The Carlin driver initially lost the lead from pole position to teammate Sérgio Sette Câmara, but capitalised at a Safety Car restart on lap seven to retake the top spot and then hold on for victory. 

Câmara had had a storming first lap – picking up a good slipstream to slingshot past Callum Ilott and da Costa on the run through Mandarin and then opening up a 1.2 seconds advantage.

But his lead was reduced to nothing when a Safety Car was called out on lap five to recover Nikita Mazepin’s crashed car at Faraway. At the restart on lap seven, da Costa managed to get past and then set about pulling clear over the next few laps before a second Safety Car on lap 10 to retrieve Nick Cassidy’s crashed car.

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旺角大球場舉行的EAFF 東亞足球錦標賽2017第二圈最後一場賽事，香港代表隊以0:1不敵朝鮮，未能晉身決賽週

上半場3分鐘，姜國哲左路罰球直射高出。7分鐘，朴光龍左路快速推入禁區起腳射門，但未中目標。16分鐘，金國范把握港隊後防解圍不遠於禁區外起左腳勁射，皮球中橫楣彈出。22分鐘，鄭日冠在敵軍中後場劫得皮球，沿左路快放，壓過法圖斯切入禁區乘葉鴻輝出迎、黃洋及艾里奥包位之際於窄位快射入網，替朝鮮打開1:0的紀錄。26分鐘，艾力士於禁區接應隊友一記長傳施頭槌攻門被敵衛及時解圍。32分鐘，朴明成於遠柱位接應右路角球迎頂被葉鴻輝救出。33分鐘，朴成哲左路罰球開入禁區，鄭日冠跳頂高出。42分鐘，羅拔圖左路禁區角射門，李明國臥地接牢。半場朝鮮以1:0領前。

下半場17分鐘，朴成哲右路斬中，鄭日冠迎頂斜出。28分鐘，朴光龍中路引球出擊至左路禁區頂起腳射門被葉鴻輝沒收。39分鐘，後備入替的麥基施頭槌攻門，可惜乏力被李明國輕易沒收。40分鐘，麥基右路傳中，辛祖近射越楣。最終港隊未能於完場前扳平，以一球飲恨，在東亞盃第二圈賽事屈居次席，朝鮮取得出線資格，晉身東亞盃決賽。

text from HKFA

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