Click to go back to front page

Martin leads the way at Silverstone


John Martin led the Räikkönen Robertson Racing F3 team today, in two competitive qualifying sessions at the Silverstone round of the 2008 British F3 International Series. The Australian qualified on the second row for round 17, and will start seventh for round 18. Team mate Atte Mustonen will start race one from sixth and race two from ninth, while Henry Arundel will start race one from 12th and race two from 15th.

Conditions remained dry and bright at the Silverstone circuit, as the teams took to the track for qualifying. Throughout both 30 minute qualifying sessions the times remained close, with just a few thousands of a second covering many of the drivers. Despite the level of competition, both Martin and Mustonene qualified in the top ten for both races.

Reflecting on qualifying, Martin said, “I was fairly happy with my performance in first qualifying, but I just need to find another tenth. It’s so competitive this weekend that even a few tenths can make a big difference and put you further down the field. We’re starting a bit further down for race two, but I still think we can make up some places and get a good result.”

F3 Rookie Henry Arundel was less happy with his qualifying session saying, “I was pushing really hard in the second qualifying session and was looking good for quick time, but I spun on the second to last corner. It’s frustrating but that’s what happens sometimes when you’re pushing hard. We need to focus on making up places in the races now.”

Team principal Anthony Hieatt added, “Qualifying was extremely close today. In both sessions the top eight were covered by just half a second, so a small mistake can make a big difference to the final qualifying position. John did a great job and should be aiming for a podium in the first race. Henry has been quick here, but unfortunately he didn’t quite tie together all his best sectors to produce the lap he is capable of. Atte seems to have struggled a little, but we’ve seen before how good he is making his way through the field, so I’m still confident he can get a good result.”

Published: 2008-08-15 00:00:00

View driver's profile pages:
» John Martin

Members

Email address:

Password



You need to be logged in to submit or edit new information and to send in photos. The signup process is quick, free and rather painless.

Sign up now
Forgot your password?

Partners and sponsors

 
 
 
 
 
 
» Used cars US
» Car Insurance
» Car Insurance
» Seat Leon

The running and continueous updating of Driver Database would not be possible without these sponsors. If you would like to display your brand at this site then the following link would be your first stop:

» Become a DriverDB sponsor

Top 2008 race winners

1Craig Baird32
2Graham Carroll21
Kyle Busch21
4Jack Lemvard19
5Frédéric Vervisch18
Donny Schatz18
7Valtteri Bottas17
8Jan Magnussen16
Nigel Moore16
Carl Edwards16
Earl Bamber16
12Devin Jones15
Toon Rutgers15
Jamie Whincup15
Gabriel Chaves15
16Daniel Ricciardo14
Ivan Utrera14
Philip Morris14
Tony Rivera14
Wayne Boyd14
This list also includes series that span over the new year (i.e. 2007-08 championships).


Driverdb.com blog

News, updates, bugs, tired ramblings, small breakdowns and other stuff related to maintaining, adding and expanding Driver Database.

Driver Database is huge
December 2 2008
I started this site in 2004 with about 100 pages related to the Formula 1 drivers of the 2004 season. Now, more than four years later it has grown a bit. How big is it, you ask? Total number of pages: 210744 (at Dec 01) Size of text in database: 47.5 MB While 47.5 MB might not sound like much...

» Read more

       
 Francesc Moreno João Paulo de Oliveira Sebastián Saavedra Natalia Kowalska Martin Hansen Shinya Michimi 
 
Page generated in 0.2391 seconds