With a hat-trick of wins in the season finale, Lance Stroll (Prema Powerteam) is bowing out of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. In the third race at the 4.574 kilometres long Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, the development driver of the Williams Formula 1 team claimed victory from Joel Eriksson (Motopark) and Jake Hughes (Carlin). Yesterday, Swedish driver Eriksson had already sealed the title for the best rookie of the year while Briton Hughes was making his debut in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship at Hockenheim. With his podium finish, he also made the series’ return of his Carlin team a successful one.
Kiwi Nick Cassidy added a podium (3rd) in the first race and a fourth place in the third to gain enough points to finish fourth overall in the championship.
The final race of the season got underway with a nice duel for the lead, a position that Joel Eriksson still held after the start. His challenger Lance Stroll, however, was determined to get past the Swede and overtook him on lap two. A little bit later, Brazilian Sérgio Sette Câmara (Motopark) had to defend his fourth place against charging rivals. On lap twelve, Jake Hughes finally managed to overtake him while the member of the Red Bull Junior team lost another position to Alexander Sims (HitechGP) one lap later. Sette Câmara eventually managed to bring his sixth place home.
Out in front, Lance Stroll drove an undisputed victory home, ahead of Joel Eriksson. Jake Hughes claimed the final podium slot after successfully having put his rival Nick Cassidy (Prema Powerteam) under pressure during the closing laps of the race and finally having overtaken him on the penultimate lap. Alexander Sims, Sérgio Sette Câmara, Ben Barnicoat (HitechGP), Ralf Aron (Prema Powerteam), Maximilian Günther (Prema Powerteam) and Anthoine Hubert (Van Amersfoort Racing) rounded out the top ten.
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