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Alex Lynn claimed his maiden Formula 3 European Championship after leading the first race of the Brands Hatch weekend from pole.
Prema teammate Rafaelle Marciello challenged the Brit into the first corner, but the local driver managed to withstand the pressure to take the first win of the weekend at Brands Hatch and the first win of his Euro F3 career.
Lucas Auer made it a Prema a 1-2-3 after passing Sven Muller's stricken Ma-Con Dallara- Volkswagen at the Druids hairpin in the closing stages of the race.
Swede Felix Rosenqvist finished fourth in his Mucke Dallara-Mercedes ahead of Harry Tincknell and Tom Blomqvist.
Jordan King, Josh Hill and Will Buller rounded out the top-nine drivers, with Antonio Giovinazzi claiming the final point. Red Bull's Russian protégé Daniil Kvyat finished in the final points position, but was not eligible to score.
Race two saw Ferrari junior driver, Rafaelle Marciello, take honours in the second race, beating Alex Lynn to victory.
Marciello once again won the third race held on Sunday morning, but was later excluded from the result after using an excessively short first-gear ratio, which gifted a maiden Euro F3 win to teammate Lucas Auer.
As a result, Harry Tincknell was promoted to second and Felix Rosenqvist took the third and final step on the podium.
The Prema Powerteam's team manager, Rene Rosin, said after the race: “We made a mistake, putting in a ratio we use in testing [from the older-generation car] for today's race. There is nothing more to add.
"From our side, I'm happy that there is technical and sporting fairness in the championship. On the other hand I'm pissed off because we made a mistake."
Prema teammate Rafaelle Marciello challenged the Brit into the first corner, but the local driver managed to withstand the pressure to take the first win of the weekend at Brands Hatch and the first win of his Euro F3 career.
Lucas Auer made it a Prema a 1-2-3 after passing Sven Muller's stricken Ma-Con Dallara- Volkswagen at the Druids hairpin in the closing stages of the race.
Swede Felix Rosenqvist finished fourth in his Mucke Dallara-Mercedes ahead of Harry Tincknell and Tom Blomqvist.
Jordan King, Josh Hill and Will Buller rounded out the top-nine drivers, with Antonio Giovinazzi claiming the final point. Red Bull's Russian protégé Daniil Kvyat finished in the final points position, but was not eligible to score.
Race two saw Ferrari junior driver, Rafaelle Marciello, take honours in the second race, beating Alex Lynn to victory.
Marciello once again won the third race held on Sunday morning, but was later excluded from the result after using an excessively short first-gear ratio, which gifted a maiden Euro F3 win to teammate Lucas Auer.
As a result, Harry Tincknell was promoted to second and Felix Rosenqvist took the third and final step on the podium.
The Prema Powerteam's team manager, Rene Rosin, said after the race: “We made a mistake, putting in a ratio we use in testing [from the older-generation car] for today's race. There is nothing more to add.
"From our side, I'm happy that there is technical and sporting fairness in the championship. On the other hand I'm pissed off because we made a mistake."