Gravity Academy driver Marco Wittmann headed a Signature 1-2 at Hockenheim on Saturday morning in round three of the Formula 3 Euro Series, leading home Edoardo Mortara to claim his first win in the category.
Poleman Wittmann got too much wheelspin at the start, allowing fellow front-row starter Daniel Juncadella (Prema) to lead into Turn 1. Marco ran wide there, side-by-side with Mortara, but just held second on the run to Turn 2, where all hell let loose as sixth-place qualifier Alexander Sims (, Gravity Academy, ART Grand Prix) collided with Laurens Vanthoor (Signature) and into retirement.
Juncadella made a mistake at Turn 2, more …
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Marco Wittmann (Gravity Academy, Signature Team) snatched a late pole position for the first F3 Euro Series race at Hockenheim. The Gravitydriver was part of a flurry of improvements late in the session which pushed early pace setter Valtteri Bottas down to fifth spot.
Marco’s lap was just less than half a tenth quicker than Daniel Juncadella’s, meaning the two will share the front row ahead of Edoardo Mortara, who was briefly fastest with two minutes to go.
Mortara will be joined on row two by his Signature team-mate Laurens Vanthoor, with ART team-mates Bottas and Alexander Sims (Gravity Academy, ART Grand Prix), fifth more …
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The Formula 3 Euro Series started off the Hockenheim weekend with a 150 minutes’ pre-event test, in which Edoardo Mortara (Signature, 1:33.696 minutes) came out on top. The Italian was followed by Valtteri Bottas (ART Grand Prix, 1:33.762 minutes), Laurens Vanthoor (Signature, 1:33.846 minutes) and Roberto Merhi (Mücke Motorsport, 1:34.023 minutes) in second to fourth place.
In the final minutes of the pre-event test, numerous drivers improved their own personal fastest lap times. Thus, the opponents came closer and closer to leader Edoardo Mortara, but just before the chequered flag was out, the Italian also improved more …
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