British F3 @ Oulton Park

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Nelson Angelo Piquet has taken pole for round 13.

R13 - top 10 qualifiers:
1 Nelson Angelo Piquet 1m30.583s
2 Alan van der Merwe 1m30.983s
3 Adam Carroll 1m31.075s
4 Jamie Green 1m31.155s
5 Robert Dahlgren 1m31.185s
6 Danny Watts 1m31.332s
7 Richard Antinucci 1m31.354s
8 Will Davison 1m31.412s
9 Clivio Piccione 1m31.476s
10 Steven Kane 1m31.482s (Scholarship Class pole)

[racingdick]

glad to see carroll out. hopefully he could complete the season on prize money...
Surely Brdc could help the guy out.

[racingdick]

saw the posting on carlins site... made me laugh with the heading.... 'Pole in rhe Park'

[Sato san]

agree about Carroll , good to see him right up there as well . Id love to see him get a win , that would be just what he needs right now.

[Francesca]

double pole for Piquet
click here for full results

[paulzinho]

Surprised at the gap between the top 2 in qualifying one but the second session was mighty tight! 0.009 covering top 3!

BTW When did Katherine Legge return to racing?

[Ian Sowman]

Katherine should hopefully return to racing tomorrow. This was a very late deal to race with SYR this weekend, but as yet the number of laps she's completed has scarcely reached double figures.

And looking at that gap in the second session - the gap between the first four was 0.028s. As close as the first one wasn't - that was an awesome performance from Piquet.

van der Merwe's looking solid, Green seems to be in slightly better form, Fabi is quicker than ever and Austin is out of sorts.

[Dave Brand]

Originally posted by Ian Sowman
but as yet the number of laps she's completed has scarcely reached double figures.

She learnt a valuable lesson today.....you can't drive across grass with 10mm ground clearance!

[mercy_dees]

Does anyone have an update on how things went/are going today? Your help will be gratefully received. Thanks

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van der Merwe has won both races.

Race 1 result:
http://www.mst-group.co.uk/result.as...nd=round07.gif

Race 2 result:
http://www.mst-group.co.uk/result.as...nd=round07.gif

[cos]

Piquet stalled at the start of race 1 and was avoided by everyone, except for the fire truck

[mercy_dees]

Opps!! Thanks for the links

[Francesca]

points...Championship
1 Alan VDM – 216
2 Jamie Green – 132
3 Nelsinho Piquet – 116
4 Richard Antinucci – 91
5 Danny Watts – 87
6 Ronnie Bremer – 80
7 Rob Austin – 78
8 Adam Carroll – 76
9 Will Davison – 62
10 Robert Dahlgren – 54
11 Clivio Piccione – 44
12 Michael Keohane – 38
13 Ernani Judice – 15
14 M.Fairuz Fauzy – 11
15 Stefanno Fabi – 10
~ Will Power - 10
17 Billy Asaro – 8
18 Eric Salignon – 4
19 Scott Speed – 3
20 Andrew Thompson – 2
21 Fabio Carbone – 1

Scholarship
1 Steven Kane – 196
2 Karun Chandhok – 185
3 Ernesto Viso – 163
4 Christian England – 94
5 Justin Sherwood – 92
6 Ivor McCullough – 79
7 Sergio Hernandez – 30
8 Alex Pozzobon – 20
9 Jesse Mason - 17
10 Can Artam - 15

[climb]

Don't know why, but 2003 britisg F3 Championship reminds me of last year F1...

[jase]

Originally posted by cos
Piquet stalled at the start of race 1 and was avoided by everyone, except for the fire truck

Try Piquet hit the fire car, he turned into the passing truck after stopping for a second time 5 yards from the start line.

[bella]

oooh cracking battle for everything below 3rd

[Gaz]

The racing does aswell, this year has been one boring procession after another.

Don't understand it, sure we had a few dull races last year but the majority saw good battles throughout the field and drivers such as Robbie Kerr proved passing is possible in F3. I remember him pulling a superb move off at Lodge in 2002 yet this year I stood there for both races and never saw one driver even atempt a pass.

This year all the drivers seem to give up and slot into position after the first corner and never look at making a move.

The only driver who ever looks like he is trying or could possibly make a move is Adam Carroll. A few more like him and we might actually have some decent battles.

F1 go on about going back to slicks and having one piece wings and all that and they would see some good racing. Hang on a second isn't that what we've got in F3? Perhaps they should have come and yawned through some of the races we've seen this year.

The real testers will be rockingham and Thruxton. If there's no battles on these two 'slipstreaming' circuits then theres no hope

[Muppet]

Originally posted by jasongore
Try Piquet hit the fire car, he turned into the passing truck after stopping for a second time 5 yards from the start line.

Hmmm! I'll wait till F3 on 4 next Saturday. Piquet's car has a rear facing camera which caught everything.

I doubt the Fire Truck had a forward facing one... although you never know, BHP are pretty good! ;-)

Piquet stalled and got clobbered on the left rear by Thompson. When the rest of the field got by, Piquet started moving and quickly realised he wasn't going anywhere fast so he pulled over to the pit wall side of the track (on the right - the nearest side to him) as he probably saw the rescue van coming up quickly on his left. The Fire Truck was a fair distance behind the field and tried to hug the pit wall side... then made contact with Piquet's right rear.

I'll say "racing incident" until I see more video footage.

The way the Fire Truck bounced I'm glad it didn't do more damage to Piquet or his car.

[Ian Sowman]

Maybe Piquet should have just stayed where he was? He ought to have known that there would be track vehicles passing him. Equally, though, the fire truck should have passed wide to the left. So 'racing' incident is a fair assessment.

As for the racing and the lack of overtaking - well it has been very disappointing this season. Fairuz Fauzy, although a little further down the field, is one that makes up places and tries to pass on occasion.

[racingdick]

He's PIquet... He's Invinsable!!! ... lol

[Francesca]

Come on, most of F1 is a dull procession these days. There was some overtaking this weekend, if you were at the wrong corner to see it, it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Considering you cover F3 on your website Gaz, it amazes me that you have these complaints.

I'll admit, that '99 had more movement on track though.

[Gaz]

I cover F3 and I love it yes but tell me where this weekend there was overtaking? I don't think there was any inside the top 10 after the first lap. I stood the first race at Lodge and the second on the run between Old Hall and Cascades where I could see half the track. Still I saw no overtaking.

I've only missed one race all season and I can't say I've been gripped this year like I was last. I remember some epic Courtney/Kerr battles like at Thruxton and Silverstone but this season I don't think I can remember one battle and correct me if I'm wrong there has only been one overtaking move which has changed the lead after the first lap all year hasn't there?

I agree F1 is dull but even there you do see the odd overtaking move inside the top 5/6 now and again.

Sorry to sound so down it's just I have been very unimpressed with the standard of racing this year and I've read various articles in motorsportnews and autosport which are along the same lines so it's not just me

[Paul Rayner]

F3's racing on the infield course at Rockingham, not the oval, right? It's a shame the oval plans fell through.

[Gaz]

Yeh that's right Paul. The oval race would definately have spiced it up a bit! Plans are for it to happpen for sure in 2004 though

[El_Gibleto]

The plans for the oval race were from the circuit, not a good move a week before the Marlboro Masters at Zandvoort, which is a race of major importance for the teams and their sponsors.