Double victory for ASM: Grosjean from Kobayashi
Track temperature: 18.8 º C
Air temperature: 19.0 º C
Romain Grosjean (ASM Formule 3) from Kamui Kobayashi (ASM
Formule 3) was the finishing order of the eleventh season
round of the Formula 3 Euro Series. At the 4.307 kilometres
long circuit in the Zandvoort dunes, 21-year old Grosjean
kept a margin from 0.5 to one second over his Japanese team-mate
throughout the race. For the Frenchman, who lives in the Swiss
city of Geneva, it is the fifth victory of the season. He
further extended his points lead in the championship standings
of the world’s strongest junior racing series. Now,
he is ten points ahead of Sébastien Buemi (Mücke
Motorsport), who finished third in the race at Zandvoort.
Fourth place was occupied by Yann Clairay (Signature-Plus).
This made the 23-year old Frenchman the best-placed rookie
in the 23-car field. Nico Hülkenberg (ASM Formule 3)
finished sixth behind Franck Mailleux (Manor Motorsport).
The German attacked the Frenchman several times, but Mailleux
succeeded in defending his position.
Romain Grosjean (ASM Formule 3): “My
fifth victory, more points in the Formula 3 Euro Series and
having extended my lead in the points’ standings, it
is a good day for me. I have won the start from Kobayashi,
which was virtually important. My goal for tomorrow’s
race is scoring some more points.”
Kamui Kobayashi (ASM Formule 3): “My
start was good and I managed to keep Romain Grosjean under
pressure throughout the race. However, unfortunately, I couldn’t
find a way past as overtaking here is difficult.”
Sébastien Buemi (Mücke Motorsport): “At
the start, Kamui and I tangled. After that, I had strong vibrations
on my car. All in all, the race was boring for me as Romain
Grosjean and Kamui Kobayashi in front of me were too quick
and I had nobody coming up from behind.”
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