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2014 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 Championship – Race Report, Results and Points Round 12

Cooper Tires British F3 Championship Round 12, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, July 24th/26th 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Weather: Warm, dry, sunny. News: The two Motopark Academy cars of Indy Dontje and Nabil Jeffri have been excluded from the results of yesterday’s Race 2 (Round 11) for infringing technical regulations. Race Report – Round 12…

2014 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 Championship – Race Report and Results Round 11

Cooper Tires British F3 Championship Round 11, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, July 24th/26th 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Race 2 Grid: 1st – No. 24, Indy Dontje, NED, Motopark Academy, Dallara F308, Volkswagen 2nd – No. 12, John Bryant-Meisner, SWE, Performance Racing, Dallara F310, Volkswagen 3rd – No. 9, Roberto Merhi, ESP, Double R Racing,…

2014 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 Championship – Race Report and Results Round 10

Cooper Tires British F3 Championship Round 10, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, July 24th/26th 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Weather: Warm, dry, overcast. Race Report – Round 10 (Race 1): At Spa this afternoon Ed Jones (Carlin) continued to prove a dominant force, aided somewhat by having a new spec engine in his car (and thus…

2014 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 Championship – Qualifying Report and Results Rds 10 & 12

2014 Cooper Tires British F3 Championship Rounds 10-12, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, July 24th/26th 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Weather: Sunny, hot, dry. Qualifying Report: In the spectacular setting of the Ardennes, with Spa basking in an unaccustomed heat wave, Ed Jones (Carlin) signalled his return to full fitness with an utterly dominant performance in…

2014 FIA F3 European Championship, Round 15 – Grid, Race Report, Results and Points

2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Round 15, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, June 20th/22nd 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Amended Race 3 Grid (2nd Fastest Qualifying Laps of Qualifying Session 2 after penalties): 1st – No. 2, Esteban Ocon*, FRA, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312, Mercedes-Benz, 2:27.897 2nd – No. 10, John Bryant Meisner, SWE, Fortec…

2014 FIA F3 European Championship, Round 14 – Grid, Race Report and Results

2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Round 14, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, June 20th/22nd 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Race 2 Grid (Fastest Qualifying Laps of Qualifying Session 2 after penalties): 1st – No. 16, Gustavo Menezes, USA, Van Amersfoort Racing, Dallara F312, Volkswagen, 2:25.458 2nd – No. 30, Max Verstappen*, NLD, Van Amersfoort Racing,…

2014 FIA F3 European Championship, Round 13 – Grid, Race Report and Results

2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Round 13, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, June 20th/22nd 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Race 1 Grid (Fastest Qualifying Laps of Qualifying Session 1 after penalties): 1st – No. 2, Esteban Ocon*, FRA, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312, Mercedes-Benz, 2:10.049 2nd – No. 30, Max Verstappen*, NLD, Van Amersfoort Racing, Dallara…

Fitness 2013 – Anniversary Musings

It’s a year almost to the day since I had my reconstructive surgery on my ankle, and it’s most impressive how much better it is now. There’s some residual tenderness and pain in the back of my heel (but then again it’s only 4 months since the metalwork holding the bone in place was removed)…

2013 Cooper Tires British F3 International Series – Points After Round 6

Cooper Tires British F3 International Series 2013 – Provisional Points After Round 6 International Class 1st – William Buller, 92 points 2nd – Antonio Giovinazzi, 74 points 3rd – Jordan King, 73 points 4th – Sean Gelael, 52 points 5th – Tatiana Calderon, 43 points 6th – Felipe Lopes Guimaraes, 38 points 7th – Jann…

2013 Cooper Tires British F3 International Series Round 6 – Race Results

2013 Cooper Tires British F3 International Series Round 6, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, July 25th/27th 2013 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Race 3 Results: 1st – No. 8, Antonio Giovinazzi, ITA, Double R Racing, Dallara F312, HWA Mercedes, 12 laps, 32:19.360, International Class winner 2nd – No. 21, Jann Mardenborough, GBR, Carlin, Dallara F312, Volkswagen, gap…