Dennis delivers in Sepang Race 2

From left, Fukuzumi, Dennis and Aitken

From third on the grid, Jake Dennis took full advantage of the dice in front between Antonio Fuoco and ART Grand Prix's Nirei Fukuzumi as the pair went into T1 and braked late; the Briton dived down the inside into the lead. The Arden International driver remained composed to march off into the distance to win by over 3s and pocket his second victory of the 2016 GP3 Series season. Honda's Fukuzumi was happy to claim his second rostrum of the campaign with Jack Aitken completing the podium.

Despite the clouds, the temperatures were higher than yesterday for the 14 lap race. Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academys Fuoco maintained the lead from reverse pole with Fukuzumi going wheel to wheel with the Italian in T1. As the pair out-braked themselves and ran wide, Dennis seized the opportunity to sneak down the outside and head into the lead. In a frenetic opening lap, Fuoco ran wide and lost two positions after running over one of the curbs.

It was tight between title rivals Charles Leclerc and Alexander Albon at the start, as the ART GP duo ran side-by-side with the Thai racer taking to the grass. Albon dropped down to P11 while the Monegasque was P7. On lap 2, Aitken passed Fuoco for third place as Dennis began to increase his margin at the front to over 1.6s.

Leclerc and Fuoco were involved in a spectacular fight for fifth, with the Series leader getting the job done on his fellow Ferrari protege, eager to secure as many points as possible in the battle for the GP3 crown.

At the midway point, Aitken began to put the pressure on Fukuzumi for second, while Leclerc slowly began to reel in Koiranen GP's Matthew Parry in fourth. Albon was desperate to fight back and pick up some points in the title battle; he passed Jenzer Motorsport's Alessio Lorandi for ninth on lap ten and several laps later overtook Campos Racing's Steijn Schothorst for the final point on offer.

Dennis had increased his margin at the front to over 3s in the final few laps and the Briton was happy to clock his second win of the season which moved him up to fourth in the drivers' standings. Fukuzumi held on to second, with Aitken in third. Parry withstood the pressure from Series leader Leclerc for fourth; Nyck De Vries, Arjun Maini and Albon rounded out the top eight points positions.

GP3 is back in action next month on November 25-26-27 for the final round of the season when the Series heads to the spectacular Yas Marina Circuit for Abu Dhabi. It will be even more thrilling as the title battle goes to the wire with Leclerc in pole position on 202 points, while Albon and Fuoco are on 173 and 157 respectively.

ART Grand Prix (already crowned Team Champions) sit on 539 points and after a double podium finish, Arden International have pulled away further from Trident and now have 240 points compared to their 170.

Sepang – Race 2

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