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Hartley and Carlin celebrate maiden win

New Zealand's Brendon Hartley scored his maiden victory in the Formula 3 Euro Series on Sunday and also the first for the British Carlin Motorsport team in the world's toughest junior racing category.

The two Mücke Motorsport cars of Alexander Sims and Sam Bird completed the podium after the 14th round of the 2009 season. Jules Bianchi's ART brought the curtain down on a disastrous weekend by retiring in the pits after six laps but still retains the championship lead with a margin of 16 points to second place.

The race was determined by two safety car phases; Basil Shaaban (Prema Powerteam) caused the first by hitting the barrier and a collision between Jake Rosenzweig (Carlin Motorsport), César Ramos (Manor Motorsport) and Adrien Tambay (ART Grand Prix) triggered the second safety car phase of the race. Alexander Sims benefited from the first restart to overtake Esteban Gutierrez and Sam Bird for second but was unable to challenge race leader Hartley.

"Scoring my maiden race win in the Formula 3 Euro Series is just great," said a delighted Hartley. "I am also happy for my Carlin team; they have been working very hard over the last two years in the Formula 3 Euro Series - I didn't make any mistakes during the race, which is why I have won."

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