Alvaro Parente Wins Second British F3 Race at Castle Combe

27 June 2005

Carlin Motorsport's Alvaro Parente won the second race at Castle Combe on Sunday afternoon. He was under pressure throughout the race from his team-mate Charlie Kimball, who was right on his tail. However, cruel luck was to rob Kimball of a certain second place when on lap 21 a slow puncture resulted in a spin coming out of Camp Corner. Watts and the field behind him narrowly missed the stranded Kimball. Following the incident the race was red-flagged and stopped four laps before the official end.

Danny Watts made a great return to the Championship by finishing in second place for Alan Docking Racing. Watts, who started the race in sixth place, slowly moved his way up the order, passing the likes of Fortec Motorsport's Mike Conway. Due to a spin from Tim Bridgman on lap eight, the Safety Car was called out to collect the debris. After the re-start, Watts got ahead of Clarke, and, after Kimball's misfortune, gained second. "I'm very pleased - it was a great race," Watts said after the podium. "I think I nearly died on the pit straight and I was lucky to avoid Charlie's [Kimball] car. I was a cat with nine lives today. It's good to be back - the team did a fantastic job this weekend."

Race one winner Dan Clarke from Raikonnen Robertson Racing claimed the final podium spot and rounded off a superb weekend for the Englishman.

Marko Asmer (Hitech Racing), Danilo Dirani (P1 Motorsport), and Christian Bakkerud from Carlin Motorsport completed the top six.

Barton Mawer (T-Sport) won the race in the National Class and further extended his lead in the Series. "It was a great win for us today," Mawer said afterwards. "I got Charlie [Hollings] at the start and then tried to keep out of trouble because there was so much going on."

Charlie Hollings from Promatecme finished the race in second place. Birthday boy Jonathan Kennard (Alan Docking Racing) rounded up a good day with his second podium finish at Castle Combe.

Salvador Duran (P1 Motorsport), Ben Clucas (Fluid Motorsport), and Juho Annala (Alan Docking Racing) completed the top six.

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