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British F3 to ‘The Max’ at Donington |
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Friday, 20 April 2007 |
A maximum grid of 32 cars will be seen at Donington Park in Leicestershire this weekend for Rounds 3 & 4 of the 2007 Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 International Series.
British F3 is the traditional training ground for the Formula One stars of the future and the 32 drivers from across the world will travel to Donington to see who will triumph on the historic circuit that dates back to the 1930’s.
Estonian Marko Asmer (#7 Hitech Racing Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA)
currently leads the championship after the opening races two weeks ago,
holding a seven point lead over race winner Maro Engel (#23 Carlin
Motorsport Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA) from Germany and Britain’s
Stephen Jelley (#1 Raikkonen Robertson Racing Dallara F307 Mercedes
HWA). Leicester based Jelley is hoping to take the win that eluded him
at Oulton Park on his home track.
“It seems to be going OK,” said Marko Asmer. “We were quite quick
today in testing so we should be able to try to put it on pole for both
races in qualifying on Saturday, which will make it a bit easier to win
it from the front row. The win at Oulton Park meant a lot to me and to
the team.”
“Oulton Park was fantastic to get the season off to a good start with a
win, so we come here with the first win in the bag,” Said Maro Engel.
“The second race didn’t quite go to plan but I feel we had a strong
weekend at Oulton and hopefully it will be the same here this weekend.”
“I’m really looking forward to this weekend,” said Jelley. “We were
second in testing today and we have a really quick car for the races on
Sunday. We have a bit of time to find but that keeps us on our toes
and we can go into the weekend looking for that win.”
Two new cars join the grid this weekend. Max Chilton will celebrate
his 16th birthday on Saturday and will receive his International C race
licence which will enable him to compete in British F3. At 16 years
and 1 day Max will become the youngest driver ever to start a British
F3 race. The other new entry is the Championship Class Fluid
Motorsport Lola of South African Cristiano Morgado. Morgado finished
second in the National Class last season and is looking forward to the
race weekend at Donington having missed the opening rounds two weeks
ago.
In the National Class Cong Fu ‘Frankie’ Cheng took maximum points at
Oulton Park but the Chinese racer will face stiff opposition from the
other ten competitors, led by Iceland’s Viktor Jensen, in the class at
Donington Park. Jensen took two podium finishes on his British F3
debut and will be looking to step one place up to the top step this
weekend.
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