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Hienoa Asmer kakkonen ja Mustonen kahdeksas :thumbup:http://www.fota.co.uk/ sanoi:Lights to Flag Victory for Engel
Pole sitter Maro Engel got his season off to a great start by taking a lights to flag victory in Round 1, finishing ahead of Marko Asmer and Stephen Jelley.
The National Class was won by Frankie Cheng, the Performance Racing driver passing pole position holder Sergio Perez at the start before the Mexican went off at Cascades with three other cars. Sean Petterson and Viktor Jensen filled the other two podium places.
The 31 car grid lined up two by two instead of the usual staggered formation and at the green lights Maro Engel got away cleanly as Stephen Jelley got two much wheel spin and was passed by Marko Asmer in the Hitech Dallara who had started immediately behind the Raikkonen Robertson driver. 3rd placed Sebastian Hohenthal was another loser in the firts race scramble for the first corner, ending the first lap two places further back after being passed by Asmer and Sam Bird.
British F3 National Class champion Rodolfo Gonzalez used the experience gained last season to get the best start, leaping into 5th place but losing a place to Sam Bird to end the opening lap in 6th place.
However a crash at the bottom of Craner Curves on the opening laps caused the safety car to be deployed with Sergio Perez, Francessco Castellacci and Ricardo Teixeira finishing the opening race of tehseason after just two corners. Rodolfo Avila and Mario Moraes had a separate incident that eliminated Avila and forced Moraes into the pitlane, later joining the field 1 lap down.
In the National Class, Frankie Cheng had already passed Perez into the first corner to take the lead of the class, with Juan Pablo Garcia Samano finishing the opening lap in 2nd, with Sean Petterson in 3rd as the cars circulated behind the safety car.
On lap 6 the race went green with Asmer diving to the outside of Engel as the leading pair headed into Old Hall, Engel held his line and the position as the rest of the field got back up to race speed. Petterson took advantage of the restart to overtake Samano to move into 2nd in the National Class.
Engel controlled the race from the front, giving Asmer no opportunity to get ahead of the flying German while the Estonian in turn was being pressurized by a resurgent Stephen Jelley. Further back Jonathan Kennard was putting pressure on Gonzalez but it took a further 6 laps before the Englishman could find a way past the TSport Mugen Honda powered Dallara. Once clear Kennard pulled out a gap of over 2 seconds but it was too late to catch Hohenthal to challenge for 5th.
As the race drew to a close Engel maintained a 1 second gap to Asmer, who in turn was holding off Jelley but no one gave an inch to any of their rivals. It was a similar story in the National Class with Frankie Cheng holding a gap to Petterson while Viktor Jensen had moved up to 3rd in class.
Results - Round 1 2007 Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 International Series
1 23 C Maro ENGEL GER Carlin Motorsport 30:48.229
2 7 C Marko ASMER EST Hitech Racing +0.975
3 1 C Stephen JELLEY GBR Raikkonen Robertson Racing +1.579
4 3 C Sam BIRD GBR Carlin Motorsport +4.228
5 5 C Sebastian HOHENTHAL SWE Fortec Motorsport +5.297
6 2 C Jonathan KENNARD GBR Raikkonen Robertson Racing +17.679
7 9 C Rodolfo GONZALEZ VEN T-Sport +20.649
8 26 C Atte MUSTONEN FIN Raikkonen Robertson Racing +20.742
9 21 C Niall BREEN GBR Carlin Motorsport +21.084
10 50 C Greg MANSELL GBR Fortec Motorsport +21.763
11 22 C Alberto VALERIO BRA Carlin Motorsport +22.441
12 14 C Esteban GUERRIERI ARG Ultimate Motorsport +29.155
13 6 C Walter GRUBMULLER AUT Hitech Racing +30.406
14 39 N Cong Fu CHENG CHI Performance Racing Europe +44.400
15 32 N Sean PETTERSON RSA Fluid Motorsport Developments +45.585
16 24 C John MARTIN AUS Alan Docking Racing +45.959
17 37 N Viktor JENSEN ISL Alan Docking Racing +46.708
18 55 N Michael MEADOWS GBR Master Motorsport +56.961
19 34 N Alex WATERS GBR Promatecme F3 +1:05.199
20 44 C Leo MANSELL GBR Fortec Motorsport +1:06.229
21 4 C Mario MORAES BRA Carlin Motorsport +1 LAP
22 15 C Michael DEVANEY IRL Ultimate Motorsport +4 LAPS
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35 N Alastair JACKSON GBR Raikkonen Robertson Racing 2 LAPS
33 N Juan Pablo GARCIA S. MEX Fluid Motorsport Developments 5 LAPS
36 N Albert COSTA ESP Raikkonen Robertson Racing 15 LAPS
11 C Rodolfo AVILA MAC Performance Racing Europe 17 LAPS
10 C Ricardo TEIXEIRA ANG Performance Racing Europe 18 LAPS
8 C Francesco CASTELLACCI ITA Alan Docking Racing 18 LAPS
31 N Sergio PEREZ MEX T-Sport 18 LAPS
38 N Hamad AL FARDAN BHR Performance Racing Europe 19 LAPS
77 N Salman AL KHALIFA BAH Promatecme F3 19 LAPS
FASTEST LAP
5 C Sebastian HOHENTHAL SWE Fortec Motorsport 1:29.491 12 108.3 mph 151.45 kph
39 N Cong Fu CHENG CHI Performance Racing 1:32.218 11 148.32 kph
Hieno kisa :thumbup:http://www.fota.co.uk/ sanoi:Asmer Capitilises on Pre Season Form to Win Round 2
Marko Asmer won an incident packed round 2 that saw two restarts and a reduced race of 10 laps at the end of a busy day at Oulton Park. Stephen Jelley pushed Asmer for the entire race but couldn't force the young Estonian into a mistake. Fortec's Sebastian Hohenthal filled the last podium place in a good debut British F3 weekend for the UK Formula Renault Champion.
In the National Class Frankie Cheng completed the double taking the fastest laps in both races to take a maximum 42 points from the weekend. Formula Palmer Audi graduate Viktor Jensen went one better than his first race result to finish 2nd, with Salman Al Khalifa becoming the first driver from Bharain to take a podium finish in British F3.
The 31 cars lined up for the second race of the day with Jonathan Kennard (Raikkonen Robertson Racing) on pole position with Stephen Jelley alongside him on the front row. At the start however it was Sebastian Hohenthal (Fortec Motorsport) who shot through into the lead from row 2. But it was all for nothing as Mike Meadows, Hamad Al Fardan and Albert Costa had a coming together out of sight on the back of the circuit causing the red flags to come out to stop the race.
With the track cleared and all drivers involved given the all clear the race was restarted over 15 laps. This time it was Stephen Jelley who flew off the line followed by Asmer and race 1 winner Maro Engel as Kennard got too much wheel spin. As the field went around the circuit to Druids the red flags flew again as five cars got involved in another incident which saw Albert Valerio, Leo Mansell, Sean Petterson, Albert Costa and Alex Waters all out of the race. Another casualty was Juan Pablo Garcia Samano when his Lola Dome caught fire on the grid and disappeared in a cloud of dry powder from the fire marshal's extinguisher.
Once again all the drivers were OK and the race was restarted over 10 laps. This was third time lucky for Asmer as he shot through from 4th on the grid to take the lead as Kennard once again failed to make the most of his pole position.
Asmer was able to control from the front but he had Stephen Jelley's Raikkonen Robertson Racing Dallara filling his rear view mirrors as he attempted to force the Hitech driver into a mistake that would allow him to take the lead. However Asmer held his nerve and despite a couple of moves by Jelley, the young Estonian held the racing line through the corners. Sebastian Hohenthal was also putting pressure on Jelley and towards the end of the race Kennard attempted to make good the poor start by joining the battle at the front of the field.
In the national class Viktor Jensen led the reduced class field away but was soon harried by Frankie Cheng. The Icelandic teenager managed to hold off the Chinese driver but Cheng wasn't to be denied and was soon leading the class.
At the front asmer continued to control but it was Kennard who set the fastest lap of the race, equalling the new British F3 lap record set by Hohenthal in race 1 exactly. But Kennard had left it too late and Asmer took the chequered flag to the delight of the Hitech team, just 0.4 seconds ahead of Stephen Jelley and Sebastian Hohenthal.
In the National Class it was a clean sweep by Cong Fu Cheng claiming the fastest lap as well as the wins in both races to score a maximum 42 points from the weekend. Formula Palmer Audi graduate Viktor Jensen took second place to add to the third place from race 1, while Promatecme's Salman Al Khalifa became the first driver from Bharain to set onto a British F3 podium.
Results - Round 2 Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 International Series
1 7 C Marko ASMER EST Hitech Racing 1:29.6442
1 C Stephen JELLEY GBR Raikkonen Robertson R +0.452
3 5 C Sebastian HOHENTHAL SWE Fortec Motorsport +1.006
4 2 C Jonathan KENNARD GBR Raikkonen Robertson R +2.184
5 23 C Maro ENGEL GER Carlin Motorsport +9.342
6 3 C Sam BIRD GBR Carlin Motorsport +10.452
7 50 C Greg MANSELL GBR Fortec Motorsport +10.889
8 6 C Walter GRUBMULLER AUT Hitech Racing +13.899
9 9 C Rodolfo GONZALEZ VEN T-Sport +14.953
10 21 C Niall BREEN GBR Carlin Motorsport +17.017
11 14 C Esteban GUERRIERI ARG Ultimate Motorsport +25.292
12 24 C John MARTIN AUS Alan Docking Racing +26.107
13 39 N Cong Fu CHENG CHI Performance Racing Eu +31.008
14 26 C Atte MUSTONEN FIN Raikkonen Robertson R +35.419
15 37 N Viktor JENSEN ISL Alan Docking Racing +39.244
16 15 C Michael DEVANEY IRL Ultimate Motorsport +41.517
17 77 N Salman AL KHALIFA BAH Promatecme F3 +53.389
18 35 N Alastair JACKSON GBR Raikkonen Robertson R +54.117
19 10 C Ricardo TEIXEIRA ANG Performance Racing Eu +54.383
20 8 C Francesco CASTELLACCI ITA Alan Docking Racing +56.101
21 4 C Mario MORAES BRA Carlin Motorsport +58.653
FASTEST LAP
2 C Jonathan KENNARD GBR Raikkonen 1:29.491 9 108.3 mph 170.95 kph
39 N Cong Fu CHENG CHI Performance Racing 1:32.280 9 105.0 mph 165.71 kph
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Championship Positions after Round 2
1 - Marko ASMER - 35
2 - Maro ENGEL - 28
3 - Stephen JELLEY - 27
4 - Sebastian HOHENTHAL - 21
5 - Jonathan KENNARD - 17
6 - Sam BIRD - 16
7 - Rodolfo GONZALEZ - 6
8 - Greg MANSELL - 5
9= - Stte MUSTONEN - 3
9= - Niall BREEN - 3
9= - Walter GRUBMULLER - 3
National Class
1 - CHENG Cong Fu - 42
2 - Viktor JENSEN - 27
3 - Sean PETTERSON - 15
4 - Salman AL KHALIFA - 12
5= Michael MEADOWS - 10
5= Alistair JACKSON - 10
7 - Alex WATERS - 8
www.fota.co.uk sanoi:Marko Asmer (#7 Hitech Racing Dallara F307 Mercedes) took his second win in three races in a lights to flag victory but he had to fight off a last lap challenge from Stephen Jelley (#1 Raikkonen Robertson Racing Dallara F307 Mercedes). The Mansell name returned to the British Formula 3 podium for the first time since 1979 with Greg Mansell (#50 Fortec Motorsport Dallara F307 Mercedes) finishing in third ahead of his rapid Fortec teammate Sebastian Hohenthal (#5 Fortec Motorsport Dallara F307 Mercedes).
In the National Class Michael Meadows (#55 Master Motorsport Dallara F304 Mugen Honda) came under some early pressure from Sergio Perez (#31 T Sort Dallara F304 Mugen Honda) but pulled away from the Mexican in the latter half of the race. Alistair Jackson (#35 Raikkonen Robertson Racing Dallara F304 Mugen Honda) was a new face on the podium after a three way battle with 'Frankie' Cheng (#39 Performance Racing Dallara F304 Mugen Honda) and Alex Waters (#34 Promatecme Dallara F304 Mugen Honda).
Ei sitä kovinkaan kauaa ole ollut. Gpupdatesta muuten löytyy tuon Britannian F3-sarjan lisäksi osasto myös Eurosarjalle. Jostain syystä vain tälle sivulle ei näytä olevan linkkiä missään näkyvillä: http://f3.gpupdate.net/en/JuuZa sanoi:Onko tuolla gpupdate.com'issa ollut aina F3-osasto?
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Nii kaverillahan on nyt toi F1 lisenssi mut aika ufomaista sanoo et F1.. Ei ees Gp2 varmaa vielä.. Kaveri ite sano että Fkolmosta ei enään aja.. Kuka tietää sitten minne haluvaa mennä.Astraali sanoi:Juu no eihän sillä ole Enkun FKolmosista kasassa vasta kuin karvan yli 500 pojoa koko uralta :alppu:
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