Davidson ousts team mate Sato for top slot

Thursday was the second day of F3 running this week and the Carlin pair swapped positions after Sato was on top at Donington on Tuesday. The result further underlines the hot favourite status of BAR test driver team mates. Sato won four rounds of the championship last year, and his BRDC McLaren Autosport young driver Davidson moves up to F3 from Formula Ford.

The teams were greeted by cold and damp conditions at the Norfolk circuit, which got progressively worse during the day and all competitive times were set during the morning session. The Jaguar Racing Dallara-Mugen Honda of James Courtney snatched third place ahead of Ryan Dalziel for the RC Prost junior team.

Andre Lotterer caused the biggest drama of the day when the second Jaguar Junior driver had a big off at the Riches corner and rolled his Dallara. The German escaped unhurt from the accident, but had to settle for fifth place.

Nicolas Kiesa, who was fastest on the first day of testing at Jarama in Spain last month, finished the day in sixth place while the Manor Motorsport triumvirate of Mark Taylor, Derek Hayes and Jeffrey Jones occupied the seventh, eighth and ninth slots. Atsushi Katsumata rounded out the top ten for Promatecme.

After finishing fourth at Donington earlier in the week, Guernseyman Andy Priaulx, who switches to the Alan Docking Racing squad for 2001, finished a lowly 26th.


Anthony Davidson Carlin Motorsport Dallara-Mugen Honda 1m04.647s
Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport Dallara-Mugen Honda 1m04.916s
James Courtney Jaguar Racing F3 Dallara-Mugen Honda 1m05.134s
Ryan Dalziel RC Prost Junior Team Dallara-Opel 1m05.350s
Andre Lotterer Jaguar Racing F3 Dallara-Mugen Honda 1m05.421s
Nicolas Kiesa RC Prost Junior Team Dallara-Opel 1m05.986s
Mark Taylor Manor Motorsport Dallara-Mugen Honda1m06.148s
Derek Hayes Manor Motorsport Dallara-Mugen Honda 1m06.721s
Jeffrey Jones Manor Motorsport Dallara-Mugen Honda 1m06.857s
Atsushi Katsumata Promatecme Dallara-Mugen Honda 1m07.081s