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Champion Stroll dominates final Imola F3 race

by Peter Allen
Stroll

Photo: FIA Formula 3 European Championship

Newly-crowned champion Lance Stroll rammed home his FIA Formula 3 European Championship dominance with a commanding win in the final race of the weekend at Imola.

Hours after wrapping up the crown with race two victory,?Prema driver Stroll pulled open a 7.5-second?lead out front and posted the fastest lap on the final tour as he claimed his 11th win of the year.

George Russell and?Callum Ilott were left to fight over second, with the former getting ahead into Tamburello for the first time and finishing 1.1 seconds?ahead.

Ralf Aron?passed fellow rookie?Joel Eriksson?to finish five seconds further back in fourth position, with?Anthoine Hubert?close behind the pair.

Mikkel Jensen took seventh,?Nick Cassidy climbed from 13th to eighth and?David Beckmann kept?Guan Yu Zhou at bay for ninth.