Nakajima & Huertas On Top For RR

The Raikkonen Robertson Racing pairing of Daisuke Nakajima and Carlos Huertas were the pace-setting runners today in the second and final day of official testing for the Cooper Tires British F3 International Series at Snetterton. With track conditions much improved this afternoon, the 21-year-old Japanese driver was able to get within four-hundredths of last July's pole position time for the Norfolk circuit.

Daisuke Nakajima on his way to the top at Snetterton today Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography/British F3

Nakajima's Mercedes-powered Dallara set a best mark of 1m 02.109s, with Daisuke's Colombian team-mate Huertas next quickest just eight-thousandths of a second off the pace.

Carlin men Adriano Buzaid, Jean-Eric Vergne and James Calado (Pershore) were third, fourth and fifth respectively, rookie Calado unable to repeat his session-leading feats of yesterday.

In this morning's damp-then-dry session it was Fortec's new signing Oli Webb who emerged on top, but a wheel-damaging incident this afternoon hampered the Knutsford driver's pace and he wound up seventh overall, just behind the Hitech car of Ulsterman William Buller.

T-Sport pairing Menasheh Idafar and James Cole were again the class of the National field.

There's more F3 testing at Rockingham next week, with the championship's opening rounds set for Oulton Park over the Easter weekend (3-5 Apr). British F3 is sponsored by US tyre manufacturer Cooper Tire and is further supported by Sunoco Racing Fuels, Anglo American Oil Company and Mirror.co.uk.

Cooper Tires British F3 official testing
Snetterton, Norfolk, 25 Feb 2010

Leading International runners am / pm

1   Daisuke NAKAJIMA   JPN   RR Dallara-Mercedes          1m 05.555s / 1m 02.109s
2   Carlos HUERTAS     COL   RR Dallara-Mercedes          1m 06.055s / 1m 02.117s
3   Adriano BUZAID     BRA   Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen    1m 04.600s / 1m 02.120s
4   Jean-Eric VERGNE   FRA   Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen    1m 10.824s / 1m 02.146s
5   James CALADO       GBR   Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen    1m 04.981s / 1m 02.257s
6   William BULLER     GBR   Hitech Dallara-Volkswagen    1m 05.657s / 1m 02.274s
7   Oli WEBB           GBR   Fortec Dallara-Mercedes      1m 03.802s / 1m 02.370s
8   Jazeman JAAFAR     MAS   Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen    1m 06.456s / 1m 02.587s
9   Felipe NASR        BRA   RR Dallara-Mercedes          1m 04.967s / 1m 02.588s
10  Daniel McKENZIE    GBR   Fortec Dallara-Mercedes      1m 04.809s / 1m 02.599 etc

Leading National Class runners

1   Menasheh IDAFAR    GBR   T-Sport Dallara-Mugen Honda  1m 04.680s / 1m 03.029s
2   James COLE         GBR   T-Sport Dallara-Mugen Honda  1m 07.583s / 1m 03.364s
3   Jordan OAKES       GBR   West-Tec Dallara-Mugen Honda 1m 10.518s / 1m 03.691s
4   Craig REIFF        GER   Litespeed-Mugen Honda        1m 09.734s / 1m 04.280s

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