F3 Spa

carbontub · 30 Aug 2003, 11:54 (Ref:703307)

Is the Spa F3 round this weekend and if so any results as yet?

**bella** · 30 Aug 2003, 12:08 (Ref:703317)

there's testing results on crash.net from friday in the f3 section.

Rocktracer · 30 Aug 2003, 12:15 (Ref:703318)

1 van der Merwe 1.35.001
2 Piquet 1.35.294
3 Green 1.35.419
4 Power 1.35.829
5 Bremer 1.36.169
6 Briscoe 1.36.170
7 Salignon 1.36.263
8 Parente 1.36.272
9 Antinucci 1.36.338
10 Chandok 1.36.351 (Scholarship Class)

Rocktracer · 30 Aug 2003, 12:18 (Ref:703319)

Alvaro Parente is driving the 4th Carlin car
Doonbos in the 2nd Menu car

Dangerous games · 30 Aug 2003, 12:21 (Ref:703320)

anyone heard about second qualifying?

Dangerous games · 30 Aug 2003, 13:44 (Ref:703351)

1. Robert Doornbos Menu 2min 16.745secs
2. Alan van der Merwe Carlin 2min 16.947secs
3. Eric Salignon Hitech 2min 17.099secs
4. Robert Kubica Prema 2min 17.120secs
5. Ryan Briscoe Prema 2min 17.299secs
6. Jamie Green Carlin 2min 17.325secs
7. Ronnie Bremer Carlin 2min 17.636secs
8. Danny Watts Hitech 2min 17.660secs
9. Nelson Piquet Jr Piquet 2min 17.729secs
10. Alvaro Parente Carlin 2min 17.762secs

Rocktracer · 30 Aug 2003, 13:44 (Ref:703352)

i guess the second qual was a bit wet...

Jonny Apex · 30 Aug 2003, 16:15 (Ref:703415)

Second qualifying was lovely, dry and warm. Doornbos is just bloody quick. Race 1 result:
1. vd Merwe
2. Green
3. ???

Officials couldn't make up their minds who was third - Piquet or Power - after stopping it early due to crashes and a downpour (everyone on slicks) - and then not restarting with only five of the 11 laps declared. of course they said the reds were shown with six laps completed (Power passed Piquet for third on lap six) but then there's a lap count back. However, the drivers were actually half way around their seventh lap when the red flag was shown and stopped on the grid at the end of lap seven which wasn't because no-one actually crossed the start-finish timing beam. Neither Piquet or Power appeared on the podium. Half points awarded.

Before that the race was a cracker. Piquet led at the start. Van der Merwe nobbled him through Les Combes. Then Green got Piquet on the drier outside line into Les Combes. Piquet, forced down the inside damp line, went off and back on again, rejoining just ahead of Power. Green started ganging up on vdMerwe and then Power took Piquet up the Kemmel straight for third. Then it stopped.

flexible-flyer · 30 Aug 2003, 16:55 (Ref:703433)

second quali had a heap of yellow flags allowing nobody to make a better go at pole....

fantasytoca · 30 Aug 2003, 21:43 (Ref:703632)

Is there a website with full results for the round at Spa?

nau_jr · 30 Aug 2003, 22:28 (Ref:703667)

Spa live results

PS: Belichi the best!

paulzinho · 30 Aug 2003, 23:05 (Ref:703689)

What time is race 2 going to start then?

paulzinho · 30 Aug 2003, 23:07 (Ref:703690)

Whoops just followed the link and its on there...D'oh!!!

flexible-flyer · 31 Aug 2003, 07:38 (Ref:703835)

i hate this ADR swap with menu more and more !!! argh!!!! imagine if adam still had that opel this event! it would be the first time he would be expected to win a race....

Daisy · 31 Aug 2003, 09:35 (Ref:703894)

F3 race will start in 5 minutes

Daisy · 31 Aug 2003, 10:11 (Ref:703909)

Van der Merwe is far to quick again, Salignon is 2nd and Green and Briscoe are in the running for 3rd.

Dangerous games · 31 Aug 2003, 10:13 (Ref:703911)

What happened with adam and richard? did they come together?

Daisy · 31 Aug 2003, 10:16 (Ref:703914)

No idea. Kubica is out as well.

corkholio · 31 Aug 2003, 10:28 (Ref:703919)

Salignon was catching vdMerwe until the track started drying...

x_dt · 31 Aug 2003, 11:49 (Ref:703949)

What is the situation now in the championship? How far is van der Merwe off securing the title?

Daisy · 31 Aug 2003, 12:01 (Ref:703954)

When I'm right he's now 73 points in front, while the maximum is 84 with 4 rounds remaining.

Jonny Apex · 31 Aug 2003, 13:28 (Ref:703997)

Quote:

Originally posted by Dangerous games
What happened with adam and richard? did they come together?

Without the obvious double entendre, yes they did, at La Source. Richard crashed into Adam and put himself out. Adam trundled round for a few laps with a worsening slow puncture and called it a day in the pits. Richard later apologised to Adam.

Excellent battle further back with Watts and Piquet. Watts twice fought back past Piquet to finish sixth. Good effort.

**bella** · 31 Aug 2003, 17:12 (Ref:704100)

did piquet look as brilliant at spa? results can be deceptive with him.

Francesca · 31 Aug 2003, 17:35 (Ref:704113)

Quote:

Originally posted by Jonny Apex
...Power took Piquet up the Kemmel straight...

ooer!

Jonny Apex · 31 Aug 2003, 17:58 (Ref:704133)

Piquet had a bit of a weird one. Strong in opening stages of race one but struggled for ultimate pace and slipped back. Race two was down to who emerged where in the opening lap spray. Again a very good start but then he stayed pretty much stuck where he was. Didn;t complain, just said lack of experience of Spa in F3 - plus the fact the changing weather meant no-one got much consistent running in either wet or dry conditions - played against him. On saying that, Fortec have never been to Spa before and Dahlgren and Power sucked in the second race. Power was good in the first, however.

Francesca, how about: he used the double header to twice come from behind before but on trying to slip inside him instead cocked up and mounted his rear resulting in a clashing of bodywork and leaving a large trail of rubber and fluid down his bodywork he had no option but to pull off for good.