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Hockenheim GP3: ART's Marvin Kirchhofer takes first win at home

Marvin Kirchhofer scored his maiden GP3 Series victory on home turf at Hockenheim on Saturday

The German ART driver scored a lights-to-flag success, outdragging points leader Alex Lynn away from the front row to convert his pole into a dominant win.

Behind him, there was a train of five Brits.

Lynn finished 3.3 seconds in arrears, having seen off the early challenge of Carlin team-mate Emil Bernstorff. That bid tailed off after Bernstorff ran wide at Turn 1 on lap 12 of 18.

Nick Yelloly finished fourth for Status, while Dean Stoneman (Manor) passed ART's Dino Zamparelli on the final lap to finish fifth.

Title contender Jimmy Eriksson took more points in seventh, having charged up from 10th following the grid penalty he sustained at Silverstone.

He survived an early clash with Stoneman at the hairpin on the opening lap, and came under a later attack from Jann Mardenborough, who takes reversed-grid pole with eighth place.

Results - 18 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team        Time/Gap
 1.  Marvin Kirchhofer    ART       27m47.577s
 2.  Alex Lynn            Carlin       +3.359s
 3.  Emil Bernstorff      Carlin       +4.459s
 4.  Nick Yelloly         Status       +9.770s
 5.  Dean Stoneman        Manor       +12.928s
 6.  Dino Zamparelli      ART         +14.922s
 7.  Jimmy Eriksson       Koiranen    +16.702s
 8.  Jann Mardenborough   Arden       +17.173s
 9.  Riccardo Agostini    Hilmer      +18.231s
10.  Robert Visoiu        Arden       +18.752s
11.  Alex Fontana         ART         +20.483s
12.  Patric Niederhauser  Arden       +29.000s
13.  Richie Stanaway      Status      +29.462s
14.  Mitch Gilbert        Trident     +29.672s
15.  Adderly Fong         Jenzer      +29.873s
16.  NelsonMason          Hilmer      +32.628s
17.  Luis Sa Silva        Carlin      +36.620s
18.  Matheo Tuscher       Jenzer      +37.224s
19.  Pal Varhaug          Jenzer      +37.444s
20.  Ryan Cullen          Manor       +37.635s
21.  Roman de Beer        Trident     +41.959s
22.  Santiago Urrutia     Koiranen    +46.976s
23.  Victor Carbone       Trident     +47.277s
24.  Sebastian Balthasar  Hilmer    +1m22.062s

Retirements:

     Patrick Kujala       Manor        16 laps
     Carmen Jorda         Koiranen      7 laps
     Alfonso Celis Jr     Status         1 lap

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