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GP3: FIRST SERIES WIN FOR MARDENBOROUGH

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 1:47PM

By Mark Baker

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Jann Mardenborough
Jann Mardenborough Credit: Mark Baker

Two-time Toyota Racing Series competitor Jann Mardenborough scored the biggest victory of his burgeoning racing career in the second GP3 race at Hockenheim on Sunday morning.
The 22-year-old, who was second in this year's Toyota Racing Series behind Andrew Tang, dominated the race from start to finish from reversed-grid pole position.
Third-placed starter Dino Zamparelli outdragged title contender Jimmy Eriksson away from the startline to take second, and pressured Mardenborough in the opening stages.
But fastest lap by Mardenborough on the fifth tour broke Zamparelli's attack, and the Arden driver pulled away to a 3.8-second victory.
ART's Zamparelli held second throughout, while Eriksson spent much of the event fending off points leader Alex Lynn, who leapt from eighth to fourth at the hairpin on the opening lap.
He had dived past Saturday's winner Marvin Kirchhofer just as Dean Stoneman ran wide and took Nick Yelloly and Emil Bernstorff with him.
Eriksson went off at Spitzkehre hairpin despite yellow flags being waved.
Stoneman nabbed fifth off Yelloly when the latter ran wide at Turn 1 with a couple of laps to go, passing him on the Parabolika sweeper moments later.
Patric Niederhauser inherited seventh due to Kirchhofer and Bernstorff colliding at the hairpin on lap six of 18.
Richie Stanaway completed the point scorers in eighth.

British racer Alex Lynn retains the series lead, and with a post-race penalty for Eriksson has a handy points gap.