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Van der Zande wins first Snetterton race

Dutch driver Renger van der Zande staged a masterclass display of Hitech Racing and Mercedes superiority at Snetterton this afternoon, leading round nine of the Cooper Tires British F3 International Series from pole position to chequered flag.

Van der Zande blasted into a one-second lead within the first couple of laps, and thereafter his second race win of the season was beyond doubt... His pursuers were racing for the second step of the podium. "It has been a very good weekend so far," said Renger, "I have been quickest all the way. It's been a lot of fun. It's a great effort from the team, they have done really well."

Henry Arundel headed the chase for 20 of the 29 laps, until his Carlin Motorsport Dallara suffered a gear selection issue which delayed him long enough to allow his team-mate and championship leader Daniel Ricciardo to slip past. "I was struggling with the gears and Daniel made it through," said Henry, "but once I had worked out what the problem was I was able to drive around it and hang on to third."

Van der Zande crossed the line 3.8s clear at the line, his lead at one stage having been in excess of eight seconds, with Ricciardo comfortably ahead of Arundel. Van der Zande's Hitech team-mate Walter Grubmuller held fourth place throughout, shadowed all the way by Riki Christodoulou, Max Chilton and Jay Bridger.

Daniel McKenzie slotted his Fortec Dallara into eighth on the opening lap and held on in that position all the way to the flag to collect his sixth National Class victory of the season. Birthday boy Adriano Buzaid snatched ninth from the grasp of Daisuke Nakajima 10 laps from the end.

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