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After a thrilling Second Race, Marciello marks his World Championship

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

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