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Spa GP3: Daniil Kvyat claims first victory in crash-strewn race

Daniil Kvyat scored his first GP3 Series victory in a race at Spa-Francorchamps that was blighted by safety cars

Kvyat outdragged MW Arden team-mate and poleman Carlos Sainz Jr into La Source, and was followed past him by Conor Daly (ART) from fourth.

The race was then almost immediately neutralised for a tail-end shunt at the first corner.

That restart was almost over before it began, as more crashing at La Source brought out the safety car again.

At the third attempt, Kvyat had to fend off an attack from Daly into Les Combes, but kept his American rival well covered. He then pulled out a decent gap, as Daly found it a struggle to follow him closely.

Behind them, Sainz was defending third from Jack Harvey in a battle that all went wrong on the Kemmel Straight on lap 10.

Harvey drew alongside, and moved over to try to intimidate the Spaniard, who stayed resolutely on his line. Contact between them speared Harvey into a spin, the ART car hitting the barrier on his right before cannoning back across the track into another big impact, which tore the back of his car off.

The race finished under the safety car, with Kvyat winning from Daly, new points leader Facu Regalia, Kevin Korjus and Alexander Sims.

Erstwhile series leader Tio Ellinas fought back to eighth, and reversed-grid pole, after stalling at the start due to a throttle problem.

Results - 13 laps:

Pos  Driver              Team            Time/Gap
 1.  Daniil Kvyat        MW Arden      32m40.446s
 2.  Conor Daly          ART              +0.413s
 3.  Facu Regalia        ART              +1.160s
 4.  Kevin Korjus        Koiranen         +1.772s
 5.  Alexander Sims      Carlin           +4.628s
 6.  Nick Yelloly        Carlin           +4.985s
 7.  Melville McKee      Bamboo           +5.713s
 8.  Tio Ellinas         Manor            +5.978s
 9.  Robert Visoiu       MW Arden         +6.869s
10.  Dino Zamparelli     Manor            +7.760s
11.  Giovanni Venturini  Trident          +8.569s
12.  Luis Sa Silva       Carlin           +8.895s
13.  Patrick Kujala      Koiranen         +9.585s
14.  Lewis Williamson    Bamboo          +10.225s
15.  David Fumanelli     Trident         +11.039s
16.  Samin Gomez         Jenzer          +11.640s
17.  Jimmy Eriksson      Status          +12.374s
18.  Ryan Cullen         Manor           +13.052s
19.  Carmen Jorda        Bamboo          +13.560s
20.  Alex Fontana        Jenzer          +15.157s
21.  Aaro Vainio         Koiranen        +15.162s

Retirements:

        Carlos Sainz Jr     MW Arden      9 laps
        Jack Harvey         ART           9 laps
        Patric Niederhauser Jenzer        2 laps
        Adderly Fong        Status        2 laps
        Josh Webster        Status         1 lap
        Emanuele Zonzini    Trident       0 laps

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