Thursday, May 8, 2008

Perez quickest in practice at Croft

Perez quickest in practice at Croft

Sergio Perez was quickest out of the blocks in the second British Formula 3 weekend of the season at Croft today.

The T-Sport driver set the fastest time in today's first practice session, just 0.017 seconds ahead of joint championship leader Marcus Ericsson.

Brendon Hartley was third quickest despite an off towards the end of the session, with his Carlin Motorsport teammate Sam Abay fourth.

Nick Tandy again led the Mygale charge for JTR in fifth place, with Australian John Martin completing the top six for Raikkonen Robertson Racing.

Andy Meyrick led the National Class runners in 13th place, while Oliver Oakes and Viktor Jensen were 20th and 25th respectively on their first outings of the season.

A second practice session will follow later this afternoon before qualifying on Saturday morning.

Pos Driver Team Car Time Laps 1. Sergio Perez T-Sport D/H 1:12.525 20 2. Marcus Ericsson Fortec D/M 1:12.542 25 3. Brendon Hartley Carlin D/M 1:12.624 25 4. Sam Abay Carlin D/M 1:12.711 29 5. Nick Tandy JTR M/M 1:12.743 20 6. John Martin Double R D/M 1:12.779 21 7. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin D/M 1:12.823 29 8. Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec D/M 1:12.911 26 9. Michael Devaney Ultimate M/M 1:12.936 14 10. Alistair Jackson Double R D/M 1:13.054 23 11. Max Chilton Hitech D/M 1:13.131 22 12. Atte Mustonen Double R D/M 1:13.137 23 13. Andy Meyrick Carlin (N) D/H 1:13.231 24 14. Oliver Turvey Carlin D/M 1:13.300 27 15. Henry Arundel Double R D/M 1:13.305 24 16. Ricardo Teixeira Ultimate M/M 1:13.340 25 17. Walter Grubmuller Hitech D/M 1:13.386 24 18. Esteban Guerrieri Ultimate M/M 1:13.405 19 19. Jay Bridger Fluid (N) D/H 1:13.503 23 20. Oliver Oakes Eurotek D/M 1:14.018 18 21. Salman Al-Khalifa T-Sport (N) D/H 1:14.067 24 22. Steven Guerrero T-Sport (N) D/H 1:14.071 25 23. Stefan Wilson Fluid (N) D/H 1:14.272 19 24. Hywel Lloyd CF (N) D/H 1:14.501 23 25. Viktor Jensen Nexa D/H 1:14.834 22 26. Craig Reiff Nexa (N) D/H 1:15.233 23 27. Kristjan Einar Carlin (N) D/H 1:17.169 17 28. Niall Quinn Loctite (N) D/H 1:17.445 10 (D/M = Dallara Mercedes, M/M = Mygale Mercedes, D/H = Dallara Mugen-Honda)

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