British F3 - Round 5 - Nürburgring

strider · 29 Jun 2011, 00:37 (Ref:2907678)

British F3 moves back to Europe for the next three meetings and the first is at the Nürburgring this weekend. The circuit to be used will be the F1 version - last time BF3 went there in 2005 they used the MotoGP circuit with the less tight chicane. Bruno Senna set pole position and chased that year's champion, Alvaro Parente, all the way to the line.

This is the timetable:

Friday, July 1
09:35 - 10:20 Free Practice 1
14:00 - 14:45 Free Practice 2

Saturday, July 2
10:25 - 10:55 Qualifying for Races 1 and 3
15:25 - 15.55 Race One

Sunday, July 3
10:35 - 10:55 Race Two
14:00 - 14:40 Race Three

The main race will be the AvD 100 Meilen. Formula 2 will also be there.

Meeting preview.

The boys from Brazil, Felipe Nasr and Lucas Foresti will shine, but so should Kevin Magnussen, who knows the circuit from his time in German F3 last year.

strider · 29 Jun 2011, 00:45 (Ref:2907680)

Thanks to Felipe Nasr's website, this looks like be the link for results and possibly live timing: http://www.raceresults.at/

You'll have to explore the site to find what you want.

strider · 29 Jun 2011, 21:25 (Ref:2908268)

Here's a weather forecast. It should progress as the weekend draws closer.

Valker · 30 Jun 2011, 07:40 (Ref:2908417)

For live timing you have to download and install a small program (link on SDO-SportTiming site or direct link here)

It's a Windows binary but runs fine on Linux (under Wine) too.

After starting up the program, you'll see a screen asking to select a circuit. There's no Nürburgring, so click "SDO Timing" and the timing screen will open.

Richard B · 30 Jun 2011, 22:03 (Ref:2908926)

Not Nürburgring related but British F3 related:
Hispania has confirmed that the 2009 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 Champion, Daniel Ricciardo, will make his Formula 1 racing debut in one of its cars at the British Grand Prix.
http://www.formula3.co/news/hispania...niel-ricciardo

strider · 1 Jul 2011, 08:30 (Ref:2909122)

It was a wet first free practice session for the British F3 drivers at the Nurburgring. Here are the top eight:

Nasr 2:10.081
Magnussen 2:10.546
Buller 2:11.489
Derani 2:11.590
da Costa 2:11.605
Fong 2:11.638
Svendsen-Cook 2:11.742
Tincknell 2:11.993

The entry for this weekend's meeting has been boosted by the addition of GP3 regulars, Pedro Nunes and Antonio Felix da Costa, both driving for Hitech.

Valker · 1 Jul 2011, 10:15 (Ref:2909192)

Quote:

Originally Posted by strider

Thanks to Felipe Nasr's website, this looks like be the link for results and possibly live timing: http://www.raceresults.at/

You'll have to explore the site to find what you want.

Direct link to Nürburgring results: http://www.raceresults.at/Home/tabid...l/Default.aspx

strider · 1 Jul 2011, 12:25 (Ref:2909295)

Thanks, Valker, that's excellent!

Nasr is setting the pace again in Free Practice 2, but it still doesn't sound to be totally dry, although the times are much faster.

strider · 1 Jul 2011, 12:57 (Ref:2909309)

Top 5 in Free Practice 2:

Magnussen 1:53.965
Nasr 1:54.025
Huertas 1:54.166
Jaafar 1:54.260
Svendsen-Cook 1:54.424

Very close between Magnussen and Nasr.

strider · 2 Jul 2011, 10:53 (Ref:2913846)

Super Dane Kevin Magnussen secured pole pole position in for both Races 1 and 3 in qualifying this morning. Report. Then eight drivers were penalised for yellow flag infringements, but not him. Report.

As a result the starting grid for Race 1 later today will be:

Code:

Pos  Driver                  Team/Car                  Time
 1.  Kevin Magnussen         Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.396s
 2.  Felipe Nasr             Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.601s
 3.  Jazeman Jaafar          Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.611s
 4.  Carlos Huertas          Carlin Dallara-VW         1m53.863s
 5.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook    Carlin Dallara-VW         1m54.231s
 6.  Will Buller             Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m54.343s
 7.  Lucas Foresti           Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m54.375s
 8.  Harry Tincknell         Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m54.449s
 9.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Hitech Dallara-VW         1m53.766s  *
10.  Pietro Fantin           Hitech Dallara-VW         1m54.598s
11.  Jack Harvey             Carlin Dallara-VW         1m54.715s
12.  Menasheh Idafar         T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m55.478s
13.  Bart Hylkema            T-Sport Dallara-Mugen     1m56.024s
14.  Adderly Fong            Sino Vision Dallara-Merc  2m12.400s
15.  Pedro Nunes             Hitech Dallara-VW         1m54.473s  *
16.  Pipo Derani             Double R Dallara-Merc     1m54.512s  *
17.  Scott Pye               Double R Dallara-Merc     1m54.568s  *
18.  Hywel Lloyd             Sino Vision Dallara-Merc  1m54.782s  *
19.  Fahmi Ilyas             Fortec Dallara-Merc       1m55.419s  *
20.  Kotaro Sakurai          Hitech Dallara-Mugen      1m57.086s  *
21.  Yann Cunha              T-Sport Dallara-VW        1m55.976s  **

* Five-place grid penalty, ** 10-place grid penalty

strider · 2 Jul 2011, 22:19 (Ref:2914064)

Kevin Magnussen held of Felipe Nasr to win the the first race at the 'ring. The pair were always close but pulled 12 seconds clear of third-placed Harry Tincknell, who made a demon start from 8th on the grid.

Magnussen did the hat-trick of pole position, race win and fastest lap. He badly needed another win, but Nasr will be pleased to have extended his points lead as Lucas Foresti was back in 10th.

Code:

Results - 15 laps:

Pos  Driver                  Team/Car                     Time/Gap
 1.  Kevin Magnussen         Carlin Dallara-VW          28m49.811s
 2.  Felipe Nasr             Carlin Dallara-VW            + 0.544s
 3.  Harry Tincknell         Fortec Dallara-Merc         + 13.072s
 4.  Jazeman Jaafar          Carlin Dallara-VW           + 13.622s
 5.  Will Buller             Fortec Dallara-Merc         + 21.916s
 6.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Hitech Dallara-VW           + 22.234s
 7.  Jack Harvey             Carlin Dallara-VW           + 22.379s
 8.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook    Carlin Dallara-VW           + 23.578s
 9.  Menasheh Idafar         T-Sport Dallara-VW          + 29.013s
10.  Lucas Foresti           Fortec Dallara-Merc         + 29.747s
11.  Pedro Nunes             Hitech Dallara-VW           + 30.230s
12.  Pietro Fantin           Hitech Dallara-VW           + 31.368s
13.  Scott Pye               Double R Dallara-Merc       + 34.585s
14.  Fahmi Ilyas             Fortec Dallara-Merc         + 38.932s
15.  Pipo Derani             Double R Dallara-Merc       + 43.830s
16.  Adderly Fong            Sino Vision Dallara-Merc    + 47.953s
17.  Hywel Lloyd             Sino Vision Dallara-Merc    + 54.104s
18.  Bart Hylkema            T-Sport Dallara-Mugen       + 55.633s
19.  Yann Cunha              T-Sport Dallara-VW          + 56.230s
20.  Kotaro Sakurai          Hitech Dallara-Mugen      + 1m00.144s

Retirements:

     Carlos Huertas          Carlin Dallara-VW              0 laps

Go_For_Pole · 3 Jul 2011, 10:07 (Ref:2917237)

Well done Jack!!!

strider · 3 Jul 2011, 11:28 (Ref:2917291)

Jack Harvey has won the partly reversed grid race 2 at the Nurburgring for a welcome maiden victory with fastest lap as well. Felipe Nasr was 4th to extend his points lead further. Kevin Magnussen was 6th, but both of them will have kept their best remaining tyres for the feature race, which starts in not much more than half an hour and they are again side by side side (sort of) on the front row of the grid.

Race 2 results - 10 laps:

Code:

Pos  Driver                  Team/Car                    Time/Gap
 1.  Jack Harvey             Carlin Dallara-VW         21m18.954s
 2.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook    Carlin Dallara-VW           + 2.800s
 3.  Pedro Nunes             Hitech Dallara-VW           + 6.910s
 4.  Felipe Nasr             Carlin Dallara-VW           + 7.319s
 5.  Jazeman Jaafar          Carlin Dallara-VW          + 10.021s
 6.  Kevin Magnussen         Carlin Dallara-VW          + 10.820s
 7.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Hitech Dallara-VW          + 11.443s
 8.  Harry Tincknell         Fortec Dallara-Merc        + 14.181s
 9.  Pipo Derani             Double R Dallara-Merc      + 16.009s
10.  Scott Pye               Double R Dallara-Merc      + 16.439s
11.  Lucas Foresti           Fortec Dallara-Merc        + 18.234s
12.  Adderly Fong            Sino Vision Dallara-Merc   + 20.710s
13.  Hywel Lloyd             Sino Vision Dallara-Merc   + 21.499s
14.  Yann Cunha              T-Sport Dallara-VW         + 25.381s
15.  Bart Hylkema            T-Sport Dallara-Mugen      + 30.812s
16.  Kotaro Sakurai          Hitech Dallara-Mugen       + 39.872s

Retirements:

     Menasheh Idafar         T-Sport Dallara-VW            4 laps
     Carlos Huertas          Carlin Dallara-VW             4 laps
     William Buller          Fortec Dallara-Merc           4 laps
     Pietro Fantin           Hitech Dallara-VW             0 laps
     Fahmi Ilyas             Fortec Dallara-Merc           0 laps

strider · 3 Jul 2011, 13:02 (Ref:2917354)

Breaking news: Felipe Nasr has just won the feature race at the Nurburgring. Kevin Magnussen led from the start until slowed by a misfire with two laps to go and then dropped to 5th at the flag. It's about time Carlin or VW found some reliability for his car.

Hylkema took the Rookie class. The podium was filled by da Costa and Huertas. Lots of changes and chases in the final laps!

Lam Pak · 3 Jul 2011, 14:40 (Ref:2917432)

ths championship race in germany?

strider · 3 Jul 2011, 18:03 (Ref:2917551)

Yes, at the Nurburgring.

MikeHoyer · 3 Jul 2011, 18:08 (Ref:2917552)

Some good racing this weekend, very enjoyable!

strider · 3 Jul 2011, 23:29 (Ref:2917680)

Race 3 deserves a report and the results. Felt really sorry for Kevin Magnussen. He was the fastest driver all weekend and made no mistakes.

Code:

Results - 20 laps

Pos  Driver                  Team/Car                     Time/Gap
 1.  Felipe Nasr             Carlin Dallara-VW          40m45.907s
 2.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Hitech Dallara-VW            + 6.964s
 3.  Carlos Huertas          Carlin Dallara-VW            + 7.576s
 4.  Lucas Foresti           Fortec Dallara-Merc          + 9.974s
 5.  Kevin Magnussen         Carlin Dallara-VW           + 16.152s
 6.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook    Carlin Dallara-VW           + 16.779s
 7.  Will Buller             Fortec Dallara-Merc         + 17.867s
 8.  Pietro Fantin           Hitech Dallara-VW           + 18.772s
 9.  Harry Tincknell         Fortec Dallara-Merc         + 20.939s
10.  Pedro Nunes             Hitech Dallara-VW           + 21.387s
11.  Jazeman Jaafar          Carlin Dallara-VW           + 22.075s
12.  Scott Pye               Double R Dallara-Merc       + 22.854s
13.  Pipo Derani             Double R Dallara-Merc       + 28.403s
14.  Jack Harvey             Carlin Dallara-VW           + 28.684s
15.  Adderly Fong            Sino Vision Dallara-Merc    + 30.346s
16.  Yann Cunha              T-Sport Dallara-VW          + 32.043s
17.  Bart Hylkema            T-Sport Dallara-Mugen       + 37.684s
18.  Kotaro Sakurai          Hitech Dallara-Mugen      + 1m09.544s
19.  Hywel Lloyd             Sino Vision Dallara-Merc      + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Fahmi Ilyas             Fortec Dallara-Merc           16 laps
     Menasheh Idafar         T-Sport Dallara-VW             5 laps

strider · 5 Jul 2011, 13:42 (Ref:2922330)

It seems that the engine misfire that robbed Kevin Magnussen of a win in the feature race at the Nurburgring was down to a simple spark plug failure. How annoying is that?

VW have responded at last and are mounting a full-scale investigation.

strider · 6 Jul 2011, 23:19 (Ref:2923095)

Thinking about this some more, I don't buy into the spark plug theory. What the article says is:

Quote:

Now, top engineers within VW are set to examine the recurrent electrical problems suffered by Magnussen's Carlin team. As well as Magnussen's three failures, the Dane's team-mates Jack Harvey, Rupert Svendsen-Cook and Jazeman Jaafar have also suffered similar misfires related to spark plug and coil issues.

So there are coil issues as well and you wouldn't put your top engineers on the case if it were just spark plugs. It sounds more like an engine mapping issue to me.

**bella** · 7 Jul 2011, 09:29 (Ref:2923194)

so none of the problems for hitech then? that says something, surely.

strider · 7 Jul 2011, 13:20 (Ref:2923293)

That's true. I can't remember if I've mentioned this before but for the past couple of years use of the engines in BF3 has been supervised by NBE, who previously built and maintained the excellent Mugen-Honda engines. Suddenly it was given back to Spiess this year. That's a fact. Anything else is conjecture.

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