British F3 Brands Hatch

[skells22]

and 7 others also got pens for the same reason

[EastonNeston]

A good win for Fortec's Oli Webb from James Calado and Buz in 3rd.

All 3 were with Fortec in F Renault in 2008

[strider]

Originally Posted by bella

looks like there was some good traditional british f3 controversy in qualifying, nasr got pole, then had it taken away for setting a fastest time whilst there was yellows out.

story here : http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86955

All a bit of a farce really. I'm not naming names, but I'm not sure all the offenders were penalised, because in the last two laps of qualifying everyone is going to be going faster.

If my suspicion is right, the ones who definitely suffered were the ones who did the right thing and did back off.

[Peter Scillitoe]

Nice to meet and speak to Westfield Bend today. Unfortunately you missed the only action today which was in the last Ginetta race. Hope to see you again tomorrow.

[boyndie]

I see James Calado confirmed as 2nd in BF3 championship after race 2. Webb got pressure on as Buz now 13 pts behind in the race for 3rd place.

Well done JC!

[boyndie]

I read an article in Octane Magazine a while back by Tony Dron who enthused about James Calado and his ability to pick out fast lines in the wet. He wrote "Straight away I knew I was being driven by someone special".

Going by todays result for race 3 at Brands he clearly has a gift for mastering the wet stuff...

Can't wait for that one on tv.

[Mach3]

Originally Posted by boyndie

I read an article in Octane Magazine a while back by Tony Dron who enthused about James Calado and his ability to pick out fast lines in the wet. He wrote "Straight away I knew I was being driven by someone special".

Going by todays result for race 3 at Brands he clearly has a gift for mastering the wet stuff...

Can't wait for that one on tv.

Was a great race for Calado - made standing in the rain worth it 100%!! Made for a really interesting race with differing strategies, and a lot of respect is due to guys like McKenzie who kept it on track on slicks for the duration.

Oh, and kudos Idafar, great way to wrap up the title and real ballsy drive!

Just looking forward to seeing it again on TV...

[cleanup]

The f3 race was fantastic, not unlike Silverstone, same winner. Shame for Svenson Cook, seeing him pit for wets at the start looked as though a brilliant move. Without the Brundle road barrier, he could have been up there. Brilliant performance from Calado, Buller was also on fine form.

[strider]

The last race of the reason and probably the best.

The rain just before the start is what made it. Some changed to wets after the green flag lap, some waited until the rain became worse and then changed, some stuck it out on slicks throughout. JEV wasn't on form all weekend and eventually slid off at Druids to post his first retirement of the entire season.

Results:

Pos  Driver                Team                 Car     Time/Gap
 1.  James Calado          Carlin               D/V   40m09.900s
 2.  William Buller        Hitech               D/V     + 8.152s
 3.  Menasheh Idafar       T-Sport              D/H    + 30.186s
 4.  Adderly Fong          Sino Vision          D/M    + 31.621s
 5.  Jay Bridger           Litespeed            D/M    + 36.554s
 6.  Daniel McKenzie       Fortec               D/M    + 36.878s
 7.  Felipe Nasr           Raikkonen Robertson  D/M    + 38.411s
 8.  Carlos Huertas        Raikkonen Robertson  D/M    + 42.020s
 9.  Adriano Buzaid        Carlin               D/V    + 48.668s
10.  Oli Webb              Fortec               D/M    + 53.457s
11.  Jazeman Jaafar        Carlin               D/V  + 1m03.388s
12.  James Cole            T-Sport              D/H      + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Daisuke Nakajima      Raikkonen Robertson  D/M  24 laps
     Hywel Lloyd           CF/Manor             D/M  22 laps
     Gabriel Dias          Hitech               D/V  22 laps
     Maxim Snegirev        Fortec               D/M  15 laps
     Jean-Eric Vergne      Carlin               D/V  12 laps
     Lucas Foresti         Carlin               D/V  5 laps
     Pietro Fantin         Hitech               D/V  3 laps
     Alex Brundle          T-Sport              D/V  2 laps
     Rupert Svendsen-Cook  Carlin               D/V  2 laps

Random but interesting fact: The fastest lap of 1:17.461 set by Felipe Nasr in Race 2 was a F3 new lap record for Brands Hatch GP, beating the previous mark set by Jaime Alguersuari.

[Richard B]

Random but interesting fact 2:
One F3 driver, who will remain anonymous, put the wrong MSV circuit into his sat nav on Friday and drove from Oxford to Oulton Park !!!! then to Brands

[bella]

from someone who once did the same with east midlands airport and birmingham airport but without satnav... ahahahaha!!

[strider]

Originally Posted by Richard B

Random but interesting fact 2:
One F3 driver, who will remain anonymous, put the wrong MSV circuit into his sat nav on Friday and drove from Oxford to Oulton Park !!!! then to Brands

Must have been JEV, because he had his worst weekend of the season!

[EastonNeston]

Not JEV

A Clue, he was one of the drivers who drove with Fortec in F Renault in 2008

[strider]

Hmm. You've already been kind enough to list them.

I can't believe it was either James Calado or Oli Webb, because they should know their way around the MSV circuits, so I'll plump for Adriano Buzaid.

[EastonNeston]

Remember Fortec had a 4 car Euro Renault team that year, one of whom didn't get to drive in F3 but is training to be a lawyer.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by strider

Hmm. You've already been kind enough to list them.

I can't believe it was either James Calado or Oli Webb, because they should know their way around the MSV circuits, so I'll plump for Adriano Buzaid.

getting warm....but a differant Oxford resident