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Ed Jones secured his maiden F3 Open win on his first weekend as a series regular, taking victory in race two at Portimao.
While Hector Hurst managed to keep the lead off the start, it was Jones who took the lead on lap two and kept it throughout the rest of the race. Uruguayan Santiago Urrutia added a second place? to his earlier win, while Sandy Stuvik completed the podium.
Hurst only managed fourth, ahead of Alexandre Cougnaud and Mario Marasca. Valeria Carballo finished seventh, ahead of Alex Toril, who fought from the back of the grid after colliding with Nelson Mason in qualifying, as Mason himself only managed 16th.
Vicky Piria was ninth, while French driver Mattia Vita completed the points. In 12th, Richard Gonda took another victory in the Copa class.
After two rounds, Stuvik leads the championship, having finished no lower than fourth in all the races.
Race results
Pos. | Driver | Car | Team | Time/Gap |
1 | Edward Jones | F312 | Team West-Tec | 16 laps in 27:29.233 |
2 | Santiago Urrutia | F312 | RP Motorsport | +1.360 |
3 | Sandy Stuvik | F312 | RP Motorsport | +2.412 |
4 | Hector Hurst | F312 | EmillioDeVillota | +6.740 |
5 | Alexandre Cougnaud | F312 | RP Motorsport | +8.540 |
6 | Mario Marasca | F312 | BVM | +10.783 |
7 | Valeria Carballo | F312 | Campos Racing | +17.796 |
8 | Alexander Toril | F312 | RP Motorsport | +20.836 |
9 | Vicky Piria | F312 | BVM | +22.783 |
10 | Mattia Vita | F312 | Top F3 | +26.308 |
11 | Roberto La Rocca | F312 | Team West-Tec | +26.488 |
12 | Richard Gonda | F308 | Drivex School | +27.102 |
13 | Tommaso Menchini | F308 | Corbetta Compeitizoni | +27.564 |
14 | Lorenzo Paggi | F308 | Corbetta Compeitizoni | +30.225 |
15 | Igor Urien | F308 | EmillioDeVillota | +35.386 |
16 | Nelson Mason | F312 | Team West-Tec | +35.414 |
17 | Artur Janosz | F312 | Campos Racing | +44.539 |
18 | Gerardo Nieto | F308 | DAV Racing | +46.816 |
19 | Damiano Fioravanti | F308 | Corbetta Compeitizoni | +47.574 |
20 | Yarin Stern | F312 | EmillioDeVillota | +49.140 |
21 | Cameron Twynham | F308 | Team West-Tec | +51.289 |
22 | Che One Lim | F308 | EmillioDeVillota | +57.389 |
23 | Saud Al-Faisal | F308 | RP Motorsport | +1:06.595 |
24 | Luca Orlandi | F312 | Team West-Tec | +1:10.010 |
25 | Nicolas Pohler | F308 | DAV Racing | +1:13.334 |
26 | Sean Walkinshaw | F308 | Team West-Tec | +1 lap |
27 | Alexey Chuklin | F312 | EmillioDeVillota | +1 lap |
28 | Liam Venter | F308 | Team West-Tec | +1 lap |
Not classified | ||||
Huan Zhu | F308 | Team West-Tec | +11 laps | |
Denis Nagulin | F312 | Campos Racing | +14 laps | |
Andres Saravia | F312 | EmillioDeVillota | +16 laps |