Reigning champion Kimmo Joutvuo got his car ready for second event at Alastaro Circuit. The champ skipped test days too, but was still the fastest in qualifying with a clear margin to the championship leader Jani Tammi.

Joutvuo didn’t, how ever, start from the pole position. Nordic F3 Masters was once again in the same grid with NEZ FR2.0. The starting order was by class so that FR started in front of F3.

First race was on wet track. Joutvuo overtook majority of the Renault field on the first lap. He was running third after just one lap and passed the “overall” race leader on lap 3. Unfortunately his driver shaft broke on the same moment he got the first position and his race was over.

After Joutvuo’s retirement, Jari Koivisto took the lead and won the Nordic F3 Masters race. Jani Tammi was second and Risto Tonteri third. Tonteri, who spun in early stages, had a good race. He managed to catch Tammi and put some good pressure on him, but didn’t manage to pass him. Timo Pitkäniemi, who started his season from Alastaro like Joutvuo, was fourth and Pekka Rinne fifth.

The track was a bit damp and there were slight showers in race two, but it was still clearly a slicks conditions. Joutvuo was again clearly the fastest F3 driver. This time his car worked fine and Kimmo won the race.

Jani Tammi was again second and remained his series lead. Koivisto, currently second in the standings, put some pressure on Tammi but made a mistake and run wide after the main straight. After return to the track he spun on dirty tyres and lost his position to Rinne. Pekka had earlier managed to pass Tonteri, who spun again, and Pitkäniemi, and finished the race third.

In the Las Palmas hairpin Koivisto lost two more positions as Tonteri and Pitkäniemi passed him under brakes.