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Reigning British Formula 3
champions Hitech Racing were left frustrated by red flags in qualifying for the
third and fourth rounds at Croft on Saturday. The Buckingham-based team with
drivers Walter Grubmüller and Max Chilton were trying a different set-up on
their Dallara F308 Mercedes HWAs in the opening 30minute
session.
But following a session which saw
19 year-old Grubmüller also struggle with heavy traffic leaving him unable to
get a clear run, the team reverted back to the settings which saw them sixth
quickest overall earlier in the month.
Seventeen year-old Chilton, who
took second place in the opening rounds at Oulton Park, missed the two official
test days earlier this month and had just two 50-minute sessions at the North
Yorkshire track on Friday prior to qualifying.
After making changes to his car
for the second session, things were looking good for Chilton to move up the
order but an incident ten minutes from the finish brought out the red flag. With the drivers in the pits and getting
ready to rejoin the chequered flag was shown signalling the end of the
session.
David Hayle: We’ve had a very
frustrating day caused by a variety of problems. For Walter we tried some aerodynamic parts on
the car for the first session which sadly didn’t quite work for him but he was
also caught in traffic. We reverted back
to the original settings for the second session and were hopeful of improving
until the session was stopped seven minutes early preventing us from doing
so.
“Max unfortunately missed the
official two-day test so the track is unknown to him in the new car. In the second session, he’d made some great
improvements over the course of the session but on new tyres the session was
red-flagged and then stopped prematurely and he was unable to rejoin the
track.”
The two races take place tomorrow
at 12:30 and 15:40.
Qualifying for Round
3
1. Marcus Ericsson Fortec
Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:12.733
2. Sergio Perez T-Sport Dallara
F308 Mugen Honda 1:12.867
3. Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec
Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:12.937
4. Michael Devaney Ultimate
Motorsport Mygale M-08F3 Mercedes HWA 1:12.965
5. Esteban Guerrieri Ultimate
Motorsport Mygale M-08F3 Mercedes HWA 1:12.979
6. Brendon Hartley Carlin
Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:13.015
16. Max Chilton Hitech Racing
Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:13.629
18. Walter Grubmüller Hitech
Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:13.723
Qualifying for Round
4
1. Brendon Hartley Carlin
Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:13.237
2. Marcus Ericsson Fortec
Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:13.280
3. Sergio Perez T-Sport Dallara
F308 Mugen Honda 1:13.446
4. Oliver Turvey Carlin Motorsport
Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:13.495
5. Sam Abay Carlin Motorsport
Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:13.502
6. Atte Mustonen Raikkonen
Robertson Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:13.566
14. Max Chilton Hitech Racing
Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:14.347
19. Walter Grubmüller Hitech
Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 1:14.828
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