F3 News

There was a surprise in qualifying for the 19th race of the Formula 3 Euro Series season on the 4.574-kilometre-long Grand Prix course at Hockenheim.

Following the news that it is to split from the successful partnership it enjoyed with Japanese manufacturer Dome, Lola Cars has unveiled its new B05/30 Formula Three car that it hopes will follow on from the Lola-Dome F106 that challenged the category stranglehold enjoyed by Dallara since 1993.

The partnership between Lola Cars International Ltd and Dome Cars will come to a close at the end of 2004 after fulfilling its commitment of breaking in to the Formula Three market.

FOTA, the Formula Three Association, and SRO, the Stephane Ratel Organisation, have confirmed plans for a revamped and re-energised second class for the British Formula 3 Championship.

Jamie Green secured the title in the Formula 3 Euro Series surprisingly early given the sheer competitiveness within the series.

Newly crowned Avon Tyres British Formula 3 Scholarship Champion Ryan Lewis is relishing a return to the circuit where he enjoyed race victory in last year's FPA race; the stunning Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium.

Nelson Piquet Jr was introduced to historic racing at the annual Goodwood Revival Meeting in the UK, and the young Brazilian certainly enjoyed the action. Piquet was one of the stars of the two-part, 29-car St Mary's Trophy race, which took place at the world's largest historic racing festival.

Just 14 points stand in the way of Ryan Lewis and the 2004 Avon Tyres British Formula 3 Scholarship and Bank Holiday Monday's Rounds 19 and 20 at Thruxton could see him lift the crown.

What a difference some rain makes. The first race of the day in the British Formula Three championship may not have set the world alight in terms of excitement, but the second race was more than enlivened with a heavy shower just before the start.

India's Formula 3 ace Karun Chandhok's season of bad luck continued at the picturesque Oulton Park circuit when he was forced to retire from both races with mechanical failures.

The Macau Grand Prix will kick off its second half-century with a range of improvements to its race programme, including an all-new format for the prestigious Formula Three event that headlines the weekend.

Carlin Motorsport's Clivio Piccione confirmed his damp track credentials by taking victory on a drying track in the final race of the day at Donington Park, round fourteen of the British F3 championship.

Ryan Lewis continued his domination of the Avon Tyres British Formula 3 Scholarship with victory in both 20 lap races at Castle Combe on Sunday; the 20 year-old from Royston racking up his tenth win from 12 rounds.

Danny Watts, driving a Promatecme Lola-Dome re-wrote the Formula 3 record books on Sunday as he took the Anglo/Japanese chassis to a first ever victory in the Avon Tyres British Formula Three Championship at Castle Combe.

by Paul Rayner

Ryan Lewis totally dominated the Avon Tyres British Formula 3 Scholarship outings at Snetterton; taking victory in rounds 9 and 10 to add to his win in Saturday's rescheduled round 4.

Probably the best starter in the current British F3 field is hot Aussie talent Will Davison. Unfortunately for Will funds are short and unless a deal is brokered in the next week he will have run his last British F3 race and be forced to head home. Crash.net finds out more.

The tight Scottish circuit of Knockhill has proved to be a difficult hurdle to climb for many in the British Formula 3 Championship and that was the case for Aussie Will Davison on the weekend.

Australian driver Will Power topped the testing times at Knockhill today, Friday, for this weekend's AVON Tyres British F3 Championship.

Next weekend sees rounds five and six of the 2004 British F3 Championship visit Croft Circuit for the first of three headline events this summer at the North Yorkshire track.

South American sensation, Ernesto Viso battled through two frustrating qualifying sessions yesterday for the second round of the 2004 Avon Tyres British Formula 3 Championship.

The Promatecme run Lola-Dome of Danny Watts will start fifth and seventh respectively on the grid for Sunday's British Formula Three Championship races at Silverstone.

The only driver racing with a British chassis in the British Formula Three championship is BRDC-backed Danny Watts.

Scottish racing driver Andrew Thompson has recorded a solid start to his second season in British F3 after securing two sixth place finishes at Donington Park, Derbyshire, last weekend. He finished an impressive sixth, and also recorded the third fastest lap, in both races.