Sutil takes adria pole for Kolles!

[mcurtis26]

http://www.crash.net/uk/en/news_view...d=11&nid=91641

A definite surprise to see Sutil on pole, with Kolles being the weakest of the merc teams. Another good performance from Jamie Green as well, better from Hamilton, but still disappointing from him. Apologies mods if i've copied too much text, please edit if you have to.

1. Adrian Sutil Kolles Dallara-Mercedes 1m 20.843s R
2. Jamie Green ASM F3 Dallara-Mercedes 1m 20.898s
3. Roberto Streit Prema Powerteam Dallara-Opel 1m 20.971s R
4. Katsuyuki Hiranaka Prema Powerteam Dallara-Opel 1m 21.094s
5. Nicolas Lapierre OPEL Team Signature-Plus Dallara-Opel 1m 21.179s
6. Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes 1m 21.186s
7. Eric Salignon ASM F3 Dallara-Mercedes 1m 21.290s
8. Robert Kubica Mücke-Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes 1m 21.372s
9. Frank Perera Prema Powerteam Dallara-Opel 1m 21.530s R
10. Maximilian Götz TME Dallara-Tom's 1m 21.555s R
11. Alexandros Margaritis Opel Team KMS Dallara-Opel 1m 21.641s
12. Tom Kimber-Smith Kolles Dallara-Mercedes 1m 21.731s R
13. Giedo van der Garde OPEL Team Signature-Plus Dallara-Opel 1m 21.784s R
14. Philipp Baron Team Ghinzani Dallara-Mugen 1m 21.844s
15. Alexandre Prémat ASM F3 Dallara-Mercedes 1m 21.901s
16. Marco Bonanomi Team Ghinzani Dallara-Mugen 1m 21.923s
17. Nico Rosberg Team Rosberg Dallara-Opel 1m 22.013s
18. Loic Duval OPEL Team Signature Dallara-Opel 1m 22.045s R
19. Charles Zwolsman Manor Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes 1m 22.063s
20. Greg Franchi OPEL Team Signature Dallara-Opel 1m 22.336s
21. Andreas Zuber Team Rosberg Dallara-Opel 1m 22.679s
22. Daniel la Rosa HBR Motorsport Dallara-Opel 1m 22.870s
23. Hannes Neuhauser HBR Motorsport Dallara-Opel 1m 23.466s
24. Robert Kath Opel Team KMS Dallara-Opel 1m 23.691s R
25. Bruno Spengler Mücke-Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes 1m 24.383s

[flor]

wow normally the kolles cars start around 20+

Jamie Green has won the race, 2nd Hiranaka 3rd van der Garde

http://f3euroseries.com/race.php?lan...=31&session=R1

[Kicking-back]

I think it's a bit unfair to describe Hamilton, sixth on the grid and 0.3 off pole as "disappointing"

[Russfeld]

Is it me, or is Jamie Green the rare underhyped driver? The way he's going, they should be talking about him as an 05 Williams driver

[mcurtis26]

Well I would still describe 6th as disappointing if the Kolles car can take pole, when it's clearly the weakest of the merc teams, whereas Hamilton is a favoured driver of mercedes with much more backing. I think it's clear so far that Jamie Green is, as russfeld says the underhyped driver, whereas to me Lewis Hamilton is overhyped, or at least his performances this year have fell far short of expectations. I am not meaning to start a Hamilton bashing thread, I just think he reall has underachieved this year considering the team and backing he has had, although admittedly he did have a mechanical DNF today.

[Kicking-back]

Hamilton's in his first season of F3.

Also, you appear to have overlooked the fact qualifying was affected by the weather

[mcurtis26]

I know he's in his first season of F3, but I would still say he has disappointed me, and I would doubt I am the only one. As a comparison, prior to Adria, he had 3 points, Tom Kimber-Smith had two. Tom is in in his first year out of Formula Ford, and in a Kolles car, far inferior to a Manor car. Lewis had two years in FRenault, which I regard as a step above FFord, and has raced in Macau and Korea last year. I am only taking an objective view, I wish Lewis well as a British driver, but I just would have expected more from him by now judging from his past record. I don't mean this anything personally, it is just a comment, in the same way as many people have said that this year's McLaren GP car has been a disappointment.

[BEAKIE]

Qualifying was affected by the weather, but Jamie Green still managed to finish at the sharp end when most of his title rivals finished well down the grid. Then he went on to win the race and he is on pole for tomorrows race.He is showing a lot of maturity for someone who is only in their third season of car racing and is doing so without any fuss or hype.

[mcurtis26]

Thanks Beakie. Thats all I was trying to say, Green has certainly performed well, and I would certainly like to see him win the title and get to Formula 1 soon, he seems to be the best British driver coming through the ranks at the moment.

[Kicking-back]

Green is in his second year of F3 though, but yes he is doing bloody well.