Fil-Swiss Stockinger cops first place in Monaco GP3

Fil-Swiss Marlon Stockinger earned his maiden first place finish in a Formula One event with a winning time of 21:37.673 in the second race of the Monaco GP3 Series, Saturday.   The Status Grand Prix racer began with pole position and ended on top, 0.687 seconds ahead of the second placer, Antonio da Costa of Carlin Motorsport. He also managed to log the fastest lap at 1:28.747 on his eleventh go around the course. However, racers were unable to complete all 18 laps, as American Conor Daly endured a horrendous crash that fortunately saw him escape unharmed. According to autosport.com's recap of the race, the incident forced race officials to "show the red flags" after the fence suffered damage in the accident The win gave Stockinger 17 points to make his total 39, good for third place in the Driver's Championship standings, behind Australian Mitch Evans (43) and Fin Aaro Vainio (54). Stockinger had placed eighth in the first race, which was won by Vainio with a time of 27:06.685, on Friday. - AMD, GMA News