Daniel Juncadella wins Macau Formula 3 GP

20th November 2011

Daniel Juncadella triumphed after a thrilling battle for victory in the “SJM” Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix on Sunday after making the most of a safety car restart to grab a lead that he never relinquished.
 
 
 
The Spaniard was running fourth early on in the race but, after jumping two places following a safety car restart on lap five, he grabbed the opportunity to overhaul early front runner Marco Wittmann after a slipstreaming battle following another safety car restart on lap 10.
 
 
 
From there, Juncadella extended his advantage – despite some wild moments in the city section of the track – over second placed Felipe Nasr until a third and final safety car period on the penultimate lap guaranteed him the victory as the race could not be restarted.
 
 
 
“I didn’t really expect to win but this feeling is amazing,” said the Prema driver. “I still can’t believe it. On the last lap when we were behind the safety car, I have never cried that much in my life.”
 
 
 
Wittmann, who had started from pole position and had built up a 2.7 seconds advantage before the second safety car period, dropped down to fifth at one stage after being overtaken at the restart – but recovered to finish third.
 
 
 
The race was full of incident – with Roberto Merhi triggering a startline accident when he stalled at the start and was hit from behind by Richie Stanaway, while Laurens Vanthoor spun after getting caught up in the incident.
 
 
 
Valtteri Bottas had threatened for the lead early on, but he hit the wall at Lisboa on lap four following a safety car restart and was forced to retire.
 
 
 Kevin Magnussen escaped with an injured left knee following a high speed crash into the fencing at Mandarin Bend, after he clipped the back of William Buller’s car and was launched into the air. Carlos Sainz and Hywel Lloyd also crashed trying to avoid getting caught up in the incident.

Pos / Driver  /Team/Car  /Time/Gap

 1.  Daniel Juncadella       Prema Dallara-Merc         42m17.099s
 2.  Felipe Nasr                Carlin Dallara-VW            + 0.359s
 3.  Marco Wittmann        Signature Dallara-VW         + 0.662s
 4.  Yuhi Sekiguchi          Mucke Dallara-Merc           + 1.378s
 5.  Hannes van Asseldonk    Hitech Dallara-VW            + 2.128s
 6.  William Buller           Fortec Dallara-Merc          + 3.301s
 7.  Lucas Foresti             Fortec Dallara-Merc          + 3.860s
 8.  Jazeman Jaafar          Carlin Dallara-VW            + 4.062s
 9.  Richard Bradley        TOM'S Dallara-Toyota         + 4.595s
10.  Adderly Fong          Sino Vision Dallara-Merc     + 4.819s
11.  Pietro Fantin           Hitech Dallara-VW            + 5.551s
12.  Kimiya Sato            Motopark Dallara-VW          + 6.534s
13.  Carlos Huertas         Carlin Dallara-VW            + 8.336s

DNF

Kevin Magnussen         Carlin Dallara-VW             13 laps
Hideki Yamauchi         Toda Dallara-Honda            13 laps
Hywel Lloyd             Sino Vision Dallara-Merc      13 laps
Carlos Sainz Jr         Signature Dallara-VW          13 laps
Alexander Sims          TOM'S Dallara-Toyota          13 laps
Marko Asmer             Double R Dallara-Merc         13 laps
Antonio Felix da Costa  Hitech Dallara-VW             12 laps
Carlos Munoz            Signature Dallara-VW           9 laps
Felix Rosenqvist        Mucke Dallara-Merc             6 laps
Valtteri Bottas         Double R Dallara-Merc          4 laps
Mitch Evans             Double R Dallara-Merc          4 laps
Roberto Merhi           Prema Dallara-Merc              1 lap
Daniel Abt              Signature Dallara-VW           0 laps
Richie Stanaway         Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW      0 laps
Laurens Vanthoor        Signature Dallara-VW           0 laps
Hironobu Yasuda         Three Bond Dallara-Nissan      0 laps

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