Just a few hours after having been forced into retirement in the 26th race of the 2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship season, Ferrari’s up-and-coming young-gun Raffaele Marciello (Prema Powerteam) was beaming again: at Vallelunga’s Autodromo Piero Taruffi, the Italian secured a clear win, with Luis Felipe Derani (Fortec Motorsports) and Alexander Sims (ThreeBond with T-Sport) finishing second and third respectively. Marciello extended his championship lead to 45.5 points. Nonetheless, the fight for the title will be taken down to the season final, held next weekend at the Hockenheimring.
by: Federico Caruso
Particularly the opening stages of the third race of the weekend proved to be eventful: Roman Eddie Cheever (Prema Powerteam) didn’t get going at the start and Nicholas Latifi (Carlin) couldn’t avoid hitting him. Later on lap one, Sean Gelael (Double R Racing) was pushed by an opponent into the side of Lucas Wolf’s (URD Rennsport) single-seater. Both drivers went off onto the grass and had to retire. The incident caused a yellow-flag period.
At the re-start on lap four, Raffaele Marciello defended his lead, with Luis Felipe Derani, Félix Serrallés (Fortec Motorsports), Alexander Sims and Alex Lynn (Prema Powerteam) holding the following positions. Serallés spun due to a hard fight with Lynn, resulting in his early retirement.
Raffaele Marciello (Prema Powerteam)
“Winning the race was important, and this win this allowed me to re-extend my championship lead. Battle for championship it’s not ended, I’m aware that there still is a long way to go to the title. I learned at Zandvoort that even a big lead doesn’t mean you’re safe. Now I will focus on the season finale at Hockenheim. I will give my very best, there.”
Official Vallelunga Race 3 Results FIA Formula 3 European Series
|
Pos. |
No |
Driver |
Laps |
Time |
Gap |
| 1 |
1 |
Raffaele Marciello / ITA Prema Powerteam |
35 |
22 |
– |
| 2 |
12 |
Luis Felipe Derani / BRA Fortec Motorsports |
35 |
22 |
3.955 |
| 3 |
14 |
Alexander Sims / GBR ThreeBond with T-Sport |
35 |
22 |
4.696 |
| 4 |
2 |
Alex Lynn / GBR Prema Powerteam |
35 |
22 |
6.849 |
| 5 |
4 |
Jordan King / GBR Carlin |
35 |
22 |
15.901 |
| 6 |
6 |
Felix Rosenqvist / SWE kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport |
35 |
22 |
16.788 |
| 7 |
51 |
Daniil Kvyat / RUS Carlin |
35 |
22 |
19.801 |
| 8 |
3 |
Harry Tincknell / GBR Carlin |
35 |
22 |
23.079 |
| 9 |
18 |
Dennis van de Laar / NED Van Amersfoort Racing |
35 |
22 |
23.630 |
| 10 |
5 |
Michael Lewis / USA kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport |
35 |
22 |
25.105 |
| 11 |
27 |
Jann Mardenborough / GBR Carlin |
35 |
22 |
26.789 |
| 12 |
28 |
Mitchell Gilbert / AUS kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport |
35 |
22 |
29.266 |
| 13 |
17 |
Antonio Giovinazzi / ITA Double R Racing |
36 |
22 |
29.832 |
| 14 |
20 |
Tom Blomqvist / GBR Eurointernational |
36 |
22 |
31.879 |
| 15 |
15 |
Richard Goddard / GBR ThreeBond with T-Sport |
36 |
22 |
32.661 |
| 16 |
30 |
John Bryant-Meisner / SWE Fortec Motorsport |
36 |
22 |
33.342 |
| 17 |
29 |
Roy Nissany / ISR kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport |
36 |
22 |
34.867 |
| 18 |
10 |
Sandro Zeller / SUI Jo Zeller Racing |
36 |
22 |
36.118 |
| 19 |
8 |
André Rudersdorf / GER ma-con |
36 |
22 |
36.905 |
| 20 |
16 |
Tatiana Calderón / COL Double R Racing |
36 |
22 |
43.662 |
|
NOT CLASSIFIED |
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| – |
24 |
Lucas Auer / AUT Prema Powerteam |
19 |
11 |
|
| – |
19 |
Sven Müller / GER Van Amersfoort Racing |
13 |
7 |
|
| – |
11 |
Félix Serrallés / USA Fortec Motorsports |
13 |
7 |
|
| – |
9 |
Lucas Wolf / GER URD Rennsport |
0 |
0 |
|
| – |
25 |
Eddie Cheever / ITA Prema Powerteam |
0 |
0 |
|
| – |
26 |
Nicholas Latifi / COD Carlin |
0 |
0 |
|
| – |
32 |
Sean Gelael / INA Double R Racing |
0 |
0 |
|
