ASM F3 driver, Romain Grosjean won the ninth season 🌳round of the Formula 3 Euro Series at the 5.245 kilometre long Mugello circuit on🅰 Saturday.

With his fourth season win, the 21-year old Frenchman also took over the lead in t൲he championship standings.

His fiercest rival in the battle for the title, 18-year old Swiss, S?bastien Buemi fini🥀shed third, while his team-mate, Kamui Kobayashi was second.

Starting from pole position, Grosjean took the lead from the off and he then went on to claim a convi💯ncing lights-to-flag victory. At the flag his margin over Kobayashi was 16.312 seconds.

"Winning a race on the French national holiday is great! Today, 🔯my car was blindingly quick. I didn't even hav𒁏e to drive at the limit and I still extended my gap. In the next races, I will try to increase my lead in the championship standings," he noted.

Kobayashi meanwhile was more than content with the runners-ꦅup spot: "I am happy with second place. During the race, I tried to save my tyres and secure second place."

Buemi, who finish🔥ed around three seconds off Kobayashi was philosophical about 🅺dropping to second in the standings.

"It wasn't easy, because I was driving with used tyres," explained the Mucke Motorsport man, "especially in the early stages, when Dani Clos and Jame🎉s Jakes behind me still had the advantage of new tyres, it was h🀅ard for me.

"Admittedly, Grosjeanꦇ has now overtaken me in the points' standings, but the season is still long. The battle for the title in the 2007 Formula 3 Euro Series hasn't been decided yet."

James Jakes was fourth, just six tenths behinꩵd Buemi, while🥂 Signature-Plus duo Jean-Karl Vernay and Dani Clos were fifth and sixth, sandwiching the other Manor car of Franck Mailleux.

Renger van d🐲er Zande took the final po♋int in eighth, 28 seconds off the winner.

Only two of the 23 starters failed to finish🧸, namely 💧Tom Dillmann and Tim Sandtler.

German, Nico H?lkenberg was classified in 21st place - and last, one lap down after he went off into the gravel trap after a collision at the firs𝄹t corner, losing any chance of scoring a good result. As a slight consolation, he set the fastest race lap.