Monday, September 22, 2008

Oshima scores maiden Euro Series win

Oshima scores maiden Euro Series win

Kazuya Oshima scored his first Formula 3 Euro Series win in commanding style at Barcelona today.

From pole position, the Manor Motorsport driver made a textbook start and, with chaos erupting behind him, ended the first lap more than a second clear of the pack.

From there, all he had to do was keep his car on the road, which he duly did to record Manor's first win of the year.

Through the first corner mayhem emerged Yann Clairay in second, and once again the SG man proved hard to pass. For 19 laps Christian Vietoris tried to find a way through and eventually he succeeded when Clairay ran wide in Turn One.

Vietoris carved into Oshima's lead, but the Japanese was too far ahead to be caught.

From 27th on the grid, Jules Bianchi made an amazing start to end the first lap in fifth. He passed ART teammate James Jakes and followed Vietoris by Clairay for an unlikely podium.

Jakes also made a late move on Clairay for fourth, while the final point went to Brendon Hartley. It was Carlin's first points finish in the Euro Series.

Championship leader Nico Hulkenberg damaged his front wing in the first lap melee. But with rivals Edoardo Mortara, Renger van der Zande, and Mika Maki all failing to score, he remains odd-on for the title.

Pos Driver Team Car Gap 1. Kazuya Oshima Manor D/M 40:50.803 2. Christian Vietoris Mucke D/M +3.471 3. Jules Bianchi ART D/M +6.357 4. James Jakes ART D/M +14.064 5. Yann Clairay SG D/M +16.652 6. Brendon Hartley Carlin D/M +17.727 7. Erik Janis Mucke D/M +19.597 8. Jens Klingmann RC D/V +21.361 9. Richard Philippe SG D/M +21.937 10. Renger van der Zande Prema D/M +22.694 11. Jean-Karl Vernay Signature D/V +23.420 12. Henkie Waldschmidt SG D/M +24.048 13. Mika Maki Mucke D/M +24.598 14. Robert Wickens Signature D/V +26.195 15. Niall Breen Manor D/M +27.507 16. Dani Clos Prema D/M +33.370 17. Daniel Campos-Hull HBR D/M +34.907 18. Sam Bird Manor D/M +35.324 19. Rodolfo Gonzalez Carlin D/M +37.615 20. Cheng Cong Fu RC D/V +41.310 21. Peter Elkmann RC D/V +42.821 22. Jon Lancaster ART D/M +43.387 23. Basil Shaaban HBR D/M +47.764 Retirements Koudai Tsukakoshi Manor D/M 30 laps Stephane Richelmi Barazi Epsilon D/M 17 laps Franck Mailleux Signature D/V 3 laps Nico Hulkenberg ART D/M 2 laps Edoardo Mortara Signature D/V 1 lap Stefano Coletti Prema D/M 1 lap Fastest lap, Lancaster 1:07.321 on lap 6

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