2012 British F3 International Series Round 7, Race Report

© Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Weather: Overcast, dull, dry. Race Report – Round 7 (Race 1): At Pau this afternoon Raffaele Marciello (Prema Powerteam) won the first race of the Grand Prix de Pau weekend by a comfortable margin from Jazeman Jaafar (Carlin), the first of the British Series runners home, after a pretty…

2012 British F3 International Series Round 8, Qualifying Times

© Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Feature Race 2 Grid (Fastest Qualifying Laps): 1st – No. 99, Raffaele Marciello, ITA, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312, Mercedes HWA, 1:10.600, Invitation Class pole 2nd – No. 96, Daniel Juncadella, ESP, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312, Mercedes HWA, 1.10.826 3rd – No. 22, Jazeman Jaafar, MAS, Carlin, Dallara F312, Volkswagen,…

2012 British F3 International Series Round 7, Qualifying Times

© Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Grid Race 1 (Second Fastest Qualifying Laps): 1st – No. 99, Raffaele Marciello, ITA, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312, Mercedes HWA, 1:10.618,  Invitation Class pole 2nd – No. 31, Carlos Sainz Jnr, ESP, Carlin, Dallara F312, Volkswagen, 1:11.305, International Class pole 3rd – No. 22, Jazeman Jaafar, MAS, Carlin, Dallara…

2012 British F3 International Series Rounds 7-8, Qualifying Report

© Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Weather: Cloudy, overcast, cool, dry. Qualifying Report: After two incredibly hot days, the weather gods decided that cool conditions suit F3 cars better and this morning’s qualifying session for the Grand Prix de Pau was a close fought affair, with the spoils being divided between Carlin and Invitation Class…

Travel 2010 – Monaco, Vence, Valbonne, Days 4 and 5

Saturday, 16th/Sunday, 17th October 2010 – Monaco, Vence, Valbonne, Days 4 and 5 Saturday we again got off to a slow start – though I did slot in my training run (13k) before breakfast (having watched Nico Hulkenberg vanish into the distance outside – I never saw him come back). At breakfast they were losing…

Travel 2010 – Monaco, Antibes, Day 3

Friday, 15th October 2010 – Monaco, Antibes, Day 3 Friday morning I got up relatively early and went for a swim in the hotel pool – which was heart-stoppingly cold that early in the day. The sun was just coming up behind the building and hadn’t hit the water, but I soon warmed up and…

Travel 2008 – Megeve, Days 8 and 9

Friday, 15th/Saturday, 16th March 2008 – Megeve, Days 8 and 9 Saturday was yet another sunny day, so much so that I didn’t even bother with my anorak to ski, going out instead with just a fleece between me and the outside world… I knew there’d be no point keeping going much beyond 1.30 so…

Travel 2008 – Megeve, Days 5 to 7

Wednesday, 12th/Thursday, 14th March 2008 – Megeve, Days 5 to 7 Well, I wouldn’t like to go through Wednesday morning again. It was raining when I got up, it was raining when I met my instructor for lesson two, and it was raining all the way through the first 45 minutes of the two hour…

Travel 2008 – Megeve, Days 1 to 4

Saturday, 8th/Tuesday, 11th March 2008 – Megeve, Days 1 to 4 I got home latish on the Friday night (that’s the trouble with going on holiday – there’s always a ton of stuff to do at work before you go but I’d promised so I did a 10-hour day), which of course meant I spent…

Travel 2005 – Combloux, Megeve, Bettex, Rochebrune, France

Friday, 26th February – Sunday, 6th March 2005 – Combloux and Megeve We were catching a ridiculously early ferry from Dover – 5.00 or something ghastly – which meant we should be in Combloux by mid-afternoon all being well. It also meant we were staying in a hotel near Dover overnight on Friday, because I…