British F3 Pre-season Testing

[Driverdb]

The F3 guys have been testing at Pembrey the last couple of days.

Here are the results from yesterday's session:

1. Atte Mustonen, FIN - 48.122
2. Oliver Turvey, GBR - 48.222
3. Walter Grubmuller, AUT - 48.257
4. Max Chilton, GBR - 48.273
5. Sam Abay, AUS - 48.494
6. Jaime Alguersauri, ESP - 48.522
7. Sergio Perez, MEX - 48.589
8. Marcus Ericsson, SWE - 48.626
9. Brendon Hartley, NZL - 48.639
10. John Martin, AUS - 48.646
11. Henry Arundel, GBR - 48.682
12. Andrew Mayrick, GBR - 48.721
13. Jonathan Kennard, GBR - 48.726
14. Nick Tandy, GBR - 48.789
15. Alistair Jackson, GBR - 48.996
16. Stefan Wilson, GBR - 49.033
17. Jay Bridger, GBR - 49.182
18. Sebastian Hohenthal, SWE - 49.248
19. Philip Major, CAN - 49.599
20. Salman Al-Qualifa, BRN - 49.720
21. Kristjan Einar, ICE - 49.784
22. Hywel Lloyd, GBR - 50.370
23. Craig Reiff, LIE - 51.739

[brendonhartleyfan]

27/02/08

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Brendon Hartley Carlin Motorsport 1:01.298 80
2. Sergio Perez T-Sport 1:01.308 92
3. Max Chilton Hitech Racing 1:01.335 88
4. Walter Grubmuller Hitech Racing 1:01.423 101
5. Oliver Turvey Carlin Motorsport 1:01.499 80
6. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin Motorsport 1:01.593 86
7. Andy Meyrick Carlin Motorsport (N) 1:01.641 92
8. Sam Abay Carlin Motorsport 1:01.693 83
9. Jonathan Kennard Hitech Racing 1:01.705 96
10. Atte Mustonen Raikkonen Robertston Racing 1:01.785 38
11. Henry Arundel Raikkonen Robertson Racing 1:01.847 96
12. Marcus Ericsson Fortec Motorsport 1:01.868 54
13. Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec Motorsport 1:01.881 87
14. Stefan Wilson Fluid Motorsport (N) 1:01.921 82
15. Jay Bridger Fluid Motorsport (N) 1:01.946 90
16. John Martin Raikkonen Robertson Racing 1:02.057 98
17. Alistair Jackson Raikkonen Robertson Racing 1:02.101 124
18. Michael Devaney Ultimate Motorsport 1:02.340 67
19. Phillip Major Fortec Motorsport 1:02.456 87
20. Salman Al-Khalifa T-Sport (N) 1:02.707 98
21. Steven Guerrero T-Sport (N) 1:03.259 87
22. Hywel Lloyd CF Racing (N) 1:03.959 46
23. Kristjan Einar Carlin Motorsport (N) 1:04.027 37
24. Craig Reiff Nexa Racing (N) 1:04.287 120
25. Nick Tandy Joe Tandy Racing 1:15.448 2

[Driverdb]

The new Dallara F308 feels much quicker than last year's car according to the drivers so we'll probably see some smashed lap records this year. If I'm not mistaken Brendon's testing time is below the Snetterton F3 record already.

Some teams are still waiting for new parts from Dallara.

The Hitech boys are doing suprisingly well. I'm not too sure though that they will be up there when the season starts, but I've been wrong before (although it's very rare :lol:).

[brendonhartleyfan]

yea he went 7 tenths under the existing record and on day 2 he shaved another couple of tenths off (on old tyres)

day 2 times
28/02/08

1. Brendon Hartley Carlin Motorsport 1:01.067 90
2. Marcus Ericsson Fortec Motorsport 1:01.084 54
3. Sergio Perez T-Sport 1:01.086 87
4. Oliver Turvey Carlin Motorsport 1:01.109 59
5. Max Chilton Hitech Racing 1:01.178 89
6. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin Motorsport 1:01.274 77
7. Walter Grubmuller Hitech Racing 1:01.335 82
8. Atte Mustonen Raikkonen Robertson 1:01.395 87
9. Sam Abay Carlin Motorsport 1:01.410 83
10. Rodolfo Gonzalez Hitech Racing 1:01.419 123
11. Nick Tandy Joe Tandy Racing 1:01.497 71
12. Andy Meyrick Carlin Motorsport (N) 1:01.536 69
13. Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec Motorsport 1:01.542 78
14. Stefan Wilson Fluid Motorsport (N) 1:01.636 98
15. Jay Bridger Fluid Motorsport (N) 1:01.683 92
16. Henry Arundel Raikkonen Robertson 1:01.697 96
17. Esteban Guerrieri Ultimate Motorsport 1:01.754 59
18. Alistair Jackson Raikkonen Robertson 1:01.772 77
19. Hywel Lloyd CF Racing (N) 1:01.996 85
20. Salman Al-Khalifa T-Sport (N) 1:02.058 103
21. John Martin Raikkonen Robertson 1:02.060 69
22. Kristjan Einar Carlin Motorsport (N) 1:02.150 76
23. Steven Guerrero T-Sport (N) 1:02.265 90
24. Phillip Major Fortec Motorsport 1:02.372 61
25. Ricardo Teixeira Ultimate Motorsport 1:02.528 67
26. Craig Reiff Nexa Racing (N) 1:03.489 88

[Driverdb]

I wasn't really expecting Ericsson to be so high up so soon. Sure, it's only testing but he is proving that he knows how to drive a Formula 3 car quickly. He's only done 18 races outside of karting so far so I thought it would take some time before he was up to pace in these cars.

It will be interesting to see when the season starts how his pace compared to Hohenthal is.