British F3 news

Ricciardo wins Silverstone Race 1

Championship leader Daniel Ricciardo has extended his lead by winning the first race of the day at Silverstone. The Australian Carlin driver was never headed after starting on pole position and crossed the finish line ahead of Holland's Renger van der Zande.

The 20-year-old Australian and his Red Bull-backed Carlin Motorsport Dallara-Volkswagen made an impeccable start to build a one-second lead over his closest pursuer, Hitech's Renger van der Zande, on the opening lap. That was as close as anyone would come to Daniel for the remainder of the race.

The demandingly technical nature of the Silverstone International circuit militated against much overtaking. Most of the action occurred away from the start line, Ricciardo's team-mate Max Chilton fluffing his getaway and slipping from second on the grid to fourth behind van der Zande and Walter Grubmüller.

"It was pretty straightforward," said Ricciardo. "I got the start I needed to get. I saw that Max didn't get away well and let the Hitech boys through, but that was out of my control so I had just to focus on my race, setting the fastest lap and taking the win. After a few laps I saw the cars in my mirrors getting a bit smaller, and that's what I wanted to see."

After Lap 1, the only passing manoeuvre in the top 10 came on the 17th of the 23 laps, when van der Zande, who had looked a secure second, lost time and was overtaken by his Hitech team-mate Grubmüller.

Chilton recovered from his slow getaway to hang on to fourth all the way to the line, ahead of his Carlin team-mate Henry Arundel, and the Dallaras of Carlos Huertas, Wayne Boyd, Riki Christodoulou, Daisuke Nakajima and Adriano Buzaid.

T-Sport's Gabriel Dias led all the way in the National Class, finishing 11th overall to record his fifth class win of the season. The man who has led the class points standings all season, Fortec's Daniel McKenzie, was a solid second despite complaining of handling problems.

more news

• 18 Nov.
  • Vergne joins Carlin for 2010
  • Prize-winning Wilson drives McLaren
• 09 Nov.
  • Ricciardo to test with Red Bull
• 02 Nov.
  • Rosenzweig tests for Fortec
• 26 Oct.
  • Van der Zande nominated for Autosport award
• 14 Oct.
  • Calado joins Carlin for 2010
• 25 Sep.
  • Chilton joins Addax for Asia Series
• 20 Sep.
  • Chilton wins season finale
  • Photos: Sunday at Brands Hatch
  • Ricciardo takes dominant win at Brands Hatch
• 19 Sep.
  • Photos: Saturday at Brands Hatch
  • Ricciardo on pole for second race as well
  • Ricciardo on pole-position at Brands Hatch
• 15 Sep.
  • Van der Zande returns to F3 Euroseries
• 13 Sep.
  • Ricciardo crowned Champion in Portugal
  • Photos: Sunday at Portimao
  • Bianchi winst race 1, Ricciardo takes class win
• 12 Sep.
  • Photos: Saturday at Portimao
  • Chilton scores Race 2 pole
  • Van der Zande takes Race 1 pole
• 11 Sep.
  • Ricciardo finishes Friday on top
  • Van der Zande tops first Algarve session
• 04 Sep.
  • Ricciardo not switching game plan
• 31 Aug.
  • Maurage and Ma to join West-Tec
• 28 Aug.
  • P1 factory destroyed by large fire
• 25 Aug.
  • Ricciardo tipped for Red Bull F1 test
• 16 Aug.
  • Photos: Sunday at Silverstone
  • Van der Zande wins at Silverstone
  • Ricciardo wins Silverstone Race 1
• 15 Aug.
  • Photos: Saturday at Silverstone
  • Nakajima on Race 2 pole by a thousandth
  • Ricciardo takes Silverstone pole position
• 14 Aug.
  • Ricciardo tops testing at Silverstone
• 10 Aug.
  • Indonesia's Hermanto joins Litespeed F3
• 04 Aug.
  • Faccin joins Team West-Tec at Silverstone
• 29 Jul.
  • Arundel positive on Belgian Grand Prix weekend
• 26 Jul.
  • Carlin team enjoys strong outing at Spa
• 25 Jul.
  • Photos: Saturday at Spa-Francorchamps
  • Buzaid scores maiden victory at Spa
• 24 Jul.
  • Buzaid penalised after first Spa race

Homepage