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Rising
British star Jon Lancaster drove a faultless race to take his maiden win
in the Formula 3 Euroseries at the Nürburgring today. The 19 year-old F3 rookie started
from the front row and got the jump on pole-sitter Niall Breen at the
first corner, to take a controlled lights-to-flag
victory.
Despite coming under intense
pressure for the duration of the 28-lap race, the  BRDC Superstar from
Leeds was able to keep the Irishman
at bay. Even a safety car
period on lap 13 when Rodolfo Gonzalez went off at the chicane failed to
unsettle him and Jon kept his head to take a well-deserved first F3
victory in only his second season out of karts.
At the
flag, the Multiflight-backed driver was understandably delighted with the
result: “Fantastic! To finally
score my maiden win in the Formula 3 Euroseries is a great feeling! I have
been fast here around the Nürburgring all weekend and have been working
hard for this success during the past weeks.
“It’s been a long
time coming really so it’s quite a relief to finally get that first win
under my belt. It’s taken a great weight off my shoulders and now we can
look forward to hopefully repeating that at Brands. It was a very tough
race to be honest. Niall was
pushing hard all the way through and towards the end the tyres started to
wear a bit but I was still able to keep up the pace. It’s great to be able
to repay the faith shown in me by Multiflight and all my other sponsors
and supporters too.”
Jon
was also quick to praise the efforts of the ART Grand Prix team, the
outfit that steered Lewis Hamilton to title victory, “The ART Grand Prix
team has worked hard all season to give me a great car and the opportunity
for victory. I’m delighted to
finally be able to give them the result they deserve, which has been on
the cards now for a few races.
I’d like to say a very big thank to you to Fred and all the team
for all their support.”
Jon’s
results in rounds 11 and 12 of the 20-round series, has moved up to eighth
overall in the championship standings ahead of his ‘home’ race, at Brands
Hatch at the end of the month.
Results of Race 2 – 28
laps
1. Jon
Lancaster ART Grand Prix 40:40.779
2. Niall Breen Manor Motorsport
40:41.502
3. Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 40:42.787
4. Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand
Prix 40:43.415
5. Tom Dillmann Jo Zeller Racing 40:44.293
6. Yann
Clairay SG Formula 40:47.961
Championship positions after 12
rounds:1. Edoardo
Mortara 40, Nico Hulkenberg 39, 3. Mika Mäki 36, 4. Renger v d Zande 31,
5. Jules Bianchi 29, 6. Christian Vietoris 21, 7. Yann Clairay 20, 8. Jon
Lancaster 19.
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