British F3 Algarve - Page 2

strider · 11 Sep 2009, 12:15 (Ref:2538456)

Last2LiftOff · 11 Sep 2009, 12:43 (Ref:2538474)

Thanks for those Sauber. Were the track conditions on there anywhere? And yep, not even skipping a beat on those tires...hmm.

**bella** · 11 Sep 2009, 12:46 (Ref:2538476)

timing and live timing seems to be here:
http://mstworld.com/msportevent.aspx...ircuit=Algarve

track was apparently dry...

strider · 11 Sep 2009, 12:52 (Ref:2538480)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bella

timing and live timing seems to be here:
http://mstworld.com/msportevent.aspx...ircuit=Algarve

track was apparently dry...

'scuse me...

Quote:

Originally Posted by strider

For those of us staying at home, here is the starting place for the Live Timing. It just takes you to the website and then you click on the Live Timing for Support Races tab.

In that first session, Bottas and Bianchi were fastest until about ten minutes from the end and then first Ricciardo and then VDZ pulled the pin.

miniman · 11 Sep 2009, 14:31 (Ref:2538530)

Quote:

Originally Posted by strider

'scuse me...

In that first session, Bottas and Bianchi were fastest until about ten minutes from the end and then first Ricciardo and then VDZ pulled the pin.

BIRD suffering badly with misfiring engine

strider · 11 Sep 2009, 15:55 (Ref:2538584)

Times from Free Practice 2.

Ricciardo now to the fore, ahead of Bottas, Chilton, van der Zande, Bianchi and Merhi.

Dias leads the National Class.

strider · 11 Sep 2009, 18:21 (Ref:2538689)

Report on free practice and the combined times:

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team            Car  Time
 1.  Daniel Ricciardo      Carlin          D/V  1m38.121s
 2.  Valtteri Bottas       ART             D/M  1m38.391s
 3.  Max Chilton           Carlin          D/V  1m38.701s
 4.  Renger van der Zande  Hitech          D/M  1m38.902s
 5.  Jules Bianchi         ART             D/M  1m38.972s
 6.  Roberto Merhi         Manor           D/M  1m39.082s
 7.  Carlos Huertas        Double R        D/M  1m39.143s
 8.  Esteban Gutierrez     ART             D/M  1m39.147s
 9.  Walter Grubmuller     Hitech          D/M  1m39.250s
10.  Daisuke Nakajima      Double R        D/M  1m39.253s
11.  Riki Christodoulou    Fortec          D/M  1m39.384s
12.  Sam Bird              Fortec          D/M  1m39.442s
13.  Adriano Buzaid        T-Sport         D/V  1m39.685s
14.  Victor Garcia         Fortec          D/M  1m39.803s
15.  Wayne Boyd            T-Sport         D/V  1m39.855s
16.  Henry Arundel         Carlin          D/V  1m39.913s
17.  Philip Major          Carlin          D/V  1m39.955s
18.  Hywel Lloyd           CF              D/H  1m40.150s
19.  Pedro Enrique         Manor           D/M  1m40.184s
20.  Gabriel Dias          T-Sport         D/H  1m40.249s
21.  Adrien Tambay         ART             D/M  1m40.288s
22.  Stephane Richelmi     Barazi-Epsilon  D/M  1m40.603s
23.  Jay Bridger           Litespeed       M/H  1m40.676s
24.  Daniel McKenzie       Fortec          D/H  1m40.794s
25.  Kevin Chen            Double R        D/M  1m42.214s
26.  Mathieu Maurage       West-Tec        D/H  1m42.407s
27.  Joe Ghanem            Carlin          D/H  1m43.179s
28.  Max Snegirev          West-Tec        D/H  1m43.460s
29.  Satrio Hermanto       Litespeed       S/H  1m43.931s
30.  Victor Correa         Litespeed       S/H  1m46.401s

30 cars is pretty impressive, even if seven or so of them are one-offs.

Keyfabe · 11 Sep 2009, 19:25 (Ref:2538726)

looks like its gonna be a great race shame its not on telly live

strider · 12 Sep 2009, 10:28 (Ref:2538957)

Q1 was red-flagged with only 10 drivers having set times at that point, but is under way again now. Chilton was leading from Major and Boyd then.

Frantic dash now under way. Officially, the 30 minutes are up.

strider · 12 Sep 2009, 10:44 (Ref:2538968)

Phew, everyone recorded a time in the end, but some were very slow. Moral: it's not always smart to wait in your garage until the second half of the session.

Van der Zande on pole from Chilton, Bianchi, Ricciardo and, I think, Bottas - the screen has just gone blank ready for the next session. More later.

strider · 12 Sep 2009, 11:35 (Ref:2538988)

Q1 report from autosport.com.

strider · 12 Sep 2009, 12:28 (Ref:2538998)

Q1 times:

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team            Car  Time       Gap
 1.  Renger van der Zande  Hitech          D/M  1m37.729s
 2.  Max Chilton           Carlin          D/V  1m37.892s  + 0.163s
 3.  Jules Bianchi         ART             D/M  1m38.086s  + 0.357s
 4.  Daniel Ricciardo      Carlin          D/V  1m38.105s  + 0.376s
 5.  Valtteri Bottas       ART             D/M  1m38.202s  + 0.473s
 6.  Roberto Merhi         Manor           D/M  1m38.251s  + 0.522s
 7.  Carlos Huertas        Double R        D/M  1m38.276s  + 0.547s
 8.  Sam Bird              Fortec          D/M  1m38.427s  + 0.698s
 9.  Esteban Gutierrez     ART             D/M  1m38.647s  + 0.918s
10.  Riki Christodoulou    Fortec          D/M  1m38.701s  + 0.972s
11.  Daisuke Nakajima      Double R        D/M  1m38.852s  + 1.123s
12.  Philip Major          Carlin          D/V  1m38.946s  + 1.217s
13.  Walter Grubmuller     Hitech          D/M  1m38.957s  + 1.228s
14.  Wayne Boyd            T-Sport         D/V  1m39.251s  + 1.522s
15.  Pedro Enrique         Manor           D/M  1m39.267s  + 1.538s
16.  Adrien Tambay         ART             D/M  1m39.293s  + 1.564s
17.  Victor Garcia         Fortec          D/M  1m39.325s  + 1.596s
18.  Hywel Lloyd           CF              D/H  1m39.338s  + 1.609s
19.  Henry Arundel         Carlin          D/V  1m39.354s  + 1.625s
20.  Adriano Buzaid        T-Sport         D/V  1m39.471s  + 1.742s
21.  Gabriel Dias          T-Sport         D/H  1m39.516s  + 1.787s
22.  Jay Bridger           Litespeed       M/M  1m39.617s  + 1.888s
23.  Daniel Mckenzie       Fortec          D/H  1m39.729s  + 2.000s
24.  Stephane Richelmi     Barazi-Epsilon  D/M  1m39.764s  + 2.035s
25.  Kevin Chen            Double R        D/M  1m40.301s  + 2.572s
26.  Joe Ghanem            Carlin          D/H  1m41.413s  + 3.684s
27.  Mathieu Maurage       West-Tec        D/H  1m42.239s  + 4.510s
28.  Max Snegirev          West-Tec        D/H  1m42.353s  + 4.624s
29.  Satrio Hermanto       Litespeed       S/H  1m49.676s  + 11.947s

strider · 12 Sep 2009, 16:25 (Ref:2539101)

Chilton on pole for Race 2. Report.

strider · 12 Sep 2009, 19:22 (Ref:2539184)

Q2 results:

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team            Car  Time       Gap
 1.  Max Chilton           Carlin          D/V  1m37.538s
 2.  Daniel Ricciardo      Carlin          D/V  1m37.719s  + 0.181s
 3.  Valtteri Bottas       ART             D/M  1m37.914s  + 0.376s
 4.  Sam Bird              Fortec          D/M  1m37.916s  + 0.378s
 5.  Jules Bianchi         ART             D/M  1m38.049s  + 0.511s
 6.  Roberto Merhi         Manor           D/M  1m38.090s  + 0.552s
 7.  Riki Christodoulou    Fortec          D/M  1m38.103s  + 0.565s
 8.  Renger van der Zande  Hitech          D/M  1m38.114s  + 0.576s
 9.  Carlos Huertas        Double R        D/M  1m38.178s  + 0.640s
10.  Daisuke Nakajima      Double R        D/M  1m38.263s  + 0.725s
11.  Esteban Gutierrez     ART             D/M  1m38.304s  + 0.766s
12.  Wayne Boyd            T-Sport         D/V  1m38.491s  + 0.953s
13.  Adriano Buzaid        T-Sport         D/V  1m38.546s  + 1.008s
14.  Walter Grubmuller     Hitech          D/M  1m38.556s  + 1.018s
15.  Philip Major          Carlin          D/V  1m38.701s  + 1.163s
16.  Henry Arundel         Carlin          D/V  1m38.760s  + 1.222s
17.  Adrien Tambay         ART             D/M  1m38.788s  + 1.250s
18.  Hywel Lloyd           CF              D/H  1m38.915s  + 1.377s
19.  Victor Garcia         Fortec          D/M  1m38.942s  + 1.404s
20.  Pedro Enrique         Manor           D/M  1m39.039s  + 1.501s
21.  Jay Bridger           Litespeed       M/M  1m39.091s  + 1.553s
22.  Gabriel Dias          T-Sport         D/H  1m39.225s  + 1.687s
23.  Stephane Richelmi     Barazi-Epsilon  D/M  1m39.484s  + 1.946s
24.  Daniel McKenzie       Fortec          D/H  1m39.725s  + 2.187s
25.  Kevin Chen            Double R        D/M  1m40.100s  + 2.562s
26.  Joe Ghanem            Carlin          D/H  1m40.509s  + 2.971s
27.  Mathieu Maurage       West-Tec        D/H  1m40.987s  + 3.449s
28.  Max Snegirev          West-Tec        D/H  1m41.425s  + 3.887s
29.  Victor Correa         Litespeed       S/H  1m42.198s  + 4.660s

N.A-D.R · 13 Sep 2009, 09:07 (Ref:2539453)

Bianchi won with Gutierrez 2nd and Ricciardo 3rd who finished infront of Van der Zande by 0.008, he slip-streamed Zande to the line and it seems he got him by 0.008!!! So that means Ricciardo 1st and Zande second! and Grubmuller finishes 12th and out of the points, very good for Daniel's championship!

Gooo Ricciardo!

strider · 13 Sep 2009, 09:11 (Ref:2539457)

Race 1 has been run and looks to have been absolute stormer.

Van der Zande led most of the way under intense pressure from the ART Grand Prix pair of Bianchi and Gutierrez.

As far as I can tell from Live Timing, the ART pair got ahead right ahead at the end and so did Ricciardo, which, I think, will have secured the title for him as Grubmuller was not in the points.

The screen has unhelpfully moved on to the next race now, so I'm right out of information, but more later.

EastonNeston · 13 Sep 2009, 09:16 (Ref:2539458)

Daniel Mckenzie won the National class for Fortec, which I think makes him national class champion, and would give Fortec their first national class champion at thier first attempt.

Well done to Dan, Duncan, John and Ben for their good work.

**gomick** · 13 Sep 2009, 09:38 (Ref:2539467)

Go Daniel

- will Renger give up P2 in the championship now to Walter?

strider · 13 Sep 2009, 09:45 (Ref:2539470)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gomick

Go Daniel

- will Renger give up P2 in the championship now to Walter?

I'm not sure about this, but I think Renger has now overtaken Walter and moved to P2 in the championship.

Yes, well done to Daniel McKenzie and Fortec on winning the National Class, but, to be completely honest, it's been very weak this year, which is disappointing.

The results are here.

N.A-D.R · 13 Sep 2009, 11:04 (Ref:2539516)

Daniel Ricciardo now has a 57 points gap to p2 in the championship Van der Zande, so pretty much has won it. But it's still mathematically possible for zande to win, but Daniel only needs about 7th (if zande wins race 2). and for race 2 ricciardo starts 2nd with zande about 8th or so, so it's basically won for Ricciardo! Bring it home mate!

strider · 13 Sep 2009, 11:05 (Ref:2539518)

Race report here. Van der Zande had picked up a slow puncture from debris dropped by the third ART car, so it was clearly a massive conspiracy!

I thought there must have been something like that, because normally he is very good at keeping people behind him.

Results:

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team            Car    Time/Gap
 1.  Jules Bianchi         ART             D/M  30m14.666s
 2.  Esteban Gutierrez     ART             D/M   +  2.168s
 3.  Daniel Ricciardo      Carlin          D/V   +  4.437s
 4.  Renger van der Zande  Hitech          D/M   +  4.445s
 5.  Carlos Huertas        Double R        D/M   +  4.929s
 6.  Max Chilton           Carlin          D/V   +  5.670s
 7.  Riki Christodoulou    Fortec          D/M   +  6.613s
 8.  Adrien Tambay         ART             D/M   + 15.437s
 9.  Pedro Enrique         Manor           D/M   + 15.964s
10.  Hywel Lloyd           CF              D/H   + 16.917s
11.  Philip Major          Carlin          D/V   + 18.474s
12.  Walter Grubmuller     Hitech          D/M   + 19.738s
13.  Jay Bridger           Litespeed       M/H   + 22.946s
14.  Daniel McKenzie       Fortec          D/H   + 28.513s
15.  Joe Ghanem            Carlin          D/H   + 36.709s
16.  Kevin Chen            Double R        D/M   + 41.508s
17.  Gabriel Dias          T-Sport         D/H   + 45.164s
18.  Victor Correa         Litespeed       S/H   + 45.870s
19.  Max Snegirev          West-Tec        D/H   + 46.715s
20.  Victor Garcia         Fortec          D/M   +  2 laps
21.  Stephane Richelmi     Barazi-Epsilon  D/M   +  2 laps

Retirements:

     Adriano Buzaid        T-Sport         D/V  12 laps
     Satrio Hermanto       Litespeed       S/H  7 laps
     Wayne Boyd            T-Sport         D/V  6 laps
     Henry Arundel         Carlin          D/V  6 laps
     Sam Bird              Fortec          D/M  3 laps
     Valtteri Bottas       ART             D/M  2 laps
     Daisuke Nakajima      Double R        D/M  2 laps
     Roberto Merhi         Manor           D/M  2 laps
     Mathieu Maurage       West-Tec        D/H  0 laps

Morris Dancer · 13 Sep 2009, 12:29 (Ref:2539581)

Quote:

Originally Posted by strider

I'm not sure about this, but I think Renger has now overtaken Walter and moved to P2 in the championship.

Yes, well done to Daniel McKenzie and Fortec on winning the National Class, but, to be completely honest, it's been very weak this year, which is disappointing.

The results are here.

Exactly why has BF3 been "very weak this year ..."?

EastonNeston · 13 Sep 2009, 13:33 (Ref:2539615)

Race 2 result, thanks to MST!

Congratlutations to Dan R and Dan McK

British Formula 3 Int Series Session: Race 2 Circuit: Algarve

Start Time: 13:59:16 (GMT +1) Session Length: 30:00 Session Status Chequered Flag
Weather: Sun Track: Dry

Provided by MST SYSTEMS LTD.

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Time Remaining: Fastest Sector 1: 31.508 BIANCHI

Pos No Name Nat Cls Car Laps On Track Stops Gap Diff S1 S2 S3 Last Lap Best Lap
1 91 BIANCHI FRA
3 Art Grand Prix 17 0 31.706 31.533 36.467 1:39.706 1:38.904
2 76 BIRD GBR
3 Fortec Motorsport 17 0 4.666 4.666 31.774 31.604 36.674 1:40.052 1:39.689
3 1 CHILTON GBR
1 Team Carlin Motorsport 17 0 6.059 1.393 31.941 31.914 36.664 1:40.519 1:39.790
4 26 HUERTAS COL
1 Raikkonen Robertson Racing 17 0 8.904 2.845 31.774 31.749 36.763 1:40.286 1:40.089
5 90 GUTIERREZ MEX
3 Art Grand Prix 17 0 11.334 2.430 31.711 31.735 36.718 1:40.164 1:39.798
6 3 BUZAID BRA
1 T-Sport Powered By Volkswagen 17 0 17.957 6.623 32.231 32.367 37.001 1:41.599 1:40.550
7 21 RICCIARDO AUS
1 Team Carlin Motorsport 17 0 18.747 0.790 32.182 33.347 37.235 1:42.764 1:40.070
8 2 ARUNDEL GBR
1 Team Carlin Motorsport 17 0 19.544 0.797 32.400 32.220 37.221 1:41.841 1:40.576
9 25 LLOYD GBR
1 Hywel Lloyd 17 0 19.723 0.179 33.205 32.066 37.006 1:42.277 1:40.599
10 94 TAMBAY FRA
3 Art Grand Prix 17 0 20.332 0.609 32.605 32.202 36.936 1:41.743 1:40.185
11 10 BRIDGER GBR
1 JA Bridger 17 0 21.244 0.912 32.791 32.484 37.542 1:42.817 1:40.807
12 14 ZANDE NED
1 Team Hitech Racing 17 0 21.496 0.252 31.980 32.047 37.186 1:41.213 1:39.697
13 27 NAKAJIMA JPN
1 Raikkonen Robertson Racing 17 0 21.817 0.321 32.200 32.043 36.903 1:41.146 1:40.367
14 43 DIAS BRA
2 T-Sport 17 0 23.244 1.427 32.286 32.368 37.124 1:41.778 1:40.682
15 7 RICHELMI MON
1 Stephane Richelmi 17 0 24.516 1.272 32.121 32.346 37.362 1:41.829 1:41.129
16 56 McKENZIE GBR
2 Fortec Motorsport 17 0 25.432 0.916 32.063 32.258 37.414 1:41.735 1:41.125
17 4 BOYD GBR
1 T-Sport Powered By Volkswagen 17 0 29.778 4.346 32.112 32.241 37.092 1:41.445 1:40.264
18 16 CHEN TPE
1 Raikkonen Robertson Racing 17 0 43.900 14.122 33.303 32.936 37.614 1:43.853 1:42.241
19 46 MAURAGE FRA
2 Team West-Tec 16 0 1 Lap 2.547 33.028 34.154 1:44.653 1:42.746
20 55 CORREA BRA
2 V Correa De Oliveira Fillo 16 0 1 Lap 0.625 32.796 34.043 1:44.736 1:42.752
21 13 GRUBMULLER AUT
1 Team Hitech Racing 16 0 1 Lap 1.034 32.159 33.396 1:40.656 1:40.395
22 44 SNEGIREV RUS
2 Team West-Tec 15 0 2 Laps 6.692 32.877 33.125 1:42.845 1:42.766
23 22 MAJOR CAN
1 Team Carlin Motorsport 12 1 5 Laps 1.933 33.111 33.601 42.439 1:49.151 1:40.614
24 96 ENRIQUE BRA
3 Manor Motorsport 10 0 7 Laps 0.435 32.491 1:42.265 1:40.602
25 5 GARCIA ESP
1 Fortec Motorsport 7 1 10 Laps 31.842 31.777 36.938 1:40.557 1:40.557
26 92 BOTTAS FIN
3 Art Grand Prix 2 1 15 Laps 2.696 51.455 58.712 1:06.232 2:56.399 1:46.305
27 97 MERHI ESP
3 Manor Motorsport 1 1 16 Laps 1:12.251 50.451 1:00.845 1:26.761 3:18.056 10:00.000+
28 51 CHRISTODOULOU GBR
1 Fortec Motorsport 0 1 17 Laps
29 49 GHANEM LIB
2 Team Carlin Motorsport 0 0

strider · 13 Sep 2009, 13:34 (Ref:2539618)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morris Dancer

Exactly why has BF3 been "very weak this year ..."?

Not BF3, just the National Class. Sorry, but that's my opinion.

strider · 13 Sep 2009, 13:37 (Ref:2539622)

Bianchi wins race 2 from Bird etc. Again, more later.

Strange race again from van der Zande. He was 2nd for most of the time, but dropped like a stone towards the the end.

Race 2 results.

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