Rio Haryanto storms to Race 2 GP3 victory

Rio Haryanto celebrates

Rio Haryanto took his second GP3 victory of the 2011 season in a rain affected race at Hungaroring today. The Marussia Manor Racing driver finished just ahead of the charging Lotus ART pair of Valtteri Bottas and James Calado.

RSC MÃ¼cke Motorsport’s Nigel Melker started from pole in the wet Race 2 conditions and held onto the lead when the lights went out ahead of Addax Team’s Tom Dillmann. MW Arden’s Lewis Williamson and Jenzer Motorsport’s Nico MÃ¼ller were locked in battle for third, with Tech 1 Racing’s Aaro Vainio and Haryanto slotting in behind. Meanwhile at the back Calado made his way up from twenty-fifth to eleventh in the first lap.

Lap 2 saw Williamson spin out the race, and it also saw the first of two safety cars when Jenzer Motorsport’s Vittorio Ghirelli crashed out. Haryanto took MÃ¼ller for third on the re-start, with Bottas now in seventh and Calado behind Maxim Zimin in ninth.

Melker had his lead up to 7.9 seconds by the second safety car period on Lap 12, after Thomas Hylkema crashed his Tech 1 Racing car. Haryanto attacked Melker straight away at the re-start to take the lead, and by the end of the lap the Dutchman had lost two more spots to Bottas and Dillmann.

With the checkered flag in sight Calado continued his excellent race effort to work his way through the field and in to the points. One final push saw him take Dillmann and MÃ¼ller for the final podium spot behind Haryanto and teammate Bottas. Melker had to settle for fourth followed by Dillmann in fifth and Antonio Felix Da Costa in the final points paying position for Status Grand Prix. After starting last on the grid due to a penalty Alexander Sims drove his way up to eleventh, but the former Series leader came away with no points from the weekend.

Bottas now leads the GP3 Series™ driver standings by seven points ahead of Alexander Sims.

Race 2 results:

Pos	No.	DRIVER	NAT	TEAM	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	11	R. HARYANTO	INA	Marussia Manor Racing	14	30:06.456	0.000s
2	2	V. BOTTAS	FIN	Lotus ART	14	30:07.800	1.344
3	3	J. CALADO	GBR	Lotus ART	14	30:10.255	3.799
4	31	N. MELKER	NED	RSC Mucke Motorsport	14	30:11.720	5.264
5	7	N. MULLER	SUI	Jenzer Motorsport	14	30:13.614	7.158
6	23	T. DILLMANN	FRA	Addax Team	14	30:15.264	8.808
7	5	A. FELIX DA COSTA	POR	Status Grand Prix	14	30:16.447	9.991
8	17	A. VAINIO	FIN	Tech 1 Racing	14	30:17.197	10.741
9	8	M. ZIMIN	RUS	Jenzer Motorsport	14	30:17.792	11.336
10	4	A. SIMS	GBR	Status Grand Prix	14	30:19.515	13.059
11	10	A. QUAIFE-HOBBS	GBR	Marussia Manor Racing	14	30:19.795	13.339
12	14	C. DALY	USA	Carlin	14	30:21.513	15.057
13	27	S. TRUMMER	SUI	MW Arden	14	30:23.405	16.949
14	30	M. CHRISTENSEN	DEN	RSC Mucke Motorsport	14	30:24.527	18.071
15	1	P. NUNES	BRA	Lotus ART	14	30:25.531	19.075
16	16	L. CORDEIRO	BRA	Carlin	14	30:26.442	19.986
17	22	Z. AMBERG	SUI	Atech CRS GP	14	30:27.570	21.114
18	20	M. STOCKINGER	PHI	Atech CRS GP	14	30:28.092	21.636
19	15	C. MACLEOD	GBR	Carlin	14	30:29.007	22.551
20	25	D. SMITH	GBR	Addax Team	14	30:29.301	22.845
21	19	T. PAL KISS	HUN	Tech 1 Racing	14	30:31.914	25.458
22	12	M. LAINE	FIN	Marussia Manor Racing	14	30:33.670	27.214
23	6	I. LUKASHEVICH	RUS	Status Grand Prix	14	30:49.319	42.863
24	26	M. EVANS	NZL	MW Arden	12	26:12.345	DNF
25	18	T. HYLKEMA	NED	Tech 1 Racing	9	20:01.065	DNF
26	29	L. BACHETA	GBR	RSC Mucke Motorsport	8	22:18.328	DNF
27	21	N. YELLOLY	GBR	Atech CRS GP	2	4:35.155	DNF
28	28	L. WILLIAMSON	GBR	MW Arden	1	2:10.689	DNF
29	9	V. GHIRELLI	ITA	Jenzer Motorsport	1	2:20.264	DNF
30	24	G. CHAVES	COL	Addax Team	0	–	DNF
FL	31	N .MELKER	NED	RSC Mucke Motorsport	1:59.057	LAP 8	.