Vergne fastest in F3 testing again

Vergne fastest in F3 testing again

March 10th, 2010

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Jean-Eric Vergne today set the fastest time at Oulton Park as British Formula 3 challengers gathered for the penultimate pre-season test.

The Frenchman, driving for Carlin Motorsport, managed to better Max Chilton’s 2009 pole position time at the Cheshire track with a 1m27.444s.

Colombian Carlos Huertas was hot on the Frenchman’s heels, taking his Raikkonen Robertson Racing machine to within four-tenths of the pacesetter at the end of the day, having dominated the morning.

Oli Webb, driving for Fortec, was the best of the British drivers with the fifth fastest time, with compatriot James Calado, Vergne’s team-mate, occupying sixth spot.

Vergne will hope to continue his pre-season form at Silverstone with the final official test next week, before the series returns to Oulton Park for the weekend of 3-5 April for the opening race of the season.

Pos  Driver                Team                 Car  Time       Gap

 1.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Carlin               D/V  1m27.444s

 2.  Carlos Huertas        Raikkonen Robertson  D/M  1m28.076s  + 0.353s

 3.  Adriano Buzaid        Carlin               D/V  1m27.846s  + 0.402s

 4.  James Calado          Carlin               D/V  1m28.376s  + 0.932s

 5.  Oli Webb              Fortec               D/M  1m28.497s  + 0.955s

 6.  Felipe Nasr           Raikkonen Robertson  D/M  1m28.696s  + 1.066s

 7.  Daisuke Nakajima      Raikkonen Robertson  D/M  1m28.741s  + 1.142s

 8.  Hywel Lloyd           CF                   D/M  1m29.025s  + 1.285s

 9.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook  Carlin               D/V  1m28.742s  + 1.298s

10.  Menasheh Idafar       T-Sport              D/H  1m30.064s  + 1.332s

11.  William Buller        Hitech               D/V  1m28.960s  + 1.516s

12.  Gabriel Dias          Hitech               D/V  1m29.112s  + 1.609s

13.  Alex Brundle          T-Sport              D/V  1m29.156s  + 1.644s

14.  Jazeman Jaafar        Carlin               D/V  1m29.292s  + 1.764s

15.  Daniel McKenzie       Fortec               D/M  1m29.657s  + 1.896s

16.  Jay Bridger           Litespeed            D/V  1m29.707s  + 2.263s

17.  Lucas Foresti         Hitech               D/V  1m30.232s  + 2.788s

18.  James Cole            T-Sport              D/H  1m30.291s  + 2.847s

19.  Alex Jones            West-Tec             D/H  1m30.903s  + 3.459s

20.  Adderley Fong         Sino Vision          D/M  1m31.234s  + 3.790s

21.  Max Snegirev          West-Tec             D/H  1m33.796s  + 6.068s