Brands Hatch - UK Formula Ford Round 3

[TopNeg107]

Qualifying times from today as follows:

2003 Formula Ford Championship - QUALIFYING - ROUND 3
POS no
1 84 C Ben CLUCAS GBR 47.889
2 11 C Alx DANIELSSON SWE 47.937
3 16 C Joey FOSTER GBR 47.981
4 6 C Oliver JARVIS GBR 48.024
5 1 C Tom GAYMOR GBR 48.039
6 4 S James WALKER GBR 48.090
7 22 C Yuya SAKAMOTO JPN 48.113
8 9 S Charlie DONNELLY IRL 48.168
9 2 C Tom KIMBER-SMITH GBR 48.204
10 20 C Valle MAKELA FIN 48.255
11 19 C Matt HOWSON GBR 48.282
12 5 C Marko ASMER EST 48.283
13 30 S Jay HOWARD GBR 48.321
14 12 C Matt ALLISON GBR 48.368
15 17 S Stephen JELLEY GBR 48.372
16 7 C Dan CLARKE GBR 48.384
17 18 S Hideto YASUOKA JPN 48.425
18 10 C Suk SANDHER IND 48.508
19 3 C Stuart HALL GBR 48.550
20 21 C Matt KOSKINEN USA 48.583
21 45 S Antonio PEREZ MEX 48.636
22 25 S Chris RODGERS GBR 48.678
23 31 S Nigel REDWOOD GBR 48.727
24 26 S Julian YAP GBR 49.045
25 15 S Diego FERNANDEZ MEX 49.326
26 14 S Maurizio GODINEZ MEX49.358
27 32 C Tony RODGERS GBR 50.039
28 33 S Sebastian KING GBR 51.004
29 27 S James HARRIS GBR 7:20.464

[TopNeg107]

Where are all the Fford fans then? Is everyone quiet because they are all at Brands?!!

Clucas did it again

ComTec, hailed as the team to beat this year - their drivers are 4th 5th 8th and 16th :cinfused:

Races should be good tomorrow, if anyone can actually get in to watch the races

[Speedfreak]

1 Alx DANIELSSON SWE
2 Yuya SAKAMOTO JPN
3 Valle MAKELA FIN
4 Tony RODGERS GBR
5 Antonio PEREZ MEX
6 Chris RODGERS GBR
7 Ben CLUCAS GBR
8 Matt KOSKINEN USA
9 James HARRIS GBR

[Stephen Green]

Clucas did have a very good first race but the final was a bit of a nightmare for him!

[JR Ewing]

Originally posted by Stephen Green
Clucas did have a very good first race but the final was a bit of a nightmare for him!

Why, what happened?

[Stephen Green]

I believe he had a spin or a slight accident during the race which put him much further down the finishing order than most expected.

[garagegirl]

yea he had a slight coming together with another car, i think it was on the exit of druids, but dont hold me to that

[GM Man]

Saw it on the pit wall telly...not 100% about this though.
Danielson and Clucas was having a fight for first first ten laps. When the safety car came out the second time Gaymor went past Danielson into Paddock for second place (during the safety car period). Needs to be said though that Gaymor looked the quickest car on the track.
Gaymor had a really good restart and went straight past Clucas at paddock. Clucas had a slightly better exit and stayed on the inside on the run up to Druids. Dont no if he was squeezed by Gaymor or not but he braked to late and ran into the side of Gaymor and they both spun. Gaymor DNF and Clucas got up to 7th.

Dont hold me to any of this =)

Fastest lap to Yuya Sakamoto!

[O'Schumacher]

Well done Yuya Sakamoto. His best ever FFord finish. Don't let it go unnoticed.

[GM Man]

Just saw there is a racereport at www.formulaford.info

[TopNeg107]

Yeah Clucas and Gaymor had coming together. Note the Comtec's arent getting the results at the mo!

[GM Man]

Would be nice to have some of our 10-10ths team bosses views on this. Mackmot, Richard Dean.

And where have TVR and ratcatcher gone??

[CAT]

Originally posted by TopNeg107
Yeah Clucas and Gaymor had coming together. Note the Comtec's arent getting the results at the mo!

comtec's is a joke there no where team they should rename
comic.wheres the big bugets now Clucas has a - buget thats the way to go

[CAT]

GM Man I dont think you'l here from the ratcatcher he was eaten by a big nasty RAT after that show at brands

[GM Man]

hehe..probably

[CAT]

GM hehe.. thats a understatment I think all RATS are all
nibbeling

[medler]

Originally posted by GM Man
Would be nice to have some of our 10-10ths team bosses views on this. Mackmot, Richard Dean.

And where have TVR and ratcatcher gone??

Mackmot or his father arn't running a formula Ford team this year and Richard Dean might have other things to worry about. As for Ratcatcher, he won't post anything until he has something to shout about. Its great to see that you don't need to drive for a big budget team or have the latest bit of kit to win this year.

[CAT]

Its great to see that you don't need to drive for a big budget team or have the latest bit of kit to win this year. [/B][/QUOTE]
it is the drivers with big balls and no cash option that go with small buget teams but some of those lads are better engineers and HAVE true dedication and are not out there to rip off the drivers but WIN races / championships

[TeamJLR]

Yes Medler, we are keeping our heads down working away at our first win this year! James Walker has been fast for us, setting a new lap record at Mondello and two podium finishes overall, Tom Kimber-Smith was quick in race two at Mondello with a 2nd but yes I know, no wins yet for Team JLR. While I am not happy about it I think it is good for the formula that other teams and manufacturers are winning this year. I believe the only teams to win a race last year were JLR and the factory team, this situation rather limits the options for new drivers as they look at which championship to enter to stand a chance of any success. And by the way, Clucas/Tony Mundy/Jamun/Mygale is clearly a very good combination but I hope we can make it a little closer for the rest of the year. Don't forget Barber won the first 7 races last year but it still went down to the last round between 3 drivers.

[Stephen Green]

Keep up the good work guys, Formula Ford still provides some of the best racing to marshal and watch year after year. I take it you will all be at Brands for the Festival later in the year?