Asmer on top at Oulton Park
Series returnee Marko Asmer continued his strong winter form by topping the final pre-season British Formula Three Championship test at Oulton Park yesterday
Hitech Racing driver Asmer, who has had to miss several tests because of clashes with his parallel Japanese F3 programme, was 0.143 seconds quicker than Stephen Jelley, who has also been a regular testing pacesetter for defending champions Raikkonen Robertson Racing.
Formula Renault graduate Sebastian Hohenthal was the best of the rookies in third, but was over half a second behind the experienced leading duo.
Michael Meadows narrowly beat Sergio Perez in the National Class, with 'Frankie' Cheng also within a couple of tenths of the pace.
Maro Engel was only ninth quickest on his first appearance since signing a late deal with Carlin Motorsport, behind teammates Sam Bird, Niall Breen and Alberto Valerio.
With lead driver Esteban Guerrieri still in Argentina and having recently split with Ben Clucas, new Mygale team Ultimate Motorsport ran Brazilian Marcello Thomaz and sometime A1GP driver Michael Devaney at Oulton.
Thomaz had to pull out of the test after 29 laps due to illness and will be replaced by Formula Ford champion Nathan Freke for development work at Pembrey later this week.
The test was disrupted by several red flags, with the most dramatic incident befalling Alan Docking Racing's National Class runner Viktor Jensen, who crashed at Druids after only four laps and had to sit out the remainder of the afternoon.
Pos Cl Driver Team Time 1. C Marko Asmer Hitech 1:28.476 2. C Stephen Jelley Raikkonen Robertson 1:28.619 + 0.143 3. C Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec 1:29.159 + 0.683 4. C Jonathan Kennard Raikkonen Robertson 1:29.243 + 0.767 5. C Greg Mansell Fortec 1:29.323 + 0.847 6. C Sam Bird Carlin 1:29.476 + 1.000 7. C Niall Breen Carlin 1:29.538 + 1.062 8. C Alberto Valerio Carlin 1:29.824 + 1.348 9. C Maro Engel Carlin 1:29.945 + 1.469 10. C Cristiano Morgado Fluid 1:30.537 + 2.061 11. C Walter Grubmuller Hitech 1:30.563 + 2.087 12. C Rodolfo Gonzalez T-Sport 1:30.627 + 2.151 13. C Leo Mansell Fortec 1:31.219 + 2.743 14. C Mario Moraes Carlin 1:31.283 + 2.807 15. N Michael Meadows Master 1:31.315 + 2.839 16. N Sergio Perez T-Sport 1:31.453 + 2.977 17. C John Martin Alan Docking 1:31.510 + 3.034 18. N Cong Fu Cheng Performance 1:31.610 + 3.134 19. C Ricardo Teixeira Performance 1:31.839 + 3.363 20. N Alistair Jackson Raikkonen Robertson 1:31.919 + 3.443 21. C Francesco Castellacci Alan Docking 1:32.214 + 3.738 22. N Albert Costa Raikkonen Robertson 1:32.293 + 3.817 23. C Rodolfo Avila Performance 1:32.967 + 4.491 24. C Marcello Thomaz Ultimate 1:32.983 + 4.507 25. N Sean Petterson Fluid 1:33.263 + 4.787 26. N Juan Pablo Garcia Fluid 1:33.557 + 5.081 27. N Salman Al Khalifa Promatecme 1:33.566 + 5.090 28. C Michael Devaney Ultimate 1:33.688 + 5.192 29. N Alex Waters Promatecme 1:34.126 + 5.850 30. N Viktor Jensen Alan Docking 1:37.326 + 8.850 All Timing Unofficial
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