The penultimate round of the British Formula Three Championship was held at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium over the weekend, Spa being the only non-British race of the year is dubbed the FIA European cup and invites the European F3 Championship contenders to participate.ÿ
Will Power and the Alan Docking Racing team suffered over the weekend with a lack of speed and although they worked hard to change their fortunes it was not to be and the number 10 car qualified 13th in the single 45 minute qualifying session on Saturday.
Each F3 session was met with un-characteristically dry weather when the forecast predicted rain.ÿ So, later on Saturday race one got underway in the dry and still provided the spectators with a good show when a couple of cars stalled or got bad starts on the sloping grid causing a mass of cars to swerve and avoid them.ÿ Will moved up to 8th during the race and enjoyed the challenge.
“I love Spa, it’s a great track.ÿ I was a bit apprehensive about starting back in the field, but kept it altogether during the start and ended up having an alright race.” Will said of race one.
Race two’s grid was determined by the finishing positions of race one, meaning Will started 8th and although he made the most of the start he soon found himself struggling with sheer speed loss and was eventually passed by Alvaro Parente.ÿ Will kept with Parente and was all over him into the bus stop but it was not enough and Will crossed the line in 9th place to finish the weekend with a handful of points.
“It was frustrating for me to see people pulling away and catching me so easily, and we did make the car better between races, but it didn’t fix our problem.ÿ I did enjoy the racing though and think that other than blocking the whole race there was not much more I could have done.” Explained Will.
Brands Hatch is the final round of the F3 Championship and will be held on the first weekend of October.
