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Maiden win for Nyck De Vries

2016 GP3 Series Round 7. Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy. Saturday 3 September 2016. Nyck De Vries (NED, ART Grand Prix) Photo: Zak Mauger/GP3 Series Media Service. ref: Digital Image _L0U5083

Nyck De Vries wins his first race in GP3 ahead of Alex Albon and Antonio Fuoco while Charles Leclerc is taken off the race.

Antonio Fuoco started from reverse grid pole ahead of Nyck De Vries and Alexander Albon. At the start, Jake Hughes and Jack Aitken collided, ruining the race of the DAMS driver. On the second lap, Albon passed Fuoco for the lead and De Vries also passed the Italian.

One lap later, Fukuzumi attacked Leclerc and pushed both of them out of the race, taking Tatiana Calderon with them but she managed to come back into the race. The safety car was deployed to retrieve the two cars as Albon led ahead of De Vries and Fuoco.

At the restart, De Vries overtook Albon for the lead. The battle for the last point was furious between Janosz, Schothorst, Maini and Stuvik. But the Trident cars seemed to struggle with their tyres by the end of the race and had no other choice but to let the Jenzer and the Campos through.

Nyck De Vries took his maiden win in GP3 ahead of Alex Albon and Antonio Fuoco. Dennis, Aitken, Maini, Palou, Janosz, Boschung and Hughes completed the top 10.

Leclerc still leads the championship ahead of Fuoco and Albon.