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F3 Silverstone: Goethe takes maiden win in safety car interrupted race
Oliver Goethe took his maiden Formula 3 win in Sunday’s feature race at Silverstone, leading a Trident 1-2 from team-mate Leonardo Fornaroli.
Edited: Jul 9, 2023, 12:09 PM
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The reigning Euroformula Open champion lined up second behind his Italian team-mate before taking the lead on lap 15 after Fornaroli began to struggle with his tyres.
Despite a second safety car and late rain, Goethe held on for his maiden series victory, with Fornaroli second and Pepe Marti in third for Campos.
Fornaroli led off the line, with Marti taking second from Goethe on the first lap as the pack tussled at Luffield.
Paul Aron (Prema) took fourth from Christian Mansell as ahead, Goethe reclaimed second at Stowe.
The first safety car came at the end of the first lap as several drivers tangled, with Luke Browning (Hitech) stopping on the Hamilton Straight after being nudged off by Campos driver Hugh Barter.
Caio Collet (Van Amersfoort Racing) also had contact with MP Motorsport driver Jonny Edgar, forcing both into the pits with damage.
There was confusion over who ran third between Marti and Aron, with both drivers claiming they should have the place, though Marti held position.
Racing resumed on lap seven before the yellow flags were thrown as Zak O’Sullivan stopped in his Prema-run car at Luffield, having been pushed wide by Kaylen Frederick (ART) before spinning, though he managed to get going again before pitting.
Dino Beganovic, who started last for Prema after his engine blew during qualifying, was up to 17th by lap nine, while Fornaroli led from 0.5s from Goethe.
Marti began losing time to the leading pair before Goethe took the lead on lap 15, with better pace than his team-mate, while Aron attempted a move on Marti at Stowe but fell back.
Rain began to fall on lap 17 as dark clouds loomed, but Goethe had managed to build a 1.5s gap ahead to Fornaroli, with a further 0.5s back to Marti.
The safety car was then deployed for a second time as Roberto Faria ended up in the barrier at Luffield in his PHM-run car after contact with Tommy Smith (VAR).
Racing resumed with two laps remaining, but Goethe maintained his lead to cross the line 1.7s ahead of Fornaroli.
Aron finished fourth, with Saturday podium finisher Mansell (Campos) in fifth and championship leader Gabriel Bortoleto (Trident) in sixth.
Hitech driver Gabriele Mini crossed the line seventh, with sprint race winner Franco Colapinto in eighth. Collet and Gregoire Saucy (ART) rounded off the top 10.
F3 resumes in Budapest from 21-23 July.
Cla Driver Team Laps Gap 1 Oliver Goethe
Trident 22 2 Leonardo Fornaroli
Trident 22 1.720 3 Pepe Martí
Campos Racing 22 2.128 4 Paul Aron
Prema Powerteam 22 4.384 5 Christian Mansell
Campos Racing 22 5.968 6 Gabriel Bortoleto
Trident 22 7.334 7 Gabriele Minì
Hitech Pulse-Eight 22 7.997 8 Franco Colapinto
MP Motorsport 22 8.529 9
Caio Collet
Van Amersfoort Racing 22 9.680 10
Gregoire Saucy
ART Grand Prix 22 10.018 11 Tommy Smith
Van Amersfoort Racing 22 10.192 12
Sebastian Montoya
Hitech Pulse-Eight 22 11.758 13 Nikola Tsolov
ART Grand Prix 22 12.148 14 Mari Boya
MP Motorsport 22 12.700 15 Hugh Barter
Campos Racing 22 13.169 16 Dino Beganovic
Prema Powerteam 22 14.075 17
Rafael Villagomez
Van Amersfoort Racing 22 14.767 18 Nikita Bedrin
Jenzer Motorsport 22 15.496 19
Zak O'Sullivan
Prema Powerteam 22 15.808 20
Kaylen Frederick
ART Grand Prix 22 16.481 21 Oliver Gray
Rodin Carlin 22 18.067 22 Taylor Barnard
Jenzer Motorsport 22 18.914 23 McKenzy Cresswell
PHM Racing by Charouz 22 20.308 24 Sophia Flörsch
PHM Racing by Charouz 22 20.723 25 Ido Cohen
Rodin Carlin 22 22.913 26 Alex Garcia
Jenzer Motorsport 22 26.901 Roberto Faria
PHM Racing by Charouz 16 Max Esterson
Rodin Carlin 14 Jonny Edgar
MP Motorsport 11 Luke Browning
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