Nico Hülkenberg took his first F3 Euroseries victory of the 2008 season at Mugello today, ahead of Kodai Tsukakoshi and Jules Bianchi.

“It was a big relief after the bad start to the season,” said Hulkenberg, who picked up only two points at Hockenheim last month. “It’s not easy this weekend because it has been so close.

“We had a strong race but Kodai was always very close behind and he never gave me the chance to relax. It’s a good way to start my championship after what happened at Hockenheim.”

Hülkenberg is now third in the championship, behind Edoardo Mortara and Mika Mäki.

Robbie Kerr took pole position for Team GBR for tomorrow’s A1GP sprint race at Brands Hatch but was unable to take the double. Team India’s Narain Karthikeyan will start on pole for the feature race, ahead of Kerr and Switzerland’s Neel Jani. Team Ireland’s Adam Carroll starts from fourth on the grid in both races.