon   D/M         +42.668s
14. Carlos Huertas           Double R         D/M         +43.578s
15. Maxim Snegirev           West-Tec (N)     D/H       +1m00.042s
16. Victor Correa            Litespeed (N)    S/H       +1m04.642s

Retirements

    Jay Bridger              West-Tec         M/H           6 laps
    Wayne Boyd               T-Sport          D/V           0 laps
    Gabriel Dias             T-Sport (N)      D/H           0 laps


Fastest lap, Grubmuller 1m29.177s

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