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Saturday, 04 June 2011 02:00 |
 Formula 3 Euro Series - Roberto Merhi (Prema Powerteam) won the tenth season round of the Formula 3 Euro Series at the 4.326 kilometre long Red Bull Ring that was re-opened in mid-May.
With a margin of over one second, he crossed the finish line ahead of his team-mate Daniel Juncadella (Prema Powerteam), who ended up second.
Marco Wittmann (Signature) completed the podium upon the Formula 3 Euro Series’ return to Austria. With his success, Merhi extended his lead in the Euro Series drivers’ standings.
He now has 152 points to his tally. With 119 points, Marco Wittmann remains runner up in the drivers’ standings.
Starting from second place, Roberto Merhi took the lead from pole sitter Daniel Juncadella and in the following 26 race laps, the Spaniard didn’t make any mistakes and drove an undisputed victory home.
For 20 year old Merhi, it was the fourth season win in the Formula 3 Euro Series.
Behind the top 3, returnee Tom Dillmann (Motopark) came out on top after a nice battle with Nigel Melker (Mücke Motorsport). The Frenchman overtook the best placed Euro Series’ rookie on lap 16. Daniel Abt (Signature) was classified sixth.
Temperature track: 31.6°C
Temperature air: 23.9 °C
Roberto Merhi (Prema Powerteam):
“The race was really good and also relatively easy. It was great fun. Initially, I was able to pull a little gap over Daniel, but in the second half of the race, he closed up again. The set-up of our car was great, too, as our first and second place show.”
Daniel Juncadella (Prema Powerteam):
“I am happy with second place, even though I would have liked to win from pole position. However, my start, which was the key to victory today, wasn’t very good. On my starting grid position, I didn’t expect so much grip, but now I know what it is like and hopefully will do better in tomorrow’s third round.”
Marco Wittmann (Signature):
“We were already struggling in qualifying and in the race, the Prema Powerteam cars were again quicker than ours. Third place is not what we were dreaming of. Now, we have to continue working hard in order to return to winning ways.”
Race 1 results:
| Pos. |
N° |
Driver/Nat. |
Team |
Laps |
Time |
Last lap |
Fastest lap |
| 1 |
8 |
Merhi/ESP |
Prema Powerteam |
26 |
37'46.219 |
1'27.247 |
1'26.553 |
| 2 |
7 |
Juncadella/ESP |
Prema Powerteam |
26 |
1.030 |
1'27.131 |
1'26.701 |
| 3 |
1 |
Wittmann/GER |
Signature |
26 |
9.546 |
1'27.887 |
1'26.650 |
| 4 |
31 |
Dillmann/FRA |
Motopark |
26 |
11.413 |
1'27.066 |
1'26.564 |
| 5 |
3 |
Melker/NED |
Mücke Motorsport |
26 |
15.951 |
1'27.821 |
1'26.552 |
| 6 |
10 |
Abt/GER |
Signature |
26 |
18.752 |
1'28.111 |
1'27.212 |
| 7 |
2 |
Vanthoor/BEL |
Signature |
26 |
19.528 |
1'27.736 |
1'26.886 |
| 8 |
11 |
Raimondo/CDN |
Prema Powerteam |
26 |
20.157 |
1'27.547 |
1'26.916 |
| 9 |
5 |
Eriksson/SWE |
Motopark |
26 |
25.541 |
1'28.491 |
1'26.977 |
| 10 |
9 |
Munoz/COL |
Signature |
26 |
28.680 |
1'28.383 |
1'26.696 |
| 11 |
6 |
Sato/JPN |
Motopark |
26 |
58.027 |
1'29.225 |
1'27.266 |
| 12 |
12 |
Giermaziak/POL |
Motopark |
25 |
1 lap |
1'28.401 |
1'28.153 |
| 13 |
4 |
Rosenqvist/SWE |
Mücke Motorsport |
13 |
13 laps
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1'27.362 |
1'26.549 |
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