Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Hohenthal eyes F3 return at Macau

Hohenthal eyes F3 return at Macau

Sebastian Hohenthal could return to Fortec Motorsport for the end of season Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix despite walking away from his British championship campaign with the team.

The Swede has not fulfilled his desire to fight for the title, in this his second year in the series, and stepped down for last weekend's Silverstone round with the championship out of reach.

"My goal was to win the championship this year, or at least be fighting in the top three," he told autosport.com. "Half way through it was looking ok, but Brands and Spa were not good and now we're not able to fight for the championship

"It's a tough decision to stop, but it has to be made if we can't achieve what we set out to do. I am looking around at options now and I don't have a plan yet but I could still do Macau."

Hohenthal's last-minute decision meant Fortec only ran two cars at Silverstone and will just take two to Bucharest this weekend, but team boss Richard Dutton says the third car will be filled for the season finale at Donington Park in October.

"It was a bit too short notice to put something together but we'll definitely have a third driver at Donington," he told autosport.com.

"Ideally, it will be someone who we plan to run next season, maybe one of our drivers from Formula Renault. And then we might have Seb back out at Macau."



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