Rupert Svendsen-Cook wins British Formula 3 race one at Donington Park
Rupert Svendsen-Cook claimed his second British Formula 3 win of the season by leading a tightly-contested opening race from lights to flag at Donington Park.
Svendsen-Cook converted his third pole position of the year into an immediate lead with an expert start. He gradually edged away from Carlin team-mates Carlos Huertas and Jack Harvey to win by just over three seconds after 21 laps of racing.
"I had fantastic pace and a really strong car," said Svendsen-Cook. "I felt complete confidence to really push and was so completely in control. My target is second in the championship and this is a great step towards that."
Results – 21 laps:
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Pos |
Driver | Team/Car | Behind |
| 1. | Rupert Svendsen-Cook | Carlin Dallara-VW | +0.000s |
| 2. | Carlos Huertas | Carlin Dallara-VW | +3.196s |
| 3. | Jack Harvey | Carlin Dallara-VW | +3.646s |
| 4. | Scott Pye | Double R Dallara-Merc | +4.027s |
| 5. | Jazeman Jaafar | Carlin Dallara-VW | +4.717s |
| 6. | Valtteri Bottas | Double R Dallara-Merc | +5.200s |
| 7. | Menasheh Idafar | T-Sport Dallara-VW | +15.160s |
| 8. | Harry Tincknell | Fortec Dallara-Merc | +16.220s |
| 9. | Will Buller | Fortec Dallara-Merc | +16.836s |
| 10. | Maxim Snegirev | Hitech Dallara-VW | +18.050s |
| 11. | Pipo Derani | Double R Dallara-Merc | +18.614s |
| 12. | Pietro Fantin | Hitech Dallara-VW | +19.224s |
| 13. | Yann Cunha | T-Sport Dallara-VW | +23.309s |
| 14. | Bart Hylkema | T-Sport Dallara-VW | +27.360s |
| 15. | Hywel Lloyd | Sino Vision Dallara-Merc | +28.107s |
| 16. | Adderly Fong | Sino Vision Dallara-Merc | +32.653s |
| 17. | Lucas Foresti | Fortec Dallara-Merc | +33.854s |
| 18. | Fahmi Ilyas | Fortec Dallara-Merc | +59.390s |
| 19. | Kotaro Sakurai | Hitech Dallara-Mugen | +1m07.015s |
| 20. | Kevin Magnussen | Carlin Dallara-VW | DNF on L13 |
| 21. | Felipe Nasr | Carlin Dallara-VW | DNF on L5 |