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Marvin Kirchhofer dominates race three at Oschersleben

by Valentin Khorounzhiy

Photo: formel3.de

Newly-crowned German F3 champion Marvin Kirchhofer has secured his 11th race victory in German F3, absolutely dominating the final event of the Oschersleben round.

Starting from pole, the Motopark driver made a good start and held on to the lead into turn one. From that point on, it was smooth sailing for Kirchhofer, who consistently increased his advantage over second-placed Gustavo Menezes and finished well clear of the rest of the field.

Menezes himself held on to second, keeping his distance from third-placed John Bryant-Meisner over the 30-minute race. The Swedish driver himself withstood some early pressure from Emil Bernstorff, before settling into a podium finish when the Briton found himself under attack by his teammate Artem Markelov.

In the closing stages of the race, Markelov managed to overtake Bernstorff, with the Motopark drivers finishing fourth and fifth respectively. Tomasz Krzeminski recorded another sixth-place finish, ahead of Matteo Cairoli and Nabil Jeffri.

Sebastian Balthasar took the Trophy class win with ninth place and has, as a result, mathematically secured the class championship title. The top ten was rounded out by Sheban Siddiqi.

Race results
Pos. Driver Cl. Team Time/Gap
1 Marvin Kirchhofer C Lotus 20 laps in 27:30.896
2 Gustavo Menezes C Van Amersfoort +13.852
3 John Bryant-Meisner C Performance Racing +16.030
4 Artem Markelov C Lotus +17.671
5 Emil Bernstorff C Lotus +18.756
6 Tomasz Krzeminski C Performance Racing +29.044
7 Matteo Cairoli C ADM Motorsport +33.394
8 Nabil Jeffri C EuroInternational +34.113
9 Sebastian Balthasar T GU-Racing +43.720
10 Sheban Siddiqi C Lotus +1:21.644
11 Freddy Killensberger T GU-Racing +1:22.855
12 Nikita Zlobin T ADM Motorsport +1 lap
13 Andreas Germann T CR Racing Team +2 laps
14 Luca Iannaccone T Rennsport Rossler +2 laps

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Championship standings
Pos. Driver Cl. Team Pts.
1 Marvin Kirchhofer C Lotus 450
2 Artem Markelov C Lotus 301
3 Emil Bernstorff C Lotus 291
4 Gustavo Menezes C Van Amersfoort 208
5 John Bryant-Meisner C Performance Racing 189
6 Thomas Jager C Performance Racing 123
7 Matteo Cairoli C ADM Motorsport 98
8 Nabil Jeffri C EuroInternational 71
9 Tomasz Krzeminski T GU-Racing 58
10 Sebastian Balthasar C Performance Racing 54
11 Yannick Mettler C Performance Racing 46
12 Jordi Weckx C Van Amersfoort 19
13 Freddy Killensberger T GU-Racing 15
14 Hubertus-Carlos Vier T TTC Motorsport 14
15 Aston Hare C EuroInternational 6
16 Thomas Amweg T CR Racing Team 4
17 Sheban Siddiqi C Lotus 4
18 Nikita Zlobin C ADM Motorsport 3
19 Maximilian Hackl T Franz Woss Racing 3
20 Nicolai Sylvest C JBR Motorsport 2
Trophy class (Top 3)
Pos. Driver Team Pts.
1 Sebastian Balthasar GU-Racing 373
2 Freddy Killensberger GU-Racing 300
3 Hubertus-Carlos Vier TTC Motorsport 188