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Jon
Lancaster finished top rookie and top Briton in round seven of the Formula
3 Euroseries at the Norisring on Saturday. The 19 year-old started from ninth
on the grid and narrowly missed out on a podium finish after a strong
battle for third, eventually finishing fifth at the conclusion of the 48
laps.
On his
first ever visit to the street circuit in
Nuremberg, Jon made a great start and
moved through the field crossing the line fifth at the end of the
13th lap. Over the
closing stages of the races, the Multiflight-backed teenager chased down
the Signature-Plus pairing of Jean Karl Vernay and Edoardo Mortara,
posting the third fastest lap.
Although his ART Grand Prix
Dallara was easily one of the quickest cars on the track Jon was unable to
repeat the superb podium finish he recorded in
Pau as he went on to take fifth at
the flag.
“I’m
happy with the result as towards the end of the race we were easily one of
the fastest cars on the track,” said Jon. “The car took a while to come
in, possibly due to tyre pressures, but when it did it was great and I was
really able to close down the gap and mount a strong challenge for third.
But we got some more valuable points and have now moved up to ninth in the
points standings.
“I had
a great start off the line, making up three places, but had to take
avoiding action when my team-mate James Jakes spun in front of me. After that I had to bide my time a
bit waiting for the tyres to get up to temperature and stop locking up
before I was really able to close down the gap. I struggled a bit with
some backmarkers too but that the pace was there so I’m confident of being
able to retain that form and repeat the performance for race
two.
“Tomorrow we start from fourth
on the grid, so with another good start a podium is very much a
possibility although I’ll be going all out for overall
victory!”
On the
reverse grid system, Jon’s fifth place finish will see him line up on the
second row ahead of tomorrow’s race which starts at 10.55 local time. The race will be shown live on
Motors TV preceded by a replay of the opening race with the programme
scheduled to start at 08.45 UK time.
Results of Race
1 – 48 laps
1. Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 39:41.600
2. Koudai Tsukakoshi Manor Motorsport
39:48.251
3. Jean Karl Vernay Signature-Plus 39:59.475
4.
Edoardo Mortara
Signature-Plus 39:59.994
5. Jon Lancaster ART Grand Prix 40:00.924
6. Christian Vietoris Mücke Motorsport 40:09.677
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