September 3, 2010 - 5:41 pm
It’s been a tough afternoon for the Gravity Academy today : while Marco clinched the second spot on the grid for tomorrow, Jim had a spectacular accident. In the end, Laurens Vanthoor took his first pole position in the Formula 3 Euro Series at Brands Hatch on Friday, leading a 1-2-3 for the Signature-Volkswagen team.
The Belgian snatched the top spot from his team-mate Marco Wittmann with three minutes remaining. Wittmann had held provisional pole since the middle of the session, and had just improved on his more …
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August 29, 2010 - 4:12 pm
Adrien Tambay has put in one of the drives of the season to take victory in dry/wet Race 2 at Spa-Francorchamps.
On a trickery track with most parts wet and few dry, the Manor Racing driver on slick held off acharging Alexander Rossi on wet tyres to take his maiden win in the Series. The American’s second place finish helped seal the Teams’ title for ART Grand Prix with one round remaining. Overnight penalties meant Jenzer Motorsport’s Simon Trummer started on reverse pole. The Swiss driver made a more …
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August 29, 2010 - 4:07 pm
Jérôme D’Ambrosio had a disappointing day today in Spa, when his car stalled on the grid. He then had an electrical problem, which led his engine to stop.
Meanwhile, Mexico’s Sergio Perez made up for yesterday’s disappointment by taking victory in today’s reverse-grid GP2 race at Spa-Francorchamps.
After starting second, the Addax driver made light work of pole man Rodolfo Gonzalez (Arden), running much quicker through Eau Rouge and passing him at Les Combes on the first lap. Perez never relinquished the lead more …
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August 29, 2010 - 12:56 pm
With only one Racing Engineering car on the grid for Sunday’s race, all the hopes of the Spanish team were with Christian Vietoris. The young German had a great good start and passed several cars to place himself in 8th position. On lap 5 he passed Grosjean to take 7th position and was all set to climb further up on the timing screens. However, only two laps later, Christian touched the kerbs on the outside of turn 9. Spinning across the track, he hit the barriers and more …
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August 29, 2010 - 12:01 pm
The second race of the weekend in Spa-Francorchamps was not only an exciting one, but also a crucial one for the championship battle as a win by Robin Frijns (NL/Josef Kaufmann Racing) has moved him to within seven points of championship leader, Jack Harvey (GB/Fortec Motorsports), who finished fourth. Second was race one winner, Javier Tarancon (ES/DAMS), while third was polesitter, Côme Ledogar (FR/Eifelland Racing). Top Rookie for the third time this year was Daniil Kvyat (RU/Eurointernational.
It was very soon after more …
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August 28, 2010 - 8:31 pm
Racing Engineering had a very tough day at Spa Francorchamps. In a race filled with incidents and uncertainty about the weather conditions, both Racing Engineering drivers were all but lucky. While Christian finished the race in an unrewarding 11th position, teammate Dani Clos’ race finished at turn one, when the young Spaniard was the victim of Grosjean’s collision with Bird, who then slid into Dani’s path. Complaining about pain in his back, the Spaniard was taken to the hospital for further check ups.
After the rain had fallen more …
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