eaurouge94
Rookie
Hi all,
I've not been on here long and seeing as nobody has started an article on the British F3 season, I figured I'd start one.
The season started last weekend at Monza, and has 10 rounds, with three more races outside of Britain at the Nurburgring, Paul Ricard and Spa. Brazilian Felipe Nasr took two of the three victories at Monza, to put him in early command of the championship in his second year in the formula.
Before Monza, it had seemed that this season would once more be a Carlin walkover as they had dominated pre-season testing. Dane Kevin Magnussen, son of some-time F1 driver Jan, Rupert Svendson-Cook and Carlos Huertas led the way for Carlin throughout testing and it appeared as if Carlin had the upper hand once more.
However, at Monza, Fortec's William Buller took pole for races one and three showing that it may not be a year of Carlin dominance after all. Furthermore, the competitiveness of the title fight seems to have been aided by the fact that Red Bull haven't put one of their junior drivers into one of the Carlin seats, to then dominate the championship, as with Daniel Ricciardo in 2009, and Jean-Eric Vergne in 2010.
This season has all the hallmarks of a great, with many drivers capable of fighting at the front. Carlin's Kevin Magnussen, who has the backing of McLaren, Carlos Huertas, double Monza winner Felipe Nasr, Jazeman Jaafar and Rupert Svendson-Cook all seem to have good potential. Throw Fortec's Lucas Foresti and William Buller into the fray, and there is a potentially awesome title battle in prospect.
This season has the potential to be as close and as exciting as in 2008, where a four-way title battle between Jaime Alguersuari, Sergio Perez, Brendon Hartley and Oliver Turvey went to the wire. Two of those drivers are now in Formula 1, and Oliver Turvey has been mixing it with the best in GP2. It'll be interesting to see whether this year's drivers can match this.
I've not been on here long and seeing as nobody has started an article on the British F3 season, I figured I'd start one.
The season started last weekend at Monza, and has 10 rounds, with three more races outside of Britain at the Nurburgring, Paul Ricard and Spa. Brazilian Felipe Nasr took two of the three victories at Monza, to put him in early command of the championship in his second year in the formula.
Before Monza, it had seemed that this season would once more be a Carlin walkover as they had dominated pre-season testing. Dane Kevin Magnussen, son of some-time F1 driver Jan, Rupert Svendson-Cook and Carlos Huertas led the way for Carlin throughout testing and it appeared as if Carlin had the upper hand once more.
However, at Monza, Fortec's William Buller took pole for races one and three showing that it may not be a year of Carlin dominance after all. Furthermore, the competitiveness of the title fight seems to have been aided by the fact that Red Bull haven't put one of their junior drivers into one of the Carlin seats, to then dominate the championship, as with Daniel Ricciardo in 2009, and Jean-Eric Vergne in 2010.
This season has all the hallmarks of a great, with many drivers capable of fighting at the front. Carlin's Kevin Magnussen, who has the backing of McLaren, Carlos Huertas, double Monza winner Felipe Nasr, Jazeman Jaafar and Rupert Svendson-Cook all seem to have good potential. Throw Fortec's Lucas Foresti and William Buller into the fray, and there is a potentially awesome title battle in prospect.
This season has the potential to be as close and as exciting as in 2008, where a four-way title battle between Jaime Alguersuari, Sergio Perez, Brendon Hartley and Oliver Turvey went to the wire. Two of those drivers are now in Formula 1, and Oliver Turvey has been mixing it with the best in GP2. It'll be interesting to see whether this year's drivers can match this.
