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Asmer Capitalises on Pre Season Form to Win Round 2 PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 09 April 2007
Marko Asmer won an incident packed round 2 that saw two restarts and a reduced race of 10 laps at the end of a busy day at Oulton Park.  Stephen Jelley pushed Asmer for the entire race but couldn't force the young Estonian into a mistake.  Fortec's Sebastian Hohenthal filled the last podium place in a good debut British F3 weekend for the UK Formula Renault Champion.

In the National Class Frankie Cheng completed the double taking the fastest laps in both races to take a maximum 42 points from the weekend.  Formula Palmer Audi graduate Viktor Jensen went one better than his first race result to finish 2nd, with Salman Al Khalifa becoming the first driver from Bharain to take a podium finish in British F3.

The 31 cars lined up for the second race of the day with Jonathan Kennard (Raikkonen Robertson Racing) on pole position with Stephen Jelley alongside him on the front row.  At the start however it was Sebastian Hohenthal (Fortec Motorsport) who shot through into the lead from row 2.  But it was all for nothing as Mike Meadows, Hamad Al Fardan and Albert Costa had a coming together out of sight on the back of the circuit causing the red flags to come out to stop the race.

With the track cleared and all drivers involved given the all clear the race was restarted over 15 laps.  This time it was Stephen Jelley who flew off the line followed by Asmer and race 1 winner Maro Engel as Kennard got too much wheel spin.  As the field went around the circuit to Druids the red flags flew again as five cars got involved in another incident which saw Albert Valerio, Leo Mansell, Sean Petterson, Albert Costa and Alex Waters all out of the race.  Another casualty was Juan Pablo Garcia Samano when his Lola Dome caught fire on the grid and disappeared in a cloud of dry powder from the fire marshal's extinguisher.

Once again all the drivers were OK and the race was restarted over 10 laps.  This was third time lucky for Asmer as he shot through from 4th on the grid to take the lead as Kennard once again failed to make the most of his pole position.

Asmer was able to control from the front but he had Stephen Jelley's Raikkonen Robertson Racing Dallara filling his rear view mirrors as he attempted to force the Hitech driver into a mistake that would allow him to take the lead.  However Asmer held his nerve and despite a couple of moves by Jelley, the young Estonian held the racing line through the corners.  Sebastian Hohenthal was also putting pressure on Jelley and towards the end of the race Kennard attempted to make good the poor start by joining the battle at the front of the field.

In the national class Viktor Jensen led the reduced class field away but was soon harried by Frankie Cheng.  The Icelandic teenager managed to hold off the Chinese driver but Cheng wasn't to be denied and was soon leading the class.

At the front asmer continued to control but it was Kennard who set the fastest lap of the race, equalling the new British F3 lap record set by Hohenthal in race 1 exactly.  But Kennard had left it too late and Asmer took the chequered flag to the delight of the Hitech team, just 0.4 seconds ahead of Stephen Jelley and Sebastian Hohenthal.

In the National Class it was a clean sweep by Cong Fu Cheng claiming the fastest lap as well as the wins in both races to score a maximum 42 points from the weekend.  Formula Palmer Audi graduate Viktor Jensen took second place to add to the third place from race 1, while Promatecme's Salman Al Khalifa became the first driver from Bharain to set onto a British F3 podium.

Results - Round 2 Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 International Series

1 7 C Marko ASMER EST Hitech Racing 1:29.644
2 1 C Stephen JELLEY GBR Raikkonen Robertson R +0.452
3 5 C Sebastian HOHENTHAL SWE Fortec Motorsport  +1.006
4 2 C Jonathan KENNARD GBR Raikkonen Robertson R  +2.184
5 23 C Maro ENGEL GER Carlin Motorsport +9.342
6 3 C Sam BIRD GBR Carlin Motorsport +10.452
7 50 C Greg MANSELL GBR Fortec Motorsport +10.889
8 6 C Walter GRUBMULLER AUT Hitech Racing +13.899
9 9 C Rodolfo GONZALEZ VEN T-Sport +14.953
10 21 C Niall BREEN GBR Carlin Motorsport +17.017
11 14 C Esteban GUERRIERI ARG Ultimate Motorsport +25.292
12 24 C John MARTIN AUS Alan Docking Racing +26.107
13 39 N Cong Fu CHENG CHI Performance Racing Eu +31.008
14 26 C Atte MUSTONEN FIN Raikkonen Robertson R +35.419
15 37 N Viktor JENSEN ISL Alan Docking Racing +39.244
16 15 C Michael DEVANEY IRL Ultimate Motorsport +41.517
17 77 N Salman AL KHALIFA BAH Promatecme F3 +53.389
18 35 N Alastair JACKSON GBR Raikkonen Robertson R +54.117
19 10 C Ricardo TEIXEIRA ANG Performance Racing Eu +54.383
20 8 C Francesco CASTELLACCI ITA Alan Docking Racing +56.101
21 4 C Mario MORAES BRA Carlin Motorsport +58.653
FASTEST LAP
2 C Jonathan KENNARD GBR Raikkonen 1:29.491 9 108.3 mph 170.95 kph
39 N Cong Fu CHENG CHI Performance Racing 1:32.280 9 105.0 mph 165.71 kph

Championship Positions after Round 2

1 - Marko ASMER - 35
2 - Maro ENGEL - 28
3 - Stephen JELLEY - 27
4 - Sebastian HOHENTHAL - 21
5 - Jonathan KENNARD - 17
6 - Sam BIRD - 16
7 - Rodolfo GONZALEZ - 6
8 - Greg MANSELL - 5
9= - Stte MUSTONEN - 3
9= - Niall BREEN - 3
9= - Walter GRUBMULLER - 3

National Class

1 - CHENG Cong Fu - 42
2 - Viktor JENSEN - 27
3 - Sean PETTERSON - 15
4 - Salman AL KHALIFA - 12
5= Michael MEADOWS - 10
5= Alistair JACKSON - 10
7 - Alex WATERS - 8
 
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