Vergne Quickest In Snetterton Test

Cooper Tires British F3 International Series points leader Jean-Eric Vergne underlined his recent run of good form today (Tuesday) at Snetterton, venue for the latest official championship test. Vergne was the only driver in the field to break the 72-second mark for lap of the Norfolk circuit, and the Frenchman did it in two of the three sessions.

Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) Carlin Dallara Mercdes Credit: British F3

Vergne's best for the Carlin team was 1m 01.935s, just four-hundredths shy of the Snetterton lap record set by Marcus Ericsson in 2008. Hitech's Gabriel Dias was second fastest, seven-hundredths adrift. The leading Mercedes runner was Daisuke Nakajima in seventh; his Raikkonen Robertson team spent much of the day concentrating on aerodynamic work rather than going for top lap times. Nonetheless, the Japanese driver matched the time he set at Snetterton in February.

Menasheh Idafar was the quicker of the two T-Sport National Class runners.

The British F3 teams are now heading for Belgium for the 30/31 July Spa-Francorchamps rounds of the championship.

Cooper Tires British F3 official testing
Snetterton, Norfolk, 20 July 2010

Leading International Class times am/pm
1  Jean-Eric VERGNE      FRA  Carlin   Dallara-Volkswagen   1m 01.938s  1m 01.935s
2  Gabriel DIAS          BRA  Hitech   Dallara-Volkswagen   1m 02.033s  1m 02.002s
3  William BULLER        GBR  Hitech   Dallara-Volkswagen   1m 02.031s  1m 02.007s
4  Lucas FORESTI         BRA  Carlin   Dallara-Volkswagen   1m 02.331s  1m 02.047s
5  James CALADO          GBR  Carlin   Dallara-Volkswagen   1m 02.089s  1m 02.226s
6  Daniel McKENZIE       GBR  Fortec   Dallara-Mercedes     1m 02.571s  1m 02.092s
7  Daisuke NAKAJIMA      JPN  RR       Dallara-Mercedes     1m 03.007s  1m 02.101s
8  Rupert SVENDSEN-COOK  GBR  Carlin   Dallara-Volkswagen   1m 02.113s  1m 02.975s
9  Adriano BUZAID        BRA  Carlin   Dallara-Volkswagen   1m 02.475s  1m 02.161s
10 Jazeman JAAFAR        MAS  Carlin   Dallara-Volkswagen   1m 02.632s  1m 02.201s etc

Leading National Class times  am/pm
1  Menasheh IDAFAR       GBR  T-Sport  Dallara-Mugen Honda  1m 02.893s  1m 02.443s
2  James COLE            GBR  T-Sport  Dallara-Mugen Honda  1m 02.764s  1m 02.602s

British F3 is sponsored by US tyre manufacturer Cooper Tire and is further supported by Sunoco Racing Fuels, Anglo American Oil Company and by Mirror.co.uk.

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