Oliver Rowland Were Both Unlucky to Be @Alexlynnracing Involved in a Second Lap Crash That Resulted in a Red CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION Flag
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welcome 08 IN ASSOCIATION WITH IN FRONT of a capacity crowd at Brands Hatch Alex Lynn drove superbly to take his first win in the FIA ALEX LYNN Formula 3 Championship having underlined his speed FIA Formula 3 European Championship Brands Hatch, UK with three pole positions. Alex backed up his win with a further podium but an off in the final race cost him 1 2 3 a third podium. Jordan King continued his learning GRID 1 1 1 www.jakobebrey.com curve in the category with a solid weekend but is still RACE 1 2 DNF looking for a trouble free meeting to show his true ability. In the historic Pau GP it was British drivers to www.alexlynnracing.com the fore in the invitational Formula Renault race. Jake Dennis and Oliver Rowland were both unlucky to be @alexlynnracing involved in a second lap crash that resulted in a red CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION flag. Their charge through from the back of the grid on 4 the restart to third and fourth was sensational. RACE REPORT Alex took his first FIA Formula 3 Championship win with a dominant display at Brands Hatch. An outstanding performance Tim Harvey in qualifying saw Alex set the fastest times to take the pole position for all three races. A lights-to-flag victory in race 1 “It was a great weekend. I am obviously delighted Director, BRDC SuperStars was the perfect start to the weekend. From pole position for to have taken my first win. To record my name in the second race, Alex didn’t quite get the start he wanted and dropped down into second place, which he held all the way the history books for taking three pole positions is a real boost. to the finish, claiming his second podium of the weekend. Qualifying was everything we had hoped it would be, and my In the third race Alex made a great start but he lost position pace was really strong. I’m disappointed that by pushing too trying to defend going into the first corner. Alex then set about hard in the final race I made a small mistake and had to retire. chasing down the leader when he spun at Paddock Hill Bend. I had a great car all weekend so a massive thank you to the Unfortunately, he was clipped by another car and forced to Prema Powerteam Dallara-Mercedes team.” www.brdc.co.uk/superstars retire from the race. IN ASSOCIATION WITH JAKE DENNIS OLIVER ROWLAND Formula Renault 2.0 Pau Trophy Race Formula Renault 2.0 Pau Trophy Race Pau, France Pau, France 1 2 3 1 2 3 GRID 2 GRID 3 RACE 3 RACE 4 www.racingsteps.co.uk www.racingsteps.co.uk @jakedennis19 @oliverrowland1 CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION – – RACE REPORT With the absence of Formula 3 from this year’s 72nd edition of the Pau Grand Prix, a one-off Formula Renault 2.0 non championship event took place on the iconic French street circuit. Racing Steps Foundation backed drivers, Jake Dennis and Oliver Rowland were in the thick of the action. “It was a pretty tough race really. I had to “Manor did a fantastic job. I had really put up with a lot of pressure from Oliver good race pace and once things got all the way through but managed to hang on. After the underway after the red flag I had a fantastic battle with restart I was alongside my teammate Matt Parry heading Jake. We were nose to tail from start to finish. In fact I into Turn 3 but he kept on squeezing me until we made actually managed to get past him into the chicane on the contact. My car was pretty badly damaged so to come second to last lap. But as I came out of the corner I got a away with third, I’m pretty happy with that. I’m happy for bit of wheel spin and brushed the wall and a kerb which Fortec too. They did a fantastic job all weekend so it’s a spat me across the track a bit. That allowed Jake to get shame we haven’t come away with a better result.” back past me. But all things considered, fourth is OK. It’s certainly been good experience.” Images RENAULT SPORT IN ASSOCIATION WITH JORDAN KING FIA Formula 3 European Championship Brands Hatch, UK 1 2 3 GRID 11 13 7 RACE 7 13 12 www.jordanking.co.uk @jordankinguk CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION 12 RACE REPORT A solid performance in free practice saw Jordan running as high as fifth so he was in confident mood as he headed into qualifying at Brands Hatch. It was a challenging split session and despite setting competitive times Jordan lined up in 11th. Race 1 got off to a good start and as the action on track settled down Jordan was able to make his way through the pack, making up an excellent four places to finish in seventh. Race 2 was more challenging and despite pushing as hard as he could to put himself in a position to improve, Jordan could do no more than a 13th place finish. A strong start in the final FIA European F3 race of weekend was short lived after Jordan UPCOMING EVENTS was handed a drive-through penalty for improving his sector MAY 26 JAKE DENNIS EUROCUP FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 MONACO times under yellow flag conditions. He eventually, crossed the MAY 26 OLIVER ROWLAND EUROCUP FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 MONACO th line in 12 place. MAY 26 SAM BIRD GP2 SERIES MONACO MAY 26 JOLYON PALMER GP2 SERIES MONACO “Overall it was a difficult weekend but MAY 26 ADRIAN QUAIFE-HOBBS GP2 SERIES MONACO one we can learn from. We have not had MAY 26 BEN BARKER PORSCHE MOBIL 1 SUPERCUP MONACO a weekend where everything has gone our way so far. MAY 26 JACK HAWKSWORTH FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS INDY 500 INDIANAPOLIS However it’s all a valuable learning experience and I am MAY 26 TOM SHARP BRITISH GT SILVERSTONE now fully focused on Silverstone and the British Formula MAY 26 JORDAN KING BRITISH F3 SILVERSTONE www.jakobebrey.com 3 Championship next weekend. “.