British F3 Round 3 (Races 5 & 6), Rockingham - Page 2

strider · 29 May 2009, 21:06 (Ref:2471836)

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Originally Posted by Last2LiftOff

Not sure why those practice sessions were not shown on the schedule. Great job by Nick and the team. Must be at least a bit surreal, out there pounding that car around the track, good on ya.

The practice sessions are organised by the circuit, L2LO, and are not part of the meeting so that's why they're not on the schedule.

There's a report about the test here with a photo of Nick, which is one of those that speaks a thousand words.

runshaw · 29 May 2009, 22:49 (Ref:2471884)

Oliver Oakes is missing from the times in testing, is he racing this weekend? Impressive pace from Dias in the National class again, looked like Mackenzie was going to dominate the class after pre-season testing.

**bella** · 30 May 2009, 00:15 (Ref:2471929)

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Originally Posted by runshaw

Oliver Oakes is missing from the times in testing, is he racing this weekend?

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75691 - short answer no

Last2LiftOff · 30 May 2009, 11:27 (Ref:2472093)

Right, so Adam Christodoulou's leading the Star Mazda series stateside at the moment (or was); with a name like Christodoulou, must be brothers...chances are?

**gomick** · 30 May 2009, 12:16 (Ref:2472122)

Cousins i think...

Ricciardo on pole for race 1 - go Daniel

strider · 30 May 2009, 13:20 (Ref:2472164)

That's Ricciardo's first pole of the season,surprisingly. Q1 report and times:

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team            Car  Time
 1.  Daniel Ricciardo      Carlin          D/V  1m12.334s
 2.  Renger van der Zande  Hitech          D/M  1m12.380s  + 0.046s
 3.  Nick Tandy            JTR             M/M  1m12.480s  + 0.146s
 4.  Marcus Ericsson       Double R        D/M  1m12.521s  + 0.187s
 5.  Max Chilton           Carlin          D/V  1m12.582s  + 0.248s
 6.  Carlos Huertas        Double R        D/M  1m12.628s  + 0.294s
 7.  Daisuke Nakajima      Double R        D/M  1m12.698s  + 0.364s
 8.  Riki Christodoulou    Fortec          D/M  1m12.770s  + 0.436s
 9.  Gabriel Dias          T-Sport         D/M  1m12.803s  + 0.469s
10.  Victor Garcia         Fortec          D/M  1m12.804s  + 0.470s
11.  Walter Grubmuller     Hitech          D/M  1m12.833s  + 0.499s
12.  Hywel Lloyd           CF              D/M  1m12.852s  + 0.518s
13.  Henry Arundel         Carlin          D/V  1m12.872s  + 0.538s
14.  Wayne Boyd            T-Sport         D/V  1m12.944s  + 0.610s
15.  Adriano Buzaid        T-Sport         D/V  1m13.068s  + 0.734s
16.  Daniel McKenzie       Fortec          D/M  1m13.302s  + 0.968s
17.  Stephane Richelmi     Barazi Epsilon  D/M  1m13.700s  + 1.366s
18.  Jay Bridger           Litespeed       M/M  1m14.009s  + 1.675s
19.  Victor Correa         Litespeed       S/H  1m14.408s  + 2.074s
20.  Maxim Snegirev        West-Tec        D/M  1m14.700s  + 2.366s

strider · 30 May 2009, 15:36 (Ref:2472213)

Marcus Ericsson grabbed pole for race 2 for himself and Double R. A good effort on his first meeting back in British F3. It was hotter than in the morning, which shuffled the order of the top few about a bit. Is that a career best for Henry Arundel?

Gabriel Dias was flying again in the National Class, although this time his International Class team-mates did edge ahead.

Report and and times:

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team            Car  Time
 1.  Marcus Ericsson       Double R        D/M  1m12.443s
 2.  Riki Christodoulou    Fortec          D/M  1m12.515s  + 0.072s
 3.  Renger van der Zande  Hitech          D/M  1m12.531s  + 0.088s
 4.  Henry Arundel         Carlin          D/V  1m12.564s  + 0.121s
 5.  Nick Tandy            JTR             M/M  1m12.608s  + 0.165s
 6.  Max Chilton           Carlin          D/V  1m12.638s  + 0.195s
 7.  Daisuke Nakajima      Double R        D/M  1m12.651s  + 0.208s
 8.  Daniel Ricciardo      Carlin          D/V  1m12.796s  + 0.353s
 9.  Adriano Buzaid        T-Sport         D/V  1m12.829s  + 0.386s
10.  Wayne Boyd            T-Sport         D/V  1m12.833s  + 0.390s
11.  Walter Grubmuller     Hitech          D/M  1m12.842s  + 0.399s
12.  Hywel Lloyd           CF              D/H  1m12.887s  + 0.444s
13.  Gabriel Dias          T-Sport         D/H  1m12.908s  + 0.465s
14.  Carlos Huertas        Double R        D/M  1m12.914s  + 0.471s
15.  Victor Garcia         Fortec          D/M  1m12.943s  + 0.500s
16.  Daniel McKenzie       Fortec          D/H  1m13.656s  + 1.213s
17.  Stephane Richelmi     Barazi Epsilon  D/M  1m13.674s  + 1.231s
18.  Jay Bridger           Litespeed       M/M  1m13.814s  + 1.371s
19.  Victor Correa         Litespeed       S/H  1m14.674s  + 2.231s
20.  Maxim Snegirev        West-Tec        D/H  1m14.941s  + 2.498s

runshaw · 30 May 2009, 18:14 (Ref:2472253)

Even though its down on numbers this year, it certainly isn't lacking quality; top 16 in qualy 1 separated by less than 1 second, and top 15 in qualy 2 separated by 5 tenths! Few good performances out there. Hywel Lloyd does a good job with CF, he has never been run by a 'top' team in his whole career, yet has a Formula Renault title and several good F3 showings to his name with his small 1 car team. If Gabrial Dias keeps showing that pace in the National class, he will make a name for himself. Wouldn't have thought he would be ahead of Boyd and Buzaid would you?

Alex K · 30 May 2009, 19:59 (Ref:2472281)

Is Bridger on Merc?!

strider · 30 May 2009, 21:47 (Ref:2472322)

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Originally Posted by runshaw

If Gabrial Dias keeps showing that pace in the National class, he will make a name for himself. Wouldn't have thought he would be ahead of Boyd and Buzaid would you?

He shouldn't be, but I'm increasingly impressed by him. He's backed by Reunion, which has a good history of providing Brazilian F3 drivers to BF3, so a move up to the International Class next year wouldn't surprise me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

Is Bridger on Merc?!

Well spotted! Not that I know of, must be a typo chez autosport.

Last2LiftOff · 31 May 2009, 00:17 (Ref:2472383)

And...boom, Ericsson P1.

: sweden :

Last2LiftOff · 31 May 2009, 11:01 (Ref:2472582)

Edit: spoiler?

jeanpol.eppe · 31 May 2009, 11:24 (Ref:2472597)

Fantastic job for Nick Tandy and JTR racing ... Victory and fastest lap .. perfect race !!

strider · 31 May 2009, 11:28 (Ref:2472600)

Nick Tandy has won Race 1 at Rockingham by over 8 seconds. Bloody marvellous!

It looks as though there was a kerfuffle at turn 2 on the opening lap, because Ricciardo completed zero laps and Van Der Zande pitted at the end of the end of the the lap, rejoined and did a handful of laps, including the fastest lap, then retired.

Ericsson, Nakajima and Huertas made it a 2-3-4 for Double R. Hywel Lloyd had been running as high as 5th at one stage, but dropped right back after maybe getting over-excited.

Dias was leading the National Class, but they gave him a drive-through penalty, presumably for a false start, after nine laps

, so McKenzie inherited the win, but Dias was still 2nd.

jondownunder · 31 May 2009, 11:38 (Ref:2472608)

Congratulations to Nick! I can't begin to imagine how emotional that win must have been, what a fitting tribute to his brother.

**bella** · 31 May 2009, 11:56 (Ref:2472621)

lloyd's car came back on a flatbed, i think he fell off at the first corner/hairpin. Tandy's car failed on the finish line - something at the front end broke. he drove a faultless race, couldn't have done any better. brilliant

FFfan · 31 May 2009, 12:20 (Ref:2472650)

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Originally Posted by jondownunder

Congratulations to Nick! I can't begin to imagine how emotional that win must have been, what a fitting tribute to his brother.

Fantastic. Especially as JTR also claimed the Formula Ford yesterday with Josef Newgarden. Very fitting tribute to Joe.

strider · 31 May 2009, 12:25 (Ref:2472653)

Race report here, pretty much what I thought, except for the front suspension collapsing as the car crossed the line! Results:

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team            Car  Time
 1.  Nick Tandy            JTR             M/M  30m57.771s
 2.  Marcus Ericsson       Double R        D/M  +   8.608s
 3.  Daisuke Nakajima      Double R        D/M  +  17.310s
 4.  Carlos Huertas        Double R        D/M  +  18.226s
 5.  Max Chilton           Carlin          D/V  +  18.800s
 6.  Riki Christodoulou    Fortec          D/M  +  19.641s
 7.  Henry Arundel         Carlin          D/V  +  23.176s
 8.  Victor Garcia         Fortec          D/M  +  26.969s
 9.  Wayne Boyd            T-Sport         D/V  +  28.786s
10.  Jay Bridger           Litespeed       M/M  +  32.909s
11.  Daniel McKenzie       Fortec          D/H  +  39.365s
12.  Gabriel Dias          T-Sport         D/H  +  40.662s
13.  Stephane Richelmi     Barazi Epsilon  D/M  +  47.740s
14.  Maxim Snegirev        West-Tec        D/H  +1m04.444s
15.  Victor Correa         Litespeed       S/H  +1m08.315s
16.  Adriano Buzaid        T-Sport         D/V  +    1 lap

Retirements:

     Walter Grubmuller     Hitech          D/M  21 laps
     Hywel Lloyd           CF              D/H  19 laps
     Renger van der Zande  Hitech          D/M  9 laps
     Daniel Ricciardo      Carlin          D/V  0 laps

Apparently Nick deservedly had an incredible reception from the entire F3 paddock afterwards. The most popular win ever?

jab · 31 May 2009, 15:15 (Ref:2472734)

I gather it puts Tandy in the lead of the championship - there's a bit of a surprise

strider · 31 May 2009, 15:19 (Ref:2472737)

Marcus Ericsson has won race 2, his first ever BF3 win, from Arundel and Buzaid.

I'm not sure what happened to Nick Tandy except that he had to stop for a new nose cone but did set fastest lap, although he was only 14th.

Christodoulou was leading, but was given a drive-through penalty for something, which he ignored, so then he was given the black flag. Very silly. I know the flag signals are hard to see at Rockingham, but all the cars have pits to driver radio contact.

strider · 31 May 2009, 15:33 (Ref:2472741)

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Originally Posted by jab

I gather it puts Tandy in the lead of the championship - there's a bit of a surprise

Not quite. He was 8 points behind Ricciardo after race 1 but now it'll be 15, I think, after race 2.

jab · 31 May 2009, 15:57 (Ref:2472749)

Ah, I must've misread the points on Forix

Alex K · 31 May 2009, 17:25 (Ref:2472788)

Just want to point your attention to the fact that Hywell Lloyd was doing incredible times, bearing in mind he got Mugen Power, which was lacking pace on previous ocasions.

vd Zande pulled to the pits, they did check the car and send him back to the track.

I am shocked by the lack of T-Sport pace, I know they did come back in the second race but it was awfull seeing them so low in the standings.

Just came bk home, I know Riki's ignored sign to pull in and take punishment, but did so in the end... hmmm maybe to late...

strider · 31 May 2009, 17:25 (Ref:2472789)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jab

Ah, I must've misread the points on Forix

This is the best place to look - top right-hand corner.

Last2LiftOff · 31 May 2009, 18:05 (Ref:2472807)

Quote:

Originally Posted by strider

Christodoulou was leading, but was given a drive-through penalty for something...

According to the Autosport report for "...lining up out of position on the front row of the grid before the start."

You can't make this stuff up.

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