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The 2012 Season Starts Here
The last week has seen a flurry of activity as championships big and small held their annual media days and opening tests, with some already even getting down to racing proper. The British Touring Car Championship heads strongly into a new all-turbo generation and this year boasts 10 models from nine different marques on its 24-car grid, including the technicolour liveried return of the MG name.
The BTCC season opener hits Brands Hatch on 1st April, followed a week later by the first rounds of the British GT Championship and the British F3 International Series at Oulton Park. While some single-seater formulae have struggled in recent times - Formula Renault postponing its UK series due to poor entries - British F3 continues to attract young talent. With recent champions including the Scuderia Toro Rosso pairing of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne, its status as a stepping-stone to Formula 1 is hard to dispute.
Read more...Magnussen Tops the Times in Paul Ricard British F3 Test
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- Saturday, 16 July 2011
Carlin’s Danish driver this afternoon lopped a tenth of a second from the best his team-mate Felipe Nasr achieved in the morning session, and was the only driver in the 20-car field to break the 2m 1s barrier.
Nasr ended the day second overall in the rankings despite being one of only two in the top 10 not to improve his time in session two. The Brazilian championship leader was in bullish mood, however. “This afternoon we tried different things with the set-up of the car,” he said, “and I am feeling confident for tomorrow. Tomorrow is the day when I need to be quick.”
Magnussen’s afternoon best of 2m 00.969s was an improvement of eight-tenths over his AM best. “This morning we had a few technical problems,” said Kevin, “but this afternoon the car was perfect. But I have been in this situation before, and I am not counting on anything.” Magnussen was robbed of a near certain third-race win at the Nürburgring a fortnight ago by an engine issue which the Carlin team hopes has been eliminated.
Second quickest this afternoon, and third overall for the day, was Hitech’s impressive Portuguese signing Antonio Felix da Costa, whose best was a 2m 01.148s, slightly ahead of his Brazilian team-mate Pietro Fantin. Carlin’s Rupert Svendsen-Cook was top Brit, in fifth, with Fortec’s William Buller pipping his team-mate Lucas Foresti to ninth and the best Mercedes-powered runner.
In his first competitive outing in an International class car, Bart Hylkema set 16th best time this morning and improved to 15th in the afternoon. “I tested a Volkswagen-powered Dallara last October so I sort of knew what to expect; things are going well and I am pleased,” said T-Sport’s Dutchman.
Official qualifying at the South of France circuit is scheduled for Saturday morning, followed in the afternoon by Round 16. Rounds 17 and 18 are on Sunday. British Formula 3 enjoys the headlining support of Cooper Tires and is additionally backed by Sunoco Racing Fuels, Anglo American Oil Company and OAMPS.
