Callum Ilott soars to his first ever GP3 victory
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| By: Fanni Váradi | Photo: Zak Mauger / GP3 Series Media |
After the start of the sprint race Pedro Piquet took first place when the British Ilott found himself in a four-way battle with Piquet, Mawson and Lorandi. Ilott did not give his first place easily with retaking the leader position on the opening lap from the Brazilian Trident driver. The ART driver started to build up a gap from the Trident driver. Piquet had to defend his second position from Mawson’s continuous attacks who was under pression from Alessio Lorandi.
Midway the race Ilott built a 2 seconds gap ahead of Piquet followed by a Lorandi-Mazepin fight for the last step of the podium.
Callum Ilott crossed the lines first scoring his first ever GP3 Series victory followed by Nelson Piquet’s son Pedro Piquet and the Australian Joey Mawson both achieving their first GP3 podium.
The Italian Alessio Lorandi finished behind the top3 followed by Nikita Mazepin, Giuliano Alesi and yesterday’s winner Anthoine Hubert. Campos’ Leonardo Pulcini scored the last point scoring position taking eights.
Sprint Race Results:
POS NO DRIVERS TEAMS LAPS TIME GAP INT. KPH BEST LAP
1 1 C. Ilott ART Grand Prix 15 28:35.270 184.051 1:53.087 13
2 5 P. Piquet Trident 15 28:38.761 3.491 3.491 183.677 1:53.372 11
3 16 J. Mawson Arden International 15 28:40.307 5.037 1.546 183.512 1:53.560 13
4 8 A. Lorandi Trident 15 28:41.346 6.076 1.039 183.402 1:53.538 15
5 3 N. Mazepin ART Grand Prix 15 28:42.069 6.799 0.723 183.325 1:53.401 13
6 6 G. Alesi Trident 15 28:42.315 7.045 0.246 183.298 1:53.275 14
7 2 A. Hubert ART Grand Prix 15 28:43.734 8.464 1.419 183.147 1:52.934 15
8 18 L. Pulcini Campos Racing 15 28:48.115 12.845 4.381 182.683 1:53.630 15
9 7 R. Tveter Trident 15 28:48.467 13.197 0.352 182.646 1:53.572 15
10 11 D. Beckmann Jenzer Motorsport 15 28:49.744 14.474 1.277 182.511 1:53.215 15
11 19 S. Laaksonen Campos Racing 15 28:52.874 17.604 3.130 182.181 1:53.605 13
12 10 J. Correa Jenzer Motorsport 15 28:56.609 21.339 3.735 181.790 1:54.055 11
13 23 C. Lundgaard MP Motorsport 15 28:57.310 22.040 0.701 181.716 1:53.481 11
14 22 D. Boccolacci MP Motorsport 15 28:57.492 22.222 0.182 181.697 1:53.948 12
15 15 J. Falchero Arden International 15 28:58.857 23.587 1.365 181.555 1:54.237 15
16 9 T. Calderón Jenzer Motorsport 15 29:34.665 59.395 35.808 177.891 1:53.399 14
17 4 J. Hughes ART Grand Prix 15 29:49.605 74.335 14.940 176.406 1:52.939 12
24 N. Kari MP Motorsport 4 7:54.544 DNF 177.760 1:54.750 2
14 G. Aubry Arden International 0 DNF
20 D. Menchaca Campos Racing 0 DNF