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Marvin Kirchhofer was yet again the man of the hour in German F3, taking a commandeering victory in race three of the Sachsenring round on Sunday.
Kirchhofer started the race from pole and got away cleanly, managing to build up a bit of a gap. That gap suddenly turned massive when the German started pushing on lap five and, by the end, was a very impressive twelve seconds to second-place.
Kirchhofer’s teammate and closest rival in the standings Artem Markelov recorded his eighth second-place finish of the season despite a mistake that saw him lose a bit of time in the gravel. Van Amersfoort’s Gustavo Menezes drove a good race to come in third, ahead of ADM’s Matteo Cairoli.
It was Trophy class winner Sebastian Balthasar who came next, finalizing what was a stunning round for the German. Nabil Jeffri was sixth after an early mistake, while Lotus frontrunner Emil Bernstorff was tenth, having had a collision with Performance Racing’s Thomas Jager on lap one. Swede John Bryant-Meisner was another retiree, closing out a weekend to forget with a trip to the gravel.
In the standings, Kirchhofer leads Markelov by 68 points, with Bernstorff a further 20 behind. The Trophy leader Balthasar is closely followed by Freddy Killensberger and Hubertus-Carlos Vier in the class standings.
Race results
Pos. | Driver | Cl. | Team | Time/Gap |
1 | Marvin Kirchhofer | C | Lotus | 23 laps in 30:28.723 |
2 | Artem Markelov | C | Lotus | +12.725 |
3 | Gustavo Menezes | C | Van Amersfoort | +18.922 |
4 | Matteo Cairoli | C | ADM Motorsport | +42.674 |
5 | Sebastian Balthasar | T | GU-Racing | +1:00.675 |
6 | Nabil Jeffri | C | EuroInternational | +1:09.079 |
7 | Hubertus-Carlos Vier | T | TTC Motorsport | +1:12.810 |
8 | Freddy Killensberger | T | GU-Racing | +1:13.673 |
9 | Maximilian Hackl | T | Frank Woss Racing | +1 lap |
10 | Emil Bernstorff | C | Lotus | +1 lap |
11 | Sheban Siddiqi | C | Lotus | +1 lap |
12 | Luca Iannaccone | T | Aberer Motorsport | +2 laps |
13 | Andreas Germann | T | CR Racing Team | +2 laps |
Not classified | ||||
John Bryant-Meisner | C | Performance Racing | +11 laps | |
Thomas Jager | C | Performance Racing | +23 laps | |
Jordi Weckx | C | Van Amersfoort | +23 laps |