Hulkenberg wins race 1 at Mugello

Nico Hulkenberg claimed his first F3 Euro Series win of the season after holding off the hard-charging Kodai Tsukakoshi at Mugello today.

"It was a big relief after the bad start to the season," said Hulkenberg, who picked up only two points at Hockenheim last month. "It's not easy this weekend because it has been so close.

"We had a strong race but Kodai was always very close behind and he never gave me the chance to relax. It's a good way to start my championship after what happened at Hockenheim."

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Gap
1.	Nico Hulkenberg	ART	D/M	36:35.388
2.	Kodai Tsukakoshi	Manor	D/M	+1.001
3.	Jules Bianchi	ART	D/M	+16.404
4.	Edoardo Mortara	Signature	D/V	+17.340
5.	Renger van der Zande	Prema	D/M	+18.377
6.	Mika Maki	Mucke	D/M	+21.521
7.	Yann Clairay	SG	D/M	+30.537
8.	Dani Clos	Prema	D/M	+31.518
9.	Niall Breen	Manor	D/M	+33.276
10.	Erik Janis	Mucke	D/M	+36.899
11.	Franck Mailleux	Signature	D/V	+38.104
12.	James Jakes	ART	D/M	+40.366
13.	Henkie Waldschmidt	SG	D/M	+40.623
14.	Sam Bird	Manor	D/M	+42.155
15.	Richard Philippe	Carlin	D/M	+43.788
16.	Tom Dillmann	SG	D/M	+45.510
17.	Charlie Kimball	Prema	D/M	+45.974
18.	Rodolfo Gonzalez	Carlin	D/M	+46.537
19.	Michael Klein	Jo Zeller	D/M	+49.461
20.	Basil Shaaban	HBR	D/M	+54.948
21.	Stefano Coletti	Signature	D/V	+56.271
22.	Maximilian Gotz	RC	D/V	+57.956
23.	Jon Lancaster	ART	D/M	+59.821
24.	Jens Klingmann	RC	D/V	+1:06.792
25.	Jean-Karl Vernay	Signature	D/V	+1:07.179
	Not classified
	Driver	Team	Car	Laps
	Kazuya Oshima	Manor	D/M	16 laps
	Daniel Campos-Hull	HBR	D/M	16 Laps
	Christian Vietoris	Mucke	D/M	16 Laps
	Martin Plowman	RC	D/V	3 laps