The grid for the opening British Formula 3 race at Rockingham received something of a facelift this afternoon, when Carlin duo Carlos Sainz Jr and Harry Tincknell and Fortec’s Pipo Derani had their times excluded.
The trio were found by the stewards to have breached track limits, resulting in the exclusions; however these penalties have been restricted to race one.
Jazeman Jaafar and Hannes van Asseldonk also had their 2nd-fastest times disallowed; however they have kept their 3rd-fastest times. It meaning Jaafar stays 3rd on the grid, while van Asseldonk drops to 6th behind teammate Felix Serralles.
The race three grid is unaffected.
2012 British F3 Round of Rockingham (Rd 4, Race 1 grid) Pos Driver Team Time 1. Jack Harvey Carlin Dallara-VW 1m17.645s 2. Alex Lynn Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m17.841s 3. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin Dallara-VW 1m17.936s 4. Pietro Fantin Carlin Dallara-VW 1m18.076s 5. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m18.344s 6. Hannes van Asseldonk Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m18.375s 7. Fahmi Ilyas Double R Dallara-Merc 1m18.884s 8. Nick McBride T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m19.059s 9. Geoff Uhrhane Double R Dallara-Merc 1m19.257s 10. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Mugen 1m20.129s 11. Duvashen Padayachee Double R Dallara-Mugen 1m21.524s 12. Carlos Sainz Jr Carlin Dallara-VW [times excluded] 13. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW [times excluded] 14. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc [times excluded]
Grid for Race 3: 1. Jack Harvey Carlin Dallara-VW 1m17.444s 2. Alex Lynn Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m17.650s 3. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin Dallara-VW 1m17.802s 4. Carlos Sainz Jr Carlin Dallara-VW 1m17.813s 5. Harry Tincknell Carlin Dallara-VW 1m17.921s 6. Hannes van Asseldonk Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m18.011s 7. Pietro Fantin Carlin Dallara-VW 1m18.072s 8. Felix Serralles Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m18.283s 9. Pipo Derani Fortec Dallara-Merc 1m18.737s 10. Fahmi Ilyas Double R Dallara-Merc 1m18.798s 11. Nick McBride T-Sport Dallara-Nissan 1m18.989s 12. Geoff Uhrhane Double R Dallara-Merc 1m19.112s 13. Spike Goddard T-Sport Dallara-Mugen 1m20.129s 14. Duvashen Padayachee Double R Dallara-Mugen 1m21.356s
Italics = National class