Buller Bullish At Brands

After a six-week lay-off, the Cooper Tires British F3 protagonists went back into battle today (Tuesday) at Brands Hatch, with Will Buller topping the timesheets for Hitech Racing in the official championship test day on the Kent circuit's Grand Prix configuration.

Will Buller (GBR) HiTech Racing Dallara Volkswagen Credit: British F3

Seventeen-year-old Buller set the day's best time in the drier afternoon session, but was still a full second off last year's pole time, set by champion Daniel Ricciardo, with his mark of 1m 18.108s.

Buller headed home a trio of Carlin men - Adriano Buzaid, Jean-Eric Vergne and James Calado - with Brazilian Buzaid the closest to him, just 0.037s adrift. Buller's Hitech team-mate Gabriel Dias was fifth fastest. Racing Steps Foundation driver Calado was the quickest runner in the wet morning session.

In the National class, points leader James Cole edged his team-mate Menasheh Idafar by just a few hundredths in both sessions.

Brands Hatch will be the venue for the closing rounds of the British F3 season at the end of September. This weekend (17/18 July) it's the turn of the Rockingham circuit in Northamptonshire to host the championship; there will be testing on Friday followed by a 30-minute race on Saturday afternoon, a 20-minute pit-stop race on Sunday morning and the 40-minute feature race on Sunday afternoon.

Cooper Tires British F3 official testing
Brands Hatch, Kent, 13 July 2010

Leading International runners am / pm

1   William BULLER        GBR  Hitech Dallara-Volkswagen  1m 21.224s / 1m 18.108s
2   Adriano BUZAID        BRA  Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen  1m 21.027s / 1m 18.145s
3   Jean-Eric VERGNE      FRA  Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen  1m 22.831s / 1m 18.388s
4   James CALADO          GBR  Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen  1m 20.598s / 1m 18.582s
5   Gabriel DIAS          BRA  Hitech Dallara-Volkswagen  1m 23.277s / 1m 18.599s
6   Lucas FORESTI         BRA  Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen  1m 22.940s / 1m 18.625s
7   Oli WEBB              GBR  Fortec Dallara-Mercedes    1m 22.161s / 1m 18.686s
8   Felipe NASR           BRA  RR Dallara-Mercedes        1m 22.613s / 1m 18.900s
9   Rupert SVENDSEN-COOK  GBR  Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen  1m 27.996s / 1m 19.037s
10  Alex BRUNDLE          GBR  T-Sport Dallara-Volkswagen 1m 24.025s / 1m 19.353s etc

Leading National Class runners
1   James      COLE / GBR,  T-Sport Dallara-Mugen Honda  1m 24.464s / 1m 19.947s
2   Menasheh IDAFAR / GBR,  T-Sport Dallara-Mugen Honda  1m 24.588s / 1m 19.992s

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