Carlin Motorsport’s Jack Harvey has been hit with a 30-second post-race penalty following a collision with Pipo Derani on the opening lap of this morning’s race.
After running most of the opening tour in 2nd spot, Harvey dived past Derani at Brooklands and was adjudged to have forced the Brazilian off the road. The pair collided, with Derani retiring with a bent track rod on his left front.
The clash delayed Harvey, who was passed by title rival Felix Serralles, who went on to win by 0.4 seconds. Harvey’s other championship challenger – Jazeman Jaafar – came home 3rd, thereby deepening the effect of Harvey’s stinging penalty.
The added time drops Harvey from 2nd to 12th place, losing the Lincolnshire man a bundle of points.
On top of his time penalty, Harvey was also hit with a 5-place grid drop for the weekend’s final race, ensuring he will have start from 8th on the grid.
2012 British F3 Round of Silverstone (Rd 9, Race 2, 10 laps)
Pos Driver Team Time / Gap
1. Felix Serralles Fortec-Mercedes 19:33.909
2. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin-Volkswagen +3.062
3. Pietro Fantin Carlin-Volkswagen +3.479
4. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Double R-Mercedes +3.921
5. Alex Lynn Fortec-Mercedes +10.939
6. Carlos Sainz Jr Carlin-Volkswagen +16.011
7. Hannes van Asseldonk Fortec-Mercedes +18.888
8. Geoff Uhrhane Double R-Mercedes +19.006
9. Nick McBride T-Sport ThreeBond-Nissan +19.544
10. Duvashen Padayachee Double R-Mugen Honda +20.878
11. Spike Goddard T-Sport-Mugen Honda +22.690
12. Jack Harvey Carlin-Volkswagen +30.396
13. Harry Tincknell Carlin-Volkswagen +32.224
Retirements
Pedro Pablo Calbimonte T-Sport-Mugen Honda +6 laps
Pipo Derani Fortec-Mercedes +7 laps
2012 British F3 Rnd of Silverstone (Rd 9, Race 2) International Class Pos Driver Points 1. Felix Serralles 272 2. Jazeman Jaafar 267 3. Jack Harvey 256 4. Carlos Sainz Jr 218 5. Alex Lynn 205 6. Harry Tincknell 181 7. Pietro Fantin 167 8. Pipo Derani 119 9. Hannes van Asseldonk 103 10. Nick McBride 81 National Class Pos Driver Points 1. Spike Goddard 367 2. Duvashen Padayachee 330 3. Adderly Fong 161 4. Pedro Pablo Calbimonte 70
