Max Verstappen wins the Race 3 in Imola but it wasn’t easy for the Dutch driver who need to fight with Fuoco, who finished in second place. Esteban Ocon takes the 2014 FIA F3 European Championship thanks to a final third place.
At the start, Antonio Fuoco took the lead from third place in the grid, Max Verstappen was second followed by Esteban Ocon, but the Safety-car was deployed on the opening lap following a contact between Jordan King and Antonio Giovinazzi.
After the restart, Chang went off at turn 2 as Safety-car came back to the track due to Sandro Zeller and also for a Gelael and Calderon’s cars stopped in the track.
When safety-car came in, Verstappen overtook Antonio Fuoco and took the lead until the end of the race.
Another safety-car appearance was caused by a contact between Jordan King and 2013 FIA Formula 3 European vice-champion, Felix Rosenqvist who flow and crashes unto the fence.
Finally, victory for Max Verstappen, second position for a local hero, Antonio Fuoco and third place for the new rookie and general champion of FIA Formula 3, Esteban Ocon!
Results:
Pos. | Car | Driver | Team | Time |
1 | 30 | Max Verstappen | Van Amersfoort Racing | 17 Laps |
2 | 25 | Antonio Fuoco | Prema Powerteam | + 2,100 |
3 | 2 | Esteban Ocon | Prema Powerteam | + 3,066 |
4 | 1 | Nicholas Latifi | Prema Powerteam | + 3,650 |
5 | 31 | Tom Blomqvist | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | + 4,030 |
6 | 23 | William Buller | Signature | + 6,799 |
7 | 28 | Jake Dennis | Carlin | + 7,421 |
8 | 3 | Lucas Auer | kftzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | + 7,960 |
9 | 21 | Felix Serralles | Team West-Tec F3 | + 8,291 |
10 | 16 | Gustavo Menezes | Van Amersfoort Racing | + 9,391 |
11 | 5 | Jordan King | Carlin | + 10,135 |
12 | 4 | Roy Nissany | kftzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | + 11,070 |
13 | 26 | Dennis van de Laar | Prema Powerteam | + 11,969 |
14 | 15 | Jules Szymkowiak | Van Amersfoort Racing | + 12,786 |
15 | 12 | Alexander Toril | ThreeBond with T-Sport | + 13,846 |
16 | 10 | Santino Ferrucci | Fortec Motorsports | + 16,144 |
17 | 8 | Michele Beretta | Eurointernational | + 17,479 |
18 | 22 | Wing Chung Chang | Team West-Tec F3 | + 17,998 |
19 | 11 | Richard Goddard | ThreeBond with T-Sport | + 18,254 |
20 | 9 | Hongwei Cao | Fortec Motorsports | + 19,089 |
21 | 29 | Sergio Sette Camara | Eurointernational | + 24,934 |
22 | 32 | Nick Cassidy | ThreeBond with T-Sport | + 7 Laps |
DNF | 27 | Felix Rosenqvist | kftzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | + 12 Laps |
DNF | 18 | Tatiana Calderon | Jo Zeller Racing | + 13 Laps |
DNF | 20 | Sean Gelael | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | + 14 Laps |
DNF | 17 | Sandro Zeller | Jo Zeller Racing | + 17 Laps |
DNF | 19 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | + 17 Laps |
DNF | 6 | Edward Jones | Carlin | + 17 Laps |