Nasr stripped of Brands poles
Officials have stripped Felipe Nasr of his maiden British Formula 3 pole positions for improving his lap times under yellow flags during this morning's qualifying session at Brands Hatch
The 2009 Formula BMW Europe champion improved twice in the final minute of qualifying to knock Carlin's James Calado off the top spot, but officials declared any times set during the final five minutes of the session to be void, owing to yellow flags being out at several points around the circuit.
Nasr (Raikkonen Roberston Racing), Calado, Hitech's Will Buller, Raikkonen Robertson Racing's Daisuke Nakajima, Litespeed's Jay Bridger, T-Sport's Alex Brundle, Carlin's Lucas Foresti, and Welsh pseudo privateer Hywel Lloyd have all had their best times erased.
That means Fortec's Daniel McKenzie, who finished up fourth fastest in the session, claims the first pole position of his F3 career for tomorrow afternoon's 40-minute 'feature' race, while his team-mate Oli Webb moves up from fifth to third. He will start today's 30-minute race from pole on account of his second best time.
Calado will start both races from the front row, despite losing his best time, while his championship winning Carlin team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne has been promoted from sixth to fourth fastest overall.
Raikkonen Robertson's Carlos Huertas is now fifth fastest, ahead of Carlin's Adriano Buzaid and Buller. Nasr drops to eighth, ahead of Carlin's Rupert Svendsen-Cook and Nakajima.
Race one grid: Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap 1. Oli Webb Fortec D/M 1m17.670s 2. James Calado Carlin D/V 1m17.734s + 0.064s 3. Carlos Huertas Raikkonen Robertson D/M 1m17.785s + 0.115s 4. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin D/V 1m17.893s + 0.223s 5. Adriano Buzaid Carlin D/V 1m17.906s + 0.236s 6. Daniel McKenzie Fortec D/M 1m17.963s + 0.293s 7. Jean-Eric Vergne Carlin D/V 1m17.978s + 0.308s 8. William Buller Hitech D/V 1m18.271s + 0.601s 9. Daisuke Nakajima Raikkonen Robertson D/M 1m18.282s + 0.612s 10. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin D/V 1m18.318s + 0.648s 11. Felipe Nasr Raikkonen Robertson D/M 1m18.340s + 0.670s 12. Menasheh Idafar T-Sport D/H 1m18.710s + 1.040s 13. Pietro Fantin Hitech D/V 1m18.833s + 1.163s 14. Jay Bridger Litespeed D/M 1m19.107s + 1.437s 15. Lucas Foresti Carlin D/V 1m19.261s + 1.591s 16. Alex Brundle T-Sport D/V 1m19.331s + 1.661s 17. Hywel Lloyd CF/Manor D/M 1m19.391s + 1.721s 18. James Cole T-Sport D/H 1m19.419s + 1.749s 19. Adderly Fong Sino Vision D/M 1m19.438s + 1.768s 20. Maxim Snegirev Fortec D/M 1m19.825s + 2.155s 21. Gabriel Dias Hitech D/V 1m23.546s + 5.876s Race three grid: Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap 1. Daniel McKenzie Fortec D/M 1m17.525s 2. James Calado Carlin D/V 1m17.544s + 0.019s 3. Oli Webb Fortec D/M 1m17.656s + 0.131s 4. Jean-Eric Vergne Carlin D/V 1m17.679s + 0.154s 5. Carlos Huertas Raikkonen Robertson D/M 1m17.721s + 0.196s 6. Adriano Buzaid Carlin D/V 1m17.727s + 0.202s 7. William Buller Hitech D/V 1m17.769s + 0.244s 8. Felipe Nasr Raikkonen Robertson D/M 1m17.827s + 0.302s 9. Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin D/V 1m17.888s + 0.363s 10. Daisuke Nakajima Raikkonen Robertson D/M 1m17.983s + 0.458s 11. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin D/V 1m18.201s + 0.676s 12. Pietro Fantin Hitech D/V 1m18.574s + 1.049s 13. Menasheh Idafar T-Sport D/H 1m18.692s + 1.167s 14. Jay Bridger Litespeed D/M 1m18.752s + 1.227s 15. Alex Brundle T-Sport D/V 1m18.983s + 1.458s 16. Lucas Foresti Carlin D/V 1m19.118s + 1.593s 17. Adderly Fong Sino Vision D/M 1m19.251s + 1.726s 18. Hywel Lloyd CF/Manor D/M 1m19.377s + 1.852s 19. James Cole T-Sport D/H 1m19.411s + 1.886s 20. Gabriel Dias Hitech D/V 1m19.761s + 2.236s 21. Maxim Snegirev Fortec D/M 1m19.777s + 2.252s
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