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