The Lotus F1 Junior Team driver, Esteban Ocon wins the Second race of the FIA F3 European Championship in Silverstone after starts from pole and led all the race, getting a good gap with Latifi and Fuoco who finished, second and third respectively. The Frenchman now is the championship leader.

By: Arnau Viñals Vendrell

The start was so good for the Prema’s with Ocon who took the first followed by Latifi and Fuoco, the Race 1 winner, Tom Blomqvist (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin) lost his third position and downs to P4. Soon, Ocon increased the gap with his teammates and leads in a good way the field.

After three laps, Roy Nissany (kfteile24 Müke Motorsport) crashes with “Spike” Goddard and made the first retirement of the race for the driver of Threebond with T-Sport. Finally the Israeli driver gives a drive through penalty by the stewards, like Agostini (Eurointernational), Beretta (Eurointernational) and Szymkowiak (Van Amersfoort Racing).

With 10 laps to go, Jordan King (Carlin) started to attack his compatriot Blomqvist in the battle for the fourth place. Verstappen (Van Amersfoort Racing) also got in the battle.

With 2 laps to go, Serrallés (Team West-Tec F3) pushed his team mate Hurst off the track. Meanwhile, Verstappen overtook King and up’s to fifth place.

Finally, Esteban Ocon wins his first ever race in FIA Formula Three European Championship with his teammates at podium: Latifi and Fuoco.

Results:

Pos Driver Nation Team Class Gap Points
1 2 Esteban OCON FRA Prema Powerteam R 33:53.215 25
2 1 Nicholas LATIFI CAN Prema Powerteam 3.678 18
3 25 Antonio FUOCO ITA Prema Powerteam R 5.148 15
4 31 Tom BLOMQVIST GBR Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 9.264 12
5 30 Max VERSTAPPEN NLD Van Amersfoort Racing R 11.237 10
6 5 Jordan KING GBR Carlin 11.914 8
7 6 Edward JONES ARE Carlin 19.293 6
8 19 Antonio GIOVINAZZI ITA Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 20.649 4
9 26 Dennis VAN DE LAAR NLD Prema Powerteam 21.877 2
10 10 John BRYANT-MEISNER SWE Fortec Motorsports 23.533 1
11 14 Felipe GUIMARAES BRA Double R Racing 24.078
12 3 Lucas AUER AUT kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 24.548
13 16 Gustavo MENEZES USA Van Amersfoort Racing 30.106
14 27 Felix ROSENQVIST SWE kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 31.293
15 21 Felix SERRALLES PRI Team West-Tec F3 32.009
16 9 Mitch GILBERT AUS Fortec Motorsports 32.766
17 28 Jake DENNIS GBR Carlin R 33.362
18 18 Tatiana CALDERON COL Jo Zeller Racing 40.060
19 12 Alexander TORIL ESP ThreeBond with T-Sport 46.004
20 20 Sean GELAEL IDN Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 48.528
21 8 Michele BERETTA ITA Eurointernational R 49.158
22 4 Roy NISSANY ISR kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport +1:01.985
23 7 Riccardo AGOSTINI ITA Eurointernational +1:02.208
24 15 Jules SZYMKOWIAK NLD Van Amersfoort Racing R +1:03.172
22 Hector HURST GBR Team West-Tec F3
11 Richard GODDARD AUS ThreeBond with T-Sport

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