British F3 - Castle Combe (inc results)

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Race 1 grid (start time 1230 BST)
1) Watts
2) Carroll
3) Dahlgren
4) van der Merwe
5) Antinucci
6) Austin
7) Power
8) Bremer
9) Piquet
10) Green
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Race 2 grid (start time 1540 BST)
1) Watts
2) Dahlgren
3) Carroll
4) Austin
5) van der Merwe
6) Bremer
7) Piccione
8) Antinucci
9) Piquet
10) Power
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[Francesca]

Interesting grids

[pb btcc]

Danny Watts on pole twice also the carlin cars are a bit down the order, well for them anyway.

times are very close as well top 18 covered by a second for race 2

[Russfeld]

So whats Billy Asaro really driving? All the results list him as Dallara, but my eyes tell me Lola.

[El_Gibleto]

it's a Dallara, unpainted but all Dallara

[Russfeld]

as of how many races ago? I saw him at Croft in an all black Dallara but the last few races it looks like he's in a white Lola with black wings and some slight blue accents

[Gaz]

Yep its a Dallara.
He ran the Dallara at Croft and then switched to the Lola-Dome for Knockhill/Silverstone after Adam Carroll departed.
They tested the Dome at Croft and Snetterton last week before deciding to freeze the development on that and concentrate on getting Billy to the front in the Dallara so yes he'll be out in a F303

[bella]

top notch.

far too tempted to go but i really shouldn't.

[overflow]

..Interesting to see how Will Power goes in his new team...not a bad result in qual. for his first outing..if one of you guys go to the race or see it on tv , can you let us know your opinion on his drive ....thanks..

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Race 1 result:
1) van der Merwe
2) Carroll
3) Dahlgren
4) Bremer
5) Power
6) Piccione
Scholarship Class winner: Viso

(full result)

[Francesca]

RACE TWO
1 C Danny WATTS
2 C Robert DAHLGREN
3 C Adam CARROLL
4 C Alan VAN DER MERWE
5 C Ronnie BREMER
6 C Clivio PICCIONE
7 C Rob AUSTIN
8 C Nelson PIQUET JR
9 C Richard ANTINUCCI
10 C Jamie GREEN
11 S Ernesto VISO
12 C Will POWER
13 C Stefano FABI
14 C Eric SALIGNON
15 S Steven KANE
16 C Will DAVISON
17 C Fauzy FAIRUZ
18 C Scott SPEED
19 C Tor GRAVES
20 S Karun CHANDHOK
21 S Justin SHERWOOD
22 C Andrew THOMPSON

Fastest Lap
C Danny WATTS
S Ernesto VISO

[Francesca]

I make the points now:
Championship
1 Alan VDM – 175
2 Jamie Green – 110
3 Nelsinho Piquet – 106
4 Richard Antinucci – 79
5 Ronnie Bremer – 77
~ Rob Austin – 77
7 Danny Watts – 67
8 Will Davison – 51
9 Adam Carroll – 49
10 Robert Dahlgren – 48
11 Michael Keohane – 38
~ Clivio Piccione – 38
13 Ernani Judice – 15
14 M.Fairuz Fauzy – 10
~ Stefanno Fabi – 10
16 Will Power - 8
17 Billy Asaro – 6
18 Eric Salignon – 4
19 Andrew Thompson – 3
~ Scott Speed – 3
20 Fabio Carbone – 1

Scholarship
1 Steven Kane – 182
2 Ernesto Viso – 148
3 Karun Chandhok – 145
4 Christian England – 94
5 Justin Sherwood – 92
6 Ivor McCullough – 79
7 Sergio Hernandez – 30
8 Alex Pozzobon – 20
9 Jesse Mason - 17

[Francesca]

someone's gonna have to do some serious work to catch up to VDM!

[Sato san]

The guy is really impressing !....considering he never won a car race until the festival , things have really gone good for him .

[bella]

yes but how many years has he been in f3 now? isn't it about time, considering the car he's got and the team, that he won the championship?

race 2 result =

[Virgil]

VDM is in his second year of F3, and considering the depth of field, he is doing a superb job. His car is no doubt a good one, but Carlin outclass all the others in the field. For instance, there is no doubt that Menu have as a good a car as any, if not better. F3 is considered by many to be a two year effort, and if VDM wins the championship it will be on merit, and not down to more experience than anyone else and a superior car. But, that is just my opinion......I could be wrong.

[noweels]

Will Power done good
Lets see how he goes once he has settled in to Fortec

[Virgil]

To amend my previous post, I meant to say that Carlin's cars DO NOT outclass all of the cars in the F3 field. Pardon the brain fade, I had a long day!

[Russfeld]

So im not the only one kinda surprised by VDM? He's a good guy but he seemed kinda quiet and not allways the fastest guy in Fords and his first year of F3, but there he is Festival Winner and now Brit F3 points runaway. A head scratcher indeed.

[El_Gibleto]

Remember Alan VDM only started karting when he was 16, not before he could walk like some of his rivals, and until he joined Carlin for F3 in 2002 he was also doing a full time job and commuting from Holland.

He is very talented and gets the job done quietly but effectively. People who have known him since he started in FFord with FGR have always known Alan was capable of been very succesful.

[climb]

Originally posted by noweels
Will Power done good
Lets see how he goes once he has settled in to Fortec

100% with you noweels,
at his first race with a competitive package he got an excellent 5th; he's bound to improve

[Dannygirl]

Great results

[Hamness]

Danny Watts should have scored points in race 1, cos after he threw the lead away by spinning at Camp, he tried a kamikaze move round the outside at Quarry whilst moving through the lower order, removing a corner of the car. Bit more patience required. In saying that, he had a brilliant drive in race 2.

[GTRMagic]

So what exactly is wrong with the Lola-Dome? I know every man and his dog are in Dallara's but I keep remembering the success of Dallara in F1 and cringing....

Isnt anyone game to test a new chassis? I know Will Power escaped the Ralt thing....

[climb]

Easy to ask, less to answer!

Maybe the main reason is that Dallara, despite being longitme monopolistic, have always designed an optimized car, never weakening efforts to give the best.
When they entered F3, the situation was different, and they could grant themselves a huge differential advantage, who let them conquer the global market.
Thus they got resources to invest to keep dominant.
Lola-dome: such a lack of success should surprise, as they actually copied the Dallara chassis (Dome already were Dallara customers).
But having placed 6-7 cars (most of them FOC I think) doesn't let them get the developement they need.
Moreover, a well-backed driver never wants to risk a new car when the present one is good.
Thus it's just the small/weak teams who accept to risk, 'cos they're attracted by the idea of a chassis FOC.
Unfortunately such teams are not very stable, as it happened to Sweeney, and their problems strenghten the difficulties of Lola-Dome to find an acceptable developement path.
Last, but not least, Dallara, being worlwide dominant, have structured an effective commercial net to provide spare parts, as well as techinical advice.
When you have 2 cars in Itraly, 1 in England and 4 in japan, what do you think you can organise?
All these reasons obviously carry squads to prefer Dallara.