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Qualifying crash dampens Abay's weekend |
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Sunday, 24 August 2008 |
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With the mercury hitting 37 degrees, more steamy conditions were in storefor the drivers of the British Formula 3 Championship for race two of theweekend on the streets of Bucharest.
Australian rookie Sam Abay's ambitions to back up his 5th place from raceone on Saturday suffered a major set-back when he clouted the wall during qualifying on Sunday morning, leaving the youngster down in 9th on the grid. "The poor grid position will make this afternoon really rough, but we justneed to put the incident behind us, put our head down and focus on therace." said Abay. A great start saw Abay gain two positions on the first lap from MarcusEricsson and Esteban Guerrieri and move into 7th position. The gain wasshort-lived with a mistake by the Australian dropping him back down to 10th on the second lap. With the race settling into a pattern, Abay would move up to 8th by the chequered flag, benefiting from a collision between Max Chilton and Sergio Perez. The British Formula 3 Championship now moves to the final event at DoningtonPark on October 12th.
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