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Hitech and Grubmüller Happy With Snetterton Debut |
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Monday, 12 March 2007 |
Hitech Racing and F3 rookie Walter Grubmüller declared themselves happy with the young Austrian’s first ever outing on the fast Snetterton circuit, the 18 year-old improving throughout the two-day test at the Norfolk track.
Tuesday was an acclimatisation day with Walter learning the circuit and getting to grips with the new team / circuit.
For Grubmüller, Wednesday proved much better with Walter only 0.4
seconds from the fastest morning time, however the Buckingham-based
teenager suffered a spin in his Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA on the stroke
of lunchtime fracturing an oil line which lost him three hours in the
afternoon.
Thereafter the Silverstone-based team began the process of setting up
the car ready for today’s Zolder test, in preparation for the one-off
BP Ultimate Masters in September, and completed the last few laps of
the session before the team headed out to Belgium.
For David Hayle’s team, the outing proved positive, Hayle delighted
with the improvement his young charge has shown which sets the team up
well for what looks like being a successful season in the Lloyds TSB
Insurance British F3 International Series.
David Hayle: “Walter is on a steep learning curve as we know and
without Marko there to help him this test was never going to be easy,
however Walter worked hard throughout the two days and his second day
times were the result of his perseverance, to be 0.4 off in 1 and a
half days was extremely good.
Grubmüller’s team-mate Estonian Marko Asmer was absent from the test due to clashing testing commitments in Japan.
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