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F3 Open: Canadian drivers leads European Open championship

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Khatir Soltani
After he secured his third season’s victory at Brands Hatch, Gianmarco Raimondo, from St Catharines, Ontario, takes European Open F3 championship lead.

The F3 Open international championship is the former spanish F3 national serie, which grew up to an international calendar, now running on eight different countries in Europe. Last year, swiss driver Alex Fontana was crowned, before he moved to Formula 2 this season.

F3 Open Brands-Hatch
Beginning of the race at Brands-Hatch. (Photo: F3open.net)

After he ran the italian F3 championship in 2010, then the Euroseries F3 in 2011, 22 year old Raimondo moved to the Open F3 with team RP Motorsport. That was to be a successfull move. Raimondo claimed his maiden win at the Nürburgring, then won again at Spa. He took his third victory of the seasn at Brands Hatch, which allows him to take the championship lead.


Khatir Soltani
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