“Grid Penalties Ahoy at Rockingham”

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