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Luca Filippi wins bizarre Sentul GP2 Asia race

Just watched the first GP2 Asia race from Sentul - it verged on farce at times but the closing stages were pure drama. Luca Filippi won from Sebastien Buemi, but they were so absorbed on their battle they completed an extra lap, which leaves me wondering if they might be disqualified.
The GP2 Asia cars have [...]

Romain Grosjean dominates on GP2 Asia debut

GP2 Asia held its inaugural event at Dubai over the weekend. All bar one of the teams from the European series were present, using the same cars as the championship ran from 2005-7.
New ART Grand Prix driver Romain Grosjean took a dominant double win, scoring pole in the first race. Only Bruno Senna (driving for [...]

British F3 Croft 1: Asmer seals crown

Marko Asmer clinched the British Formula Three championship in unusual style after retiring from the race with a blown engine. He effectively took the title when rival Maro Engel clashed with Carlin team mate Niall Breen at the first corner, ruining the German’s race.
Asmer’s retirement on lap 12 handed the lead to Stephen Jelley who [...]

British F3 Thruxton 1: Jelley’s maiden win

Stephen Jelley broke his British F3 duck by scoring his first ever victory at Thruxton. The Double R racer started the race fifth and moved up to second before a safety car period needed to recover Sam Bird and Atte Mustonen’s cars.
After the restart he moved ahead of team mate Jonathan Kennard, who stayed behind [...]

British F3 Spa 1: Bird flies to second win

Sam Bird took a classy win at Spa-Francorchamps, moving from third to second at the start before passing Stephen Jelley for the win.
Bird extended his lead as Jelley and Jonathan Kennard battled for second, the latter finally taking the pace on the final lap.
Atte Mustonen was fourth ahead of Rodolfo Gonzalez, and championship leader finished [...]

Qualifying disaster for Asmer at Spa

Marko Asmer will start the first of two British F3 races at Spa from 29th on the 30 car grid.
The Estonian, who is leading the championship, crashed in morning practice and was only able to do one lap in his hastily-repaired car.
His championship rivals Stephen Jelley, Maro Engel and Sam Bird occupy the first three [...]

British F3 Brands Hatch 2: Narrow win for Hohenthal

Sebastian Hohenthal took a close win in the second race at Brands Hatch, chased home by Atte Mustonen and Marko Asmer. The podium finishers were covered by one second at the line.
Both Asmer and Mustonen made efforts to pass Hohenthal but the Swede kept his cool.
Michael Devaney scored the best result of the season so [...]

British F3 Brands Hatch 1: Asmer again

Marko Asmer’s domination of the 2007 British F3 championship continued with his seventh win in 11 races.
He beat Raikkonen-Robertson team mates Stephen Jelley and Jonathan Kennard by over eight seconds - last year’s champions still looking for their first win this year.
Asmer now leads Maro Engel by 70 points in the championship.

British F3 Snetterton 2: Asmer back to the front

Marko Asmer won the second British F3 race at Snetterton commandingly from pole position. It was as if his disappointing first race performance hadn’t even happened.
Alberto Valerio and Sam Bird were second and third in a reversal of their finishes in the first race, after Valerio sliced past Bird on lap seven.
Bird dropped back but [...]

British F3 Snetterton 1: Breen leads Carlin podium

Niall Breen headed a Carlin 1-2-3 in the seventh round of the British F3 championship at Snetterton. Team mates Sam Bird and Alberto Valerio followed him home.
Bird leapt up the field with a magnificent start put pole sitter Atte Mustonen had a terrible getaway and was swamped by the field. He eventually retired with a [...]

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