BF3 Testing - Donington 25 March

Mathias · 25 Mar 2004, 13:31 (Ref:919113)

Here's this morning's action then:
1 Rossiter 1:11.383
2 Viso 1:11.450
3 Davison 1:11.482
4 Piquet 1:11.597
5 Piccione 1:11.755
6 Parente 1:11.771
7 Carroll 1:11.783
8 Dirani 1:12.034
9 Chandhok 1:12.037
10 Di Grassi 1:12.094
11 Asmer 1:12.283
12 Watts 1:12.299
13 Fauzy 1:12.347
14 Power 1:12.370
15 Thompson 1:12.506
16 O'Mahony 1:13.375
17 Walker 1:13.399
18 Langley-Khan (S) 1:13.760
19 Jelley (S) 1:14.199
20 Lewis (S) 1:14.312
21 Mawer (S) 1:14.370
22 Calasan (S) 1:15.041

Bit of a shock for Fauzy, I should think!

PaulSands · 25 Mar 2004, 14:07 (Ref:919151)

Young Master Rossiter is looking consistently quick

JohnMiller · 25 Mar 2004, 14:27 (Ref:919166)

Funny how teams with driver vacancies are always quick at tests, isn't it?

Russfeld · 25 Mar 2004, 14:38 (Ref:919178)

22 cars and 5 are Scholarship?

bleh-ish

noweels · 25 Mar 2004, 15:31 (Ref:919204)

Just finished the night shift at Dellara.Seen a fax from Fortec they have ordered two new chassis.So Looks like no vacancies JohnMiller

Jukebox · 25 Mar 2004, 15:33 (Ref:919206)

IMO it's better to have quality than quantity. i could see at least 5 strong drivers chasin the championship...

Russfeld · 25 Mar 2004, 15:51 (Ref:919220)

Yeah but the Euroseries has 31(no scholarship) and they've got quality too. Hopefuly with the 26 car limit, 5 of them will end up in the UK

brandonrambo · 25 Mar 2004, 16:21 (Ref:919240)

I think Rossiter's going to walk this championship. He's still got lots to learn in F3 and yet he's on top in all the testing. I can't see anyone else challenging him. He's a very dedicated guy, too. I wouldn't be surprised to see him in F1 testing next year.

Flayingkiss · 25 Mar 2004, 16:22 (Ref:919241)

I believe that Fauzy's car is not well set up after yesterdays crashed.After all not everyday is a sunday.Just wait for Donny Park come 3 april

brandonrambo · 25 Mar 2004, 16:26 (Ref:919245)

ya but we always see Fauzy very quick sometimes but he's never consistent enough. Remember Thruxton last year, he went off after losing the lead...

Russfeld · 25 Mar 2004, 16:32 (Ref:919250)

Who didnt crash, or go off, or do something billy at Thruxton last year?

brandonrambo · 25 Mar 2004, 16:34 (Ref:919251)

I just think that Rossiter is already better prepared for this year than Jamie Green was last year, and we're gonna see him kick butt

Mr Jinxx · 25 Mar 2004, 16:50 (Ref:919269)

For what it's worth, and having driven the Fortec car, and having watched it on track, Alex thinks Rossiter/Fortec will get pole pole win win at Donington, with relative ease

jminsh · 25 Mar 2004, 16:51 (Ref:919272)

Little Rossi will do v well this year!

brandonrambo · 25 Mar 2004, 17:00 (Ref:919277)

Jinxx, sorry to hear about the funding difficulties Alex is having, I wish you both the best in getting him on the grid this year. I'm currently having the same sort of difficulties but have chosen to start the season even if it means sponsor-hunting all through the year.
Good luck! I'm sure if he gets in there he'll be right up there!

Suze · 25 Mar 2004, 17:27 (Ref:919299)

Are Manor (who may / may not compete) in British F3 for one / a few races going to be testing over here? Do many of the British F3 teams do one-off Euroseries races?

flexible-flyer · 25 Mar 2004, 17:44 (Ref:919311)

viso definatly has an edge on carroll this season. and since i like both of them, i dont know whether to laugh or cry!!!! so in that case maybe i will just shut up then!

**bella** · 25 Mar 2004, 19:06 (Ref:919366)

good to see ronayne o'mahony picking up the places compared to yesterday and the last test.

rossiter had better watch out for f3's resident loony ernesto viso though, if he keeps up that form. duck!

Nina · 25 Mar 2004, 19:48 (Ref:919392)

its easy to get carried away

Miko · 25 Mar 2004, 21:08 (Ref:919490)

anybody have the afternoon times??

noweels · 25 Mar 2004, 22:27 (Ref:919565)

only morning testing

cheesey · 25 Mar 2004, 23:13 (Ref:919622)

Times were set on a damp/drying track. By end of the session no dry line had appeared, so times would still have come down if the track had dried.

Mathias · 26 Mar 2004, 13:06 (Ref:920066)

Quote:

Originally posted by Russfeld
Yeah but the Euroseries has 31(no scholarship) and they've got quality too. Hopefuly with the 26 car limit, 5 of them will end up in the UK

Will somebody hit Russfeld's record player please?

Russ - isn't there some Euroseries forum in germany or france that you can go and be all slushy about it on somewhere?

Mathias · 26 Mar 2004, 13:14 (Ref:920075)

Quote:

Originally posted by Suze
Are Manor (who may / may not compete) in British F3 for one / a few races going to be testing over here? Do many of the British F3 teams do one-off Euroseries races?

Manor say they are definitely competing in 2 British F3 races (the 2 that don't clash with Euro and aren't Donington - can't remember which offhand). They did test with the Brits at Snetterton on 2 March, but as they were using Kumho tyres as opposed to the Brits' Avons, they couldn't get a good comparison, so I think they're sticking to testing across the channel.

It's not usual for teams to go and do one-off Euro races (though we've only had one season to compare with) I think because of (a) the expense of travelling, and (b) having to use different tyres. They do seem to manage for the non-champ events like Zandvoort - and several Euro teams did Spa in British F3 last year.

But the drivers have been known to wash pretty freely between the two series (witness Jamie Green, Adam Carroll and Robert Doorknobs).

Russfeld · 26 Mar 2004, 14:52 (Ref:920151)

Sorry, what I meant to say was Andrew Thompson is the only reason the British championship has any credibility

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