Thread: British F3 Round 1 Oulton Park

It's time for the season opener. 26 cars are on the entry list; 15 of which are 2008 spec International class cars.

Here are the top ten results from the first two practice sessions earlier today:


Test session 1 (damp and drying):
1. Marcus Ericsson 1:29.048
2. Max Chilton +0.504
3. Alistair Jackson +0.614
4. Jaime Alguersuari +0.865
5. Atte Mustonen +0.874
6. Brendon Hartley +1.079
7. John Martin +1.061
8. Henry Arundel +1.181
9. Sam Abay +1.297
10. Oliver Turvey +1.335

Fastest national class car:
Andrew Meyrick +1.363

Test Session 2 (obviously not the best weather):
1. Sam Abay 1:34.211
2. Jaime Alguersuari +0.116
3. Alistair Jackson +1.505
4. Andrew Meyrick* +1.793
5. Atte Mustonen +2.747
6. Henry Arundel +3.036
7. Brendon Hartley +3.132
8. Seb Hohenthal +3.382
9. John Martin +3.820
10. Marcus Ericsson +3.837

* National class

Test session 3 (in damp conditions):


1. Max Chilton 1:29.573
2. Jaime Alguersuari +0.036
3. Brendon Hartley +0.186
4. Oliver Turvey +0.260
5. Atte Mustonen +0.294
6. Nick Tandy +0.382
7. Henry Arundel +0.386
8. Walter Grubm?ller +0.450
9. Alistair Jackson +0.531
10. Marcus Ericsson +0.699

Fastest national class car:
Andrew Meyrick +1.513

Race 1 just finished with Oliver Turvey taking the win in a wet race. Max Chilton in second and Atte Mustonen third.

Jaime Alguersuari was on pole (and will be for the second race as well) and was lying second with Hartley in third. But then something must have happened between the two team mates as both retired on the same lap.

I have no idea what happened as I only had the live timing to look at.

Originally Posted by brendonhartleyfan

entering i don't which corner they were side by side with Hartley on the inside. Jamie turned in therefore Hartley punted Jamie and himself into the gravel trap

Hartley had quite an unfortunate weekend altogether with the confusing safety car and malfunctioning radio in the second race. Thankfully they decided to keep the results as they were when the safety car came out as it all went completely nuts there for a while.

Points after round 1

1. Jaime Alguersuari, ESP, 21 points
=. Marcus Ericsson, SWE, 21
3. Oliver Turvey, GBR, 20
4. Atte Mustonen, FIN, 16
5. Max Chilton, GBR, 15
=. Sebastian Hohenthal, SWE, 15
7. Esteban Guerrieri, ARG, 14
8. Michael Devaney, IRE, 13
9. Brendon Hartley, NZL, 10
10. Walter Grubm?ller, AUT, 8

National class:
1. Andrew Meyrick, GBR, 41
2. Jay Bridger, GBR, 26
3. Niall Quinn, IRE, 22