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Jehan takes historic first win in European F3 at Norisring

editor / July 2, 2017

Jehan Daruvala creates history by becoming the first Indian to take victory in the new FIA European F3 Series held at Norisring, Germany. The young rookie took victory in the final race of the weekend beating experienced home driver Maximilian Gunther who was on pole. Jehan beat Gunther right at the start and even before the first corner and never looked back. The race was incident pack with many full-course yellow flags and at one point Jehan had a 1 second lead over Gunther but an incident involving Mick Schumacher and Pedro Piquet brought the first full-course yellow bringing Gunther closer. During the restart Gunther tried to attack Jehan but the determined Sahara Force India Academy driver never gave any room for overtaking and won the race with a 0.4secs gap. Jehan Daruvala said “It feels brilliant to get my first F3 win. I have been quick all weekend & it finally came together this race. I knew the start was crucial, so I focused a lot on that. Once I had Max at the start, I just had to ensure that I made no mistakes. The pressure was immense through the race, but I was enjoying myself. I must thank the team for a fantastic car all weekend & everyone else around me who have been instrumental in my success.” The next round for Jehan will be at Spa-Francorchamps Circuit in Belgium on July 29-30.

Jehan Daruvala grabs F3 podium in Hungary

Mumbai lad Jehan Daruvala grabbed another podium and a rookie class win at the Hungarian round of the European F3 series held in Budapest. The Force India Academy driver finished 3rd overall in race1 while also taking the victory in the rookie category. “I am happy to have made it onto the podium again here. Towards the halfway point, I was given a warning for track limit infringements, so I was a little bit more cautious after that. I didn’t want to risk a penalty. Then, I hoped for Jake to make a mistake in front of me, but he didn’t give me that pleasure. I also had to keep an eye on Mawson who had closed right up” said Jehan Race 2 & Race 3 saw Jehan qualify ninth & tenth respectively, after he took time to adjust to the high cross wind situation at the circuit during qualifying. The tight nature of the circuit meant Jehan could do little in terms of moving up the order. He moved up a place in each race to finish eight & ninth in the two races which also became rookie podiums second and third respectively. Jehan moves up sixth overall in the points table to and remains second in the Rookie standings with 212 points. The FIA F3 European Championship moves to the street circuit of Norisring in Germany on the 1st & 2nd of July.