Visoiu scores commanding maiden GP3 win in race two

Photo: Alastair Staley/GP3 Series Media Service

Robert Visoiu claimed his first win in the GP3 Series from pole position in the second Valencia race, finishing with a dominant 7.7 second margin over the rest of the field.

The 17-year-old Romanian made a good getaway to keep the lead ahead of Aaro Vainio at the start, and pulled away in the closing stages as Vainio slipped into the clutches of Visoiu’s MW Arden team-mate Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard finished right on Vainio’s tail as he picked up his maiden GP3 podium.

Having been passed by Sainz on the opening lap, Tio Ellinas finished fourth just ahead of the third MW Arden machine of Daniil Kvyat. The result was enough for Ellinas the regain the championship lead that he had lost to race one winner?Conor Daly early on.

Kevin Korjus finished 14 seconds behind Kvyat in sixth, just holding on under intense pressure late on from Facu Regalia. Daly was unable to make progress from eighth, and was nearly passed by Nick Yelloly at the end. After coming from the back of the grid to 12th in race one, the Carlin driver initially lost out on the first lap of race two but charged forward again, passing Dino Zamparelli for tenth.

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