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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
Hienoa ;) Asmer kakkonen ja Mustonen kahdeksas :thumbup:
 

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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
Hieno kisa :thumbup:
 

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Näkeekös tämän vuoden BF3 kisoja mitenkään netin kautta? Edes jälki-lähetyksenä? Todellakin kiinnostais..

Urheililukanava näyttää Euro F3:set! http://www.vauhdinmaailma.fi/uutinen.jsp?id=234

KISAKALENTERI
22.4. Hockenheim, Saksa
6.5. Oschersleben, Saksa (vain DTM)
20.5. EuroSpeedway, Saksa (vain DTM)
10.6. Brands Hatch, Britannia
24.6. Norisring, Saksa
1.7. Magny Cours (vain F3), Ranska
15.7. Mugello, Italia
29.7. Zandvoort, Hollanti
2.9. Nürburgring, Saksa
23.9. Barcelona, Espanja
30.9. Nogaro (vain F3), Ranska
14.10. Hockenheim, Saksa
 
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Asmer voitti taas Britannian F3-osakilpailun. Hienoa :thumbup:

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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).
 

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Sain just katsottavaksi MotorsTV:n 47min koosteen tuosta BF3:sen ekasta skabasta Oultonissa ja täytyy sanoa että oli aivan mielettömän hyvää materiaalia. Mielestäni ehdottomasti parasta moottoriurheilua mitä on tällä hetkellä tarjolla. On nopeet leikkaukset, menevät musiikit, paljon on-boardia moottoriäänillä, hidastukset, kiva ruutu-kasvo, uutiset ja haastattelut ja ennen kaikkea - tapahtumia riittää. Vknlopun Hocken F3 Eurosarjakin vaikutti mielenkiintoisuudeltaan ihan autosuunnistukselta verrattuna tuohon Oultonin pätkään, mut se saattaakin osittain johtua siitä että Oulton park on ehkä Brittisarjan mielenkiintoisin rata. Pitää toivoa että saa jostain kaikki loputkin kisat, lisää tätä :thumbup:
 
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RD5 RACE: Asmer Wins First Ever Race Held in Bucharest

With the Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 International Series having the first race of the weekend, Marko Asmer has become the first driver ever to win a race in Bucharest. The Estonian took the chequered flag in a race dominated by safety car periods ahead of Carlin Motorsport teammates Alberto Valerio and Sam Bird.

Mike Meadows scored another victory, his second of the season, after poleman Alistair Jackson had an incident with Jonathan Kennard force the Northern Irish driver into retirement. Sergio Perez was a close second, ahead of Hamad Al Fardan, the first visit to the podium for the Bahraini driver.

The 24 lap race was started under the safety car due to the track conditions following an earlier qualifying session and for two laps the 30 car grid circulated a slow speed weaving to try and get some heat into their slick Avon tyres.

At the end of the second lap the race went green and Asmer pulled ahead of Valerio, who had Hohenthal and Bird climbing all over his rear wing as they exited the first corner at racing speed, with Bird going very wide on the exit but despite hopping over the kerbs he maintained his pace. National Class pole position holder Alistair Jackson was the first casualty of the race when he tangled with his Raikkonen Robertson teammate Jonathan Kennard and his race ended before it had even begun. Kennard was able to continue.

By the end of lap 4 Asmer had opened up a 2.8 second gap to the chasing pack, with four tenths separating the three cars fighting for second. Meanwhile further down the grid Esteban Guerrieri was moving up from his 14th position on the grid, picking off Michael Meadows on lap 5.

On lap 6 there was disaster for Hohenthal as Bird made a move on the Swede at the penultimate corner. Bird got alongside his rival and attempted to out brake the Fortec driver into the sharp left hander. Hohenthal locked up and the car stepped out. As he tried to recover the slide he was collected by the unlucky Greg Mansell who was following behind his teammate, who was in turn hit by Michael Devaney in the second Ultimate Mygale. Devaney was able to extract his car from the tangle but the two Fortec Dallara’s were locked together.

The Safety Car was deployed to allow the safe recovery of the wreckage and for six laps the cars once again circulated at medium speed.

Racing recommenced on Lap 11 and Asmer once again started to pull away from Valerio, who now had Bird challenging him at every corner. However the Safety Car board was once again shown before the lap was completed. ‘Frankie’ Cheng had been running down to the penultimate corner on the left hand side of the track with Leo Mansell and Francesco Castellacci on the right hand side when the Chinese driver brushed the concrete wall and the Performance Racing Dallara speared across the track right into the path of the unfortunate Mansell, who had no where to go. He was then collected by the equally unfortunate Castellacci and all three drivers were out of the race.

A further three laps under the Safety Car meant that the race was going to be called at 30-minutes rather than 24 laps and when the race went green for the third time Asmer led a two lap sprint to the flag.

Esteban Guerrieri used the restart to move further up the grid in the Mygale, forcing his way past on the inside of Jonathan Kennard in the first corner to secure 8th.

At the chequered flag it was Asmer who waved his finger in the air as he crossed the line, with an equally pleased Alberto Valerio taking his second podium finish in British F3 and the first at his new Carlin team. Carlin Motorpsort claimed a double podium as Sam Bird scored his first top 3 finish in British F3.

Michael Meadows, who inherited the lead of the National Class from his Raikkonen Robertson teammate Ali Jackson, drove a solid race and finished 0.3 seconds ahead of a charging Sergio Perez, who scored his third podium finish in a row. Hamad Al Fardan was equally pleased with his first British F3 podium finish and will hope for something similar in Round 6, which he starts in second place. Meadows now holds a three point advantage over Cheng at the head of the championship table.

The afternoon belonged to Mark Asmer and with four wins on the trot now holds a commanding 47 point advantage over Maro Engel who finished 5th in the race.

Marko Asmer: “The race wasn’t that fantastic, we didn’t get many racing laps, but still it was good for me. The organisers and Romania have done a fantastic job to make this circuit. I really like it and I enjoy it. I managed to pull away in the first laps and I had a good restart after the next safety car, so he (Valerio) was even close enough to try to pass, so no I wasn’t under any pressure. The championship is looking good and we will keep trying to get as many points as possible.”

Michael Meadows: “I had Gonzalez and Moraes behind me and after the Safety Car I let them go because I didn’t need that kind of pressure. I had do a bit of defending from Sergio (Perez) but nothing major, just put my car in the middle of the road and it was OK. It’s good to sign for Double R and get the weekend off to a good start with a win.”

Round 6 will take place at 10:45 local (08:45 BST) tomorrow morning.














Hyvin toi meikäläisen maanmies vetää :D
 

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Onko tuolla gpupdate.com'issa ollut aina F3-osasto? Meinaan ku eilen katoin että oho :D
 

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Tänä vkonloppuna Marko Asmer varmisti sitten Britannian F3-sarjan mestaruuden.. HYVÄ MARKO, HYVÄ EESTI! :ahem:
 

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Astraali sanoi:
Ja moneskos kausi miehellä olikaan menossa kyseisellä tasolla?
Kaveri vähän hitaasti oppinut :D Vähä vastakohta Räikköselle joka tyylin heti kartingin jälkeen ykkösiin... Kimilläki meinaan jo kuudes kausi ykköstasolla ;)
 

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Asmerhan ajoi (ajaa?) tällä kaudella myös Japanin kolmosia. Ennen kauden alkua oli jotain huhuja, että Markolle olisi käytännössä luvattu FNippon-paikka ensi kaudeksi... noinkohan tarjous on vielä voimassa kun kaveri valitsi päällekkäisistä kisoista Englannin. Japanissa oli kai kirjattu sopimukseen jotain kilpailukykyisestä kalustosta, ja näin virolainen pääsi ajamaan kaikki Englannin kisat, vaikka sopimus ThreeBondin kanssa tehtiin ensin - Nissanin myllyllä kun ei Mugenin ja Toyotan vauhtiin ehtinyt.
 

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Astraali sanoi:
Juu no eihän sillä ole Enkun FKolmosista kasassa vasta kuin karvan yli 500 pojoa koko uralta :alppu:
Minneköhän se menee ensi vuodeksi? Tuskin GP2? Ehkä Japaniin päin?
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.
 

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Harmittaa kun tämän kauden BF3 kisoja toimittanut lähde kuivui kokoon. Onnistuin silti eilen näkeen Thruxtonin. Silverstone ja Croft on edelleen näkemättä. Vaikka Asmer onkin BF3 konkari niin kyllä Markon suoritukset on ollut tänä vuonna tasoa jota BF3:ssa ei oo nähty aikoihin. Attea en ihan niin paljoa kehuisi, toki on kartingista vaikee vaihtaa heti kolmosiin ja olla kärjessä, mut ottaen huomioon että RRR:lla on kalusto ollut kohdillaan, niin muutamat mistaakit joutuu kyllä Atte ottaan omaan piikkiinsäkin, esim. Bucharest. Toisaalta taas Atte oli täysin dominantti nopeudella Thruxtonissa. Harmi että Bird veti kylkeen race1:ssä. Ensi vuonna Atte voisi hyvin olla mestarisuosikkeja, mut MotorsTV:n haastatteluissa on kyllä ollut sen verran juron olonen että en tiedä miten niillä esityksillä sponsseja saa kiinnostumaan vaikka vauhtia piisais.
 
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