Qual 2: Briscoe takes advantage
Christian Klien is going to have it all to do at Hockenheim tomorrow (Saturday) if he wants to undo the damage of today's qualifying session for the second Euroseries F3 race on Sunday morning
Whilst the Austrian's sixth place could hardly be called a disaster, its hardly ideal that championship leader is going to start the race from pole. If Ryan Briscoe doesn't take the title in tomorrow's event, he now knows he's well-placed to do so on Sunday.
Briscoe has just returned from a three-day test for the Toyota Formula 1 team, but showed no slackness of pace today. His lap of 1m34.455s gave him the pole by a tenth from Markus Winkelhock.
The two ASM cars of Alexandre Prémat and Olivier Pla will take up the second row on Sunday. Pla still has the very faintest of championship chances, but things are looking bleak even for Briscoe's main challenger Klien. Briscoe will need a pole and a win to take the title in tomorrow's race. Even then his hopes would depend on Klien failing to finish.
Ryan Briscoe (PREMA Powerteam) 1m34.455s
Markus Winkelhock (Mucke Motorsport) +0.102s
Alexandre Prémat (ASM) +0.181s
Olivier Pla (ASM) +0.255s
Nico Rosberg (Rosberg) +0.339s
Christian Klien (Mucke Motorsport) +0.411s
How the latest 'son of' youngster found his feet in F3
After a promising start to his single-seater racing career, life in the Formula 1 feeder series gave Jack Doohan a reality check. But, following a year of learning and toiling, the driver with one of the most famous surnames on the Formula 3 grid isn’t feeling the weight of expectation pushing down too hard on him any longer
The Monaco win that started another triple crown
30 years ago, victory in the Monaco Grand Prix-supporting Formula 3 race – then a showpiece invitational event – began a young Jorg Muller’s pursuit of a unique set of street circuit wins that he’d later complete at Macau and Pau
How two F3 stars face new challenges from very different perspectives
ART Grand Prix team-mates Frederik Vesti and Juan Manuel Correa's paths to the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship grid couldn’t have been further apart, but both are using the same focus for different goals
Why Correa's return is the feelgood story racing needed
Juan Manuel Correa has had a long road to recovery from that horrific day at Spa in 2019. ART's decision to give him his race return in FIA Formula 3 in 2021 is a victory in itself, but his determination will surely - in time - have him fighting for bigger things
Why Piastri's F3 title was better than results suggested
F3 rookie Oscar Piastri only just snatched the 2020 title with Prema Racing, but the setbacks he overcame to do so suggest that Renault's next Australian talent is one destined for the top
The ground-effect wonder behind a generation of F1 stars
Recently named as Autosport's greatest single-seater, Ralt's RT3 launched a plethora of superstar drivers through the early 1980s, and established the constructor as the go-to place for your single-seater weapon
The Macau GP's greatest moments
Coronavirus restrictions mean this weekend's Macau GP will have a very different feel, with the usual F3 jamboree replaced by Chinese F4. But in past years, the event has provided some seminal moments in the careers of future world champions
Rating the prospects of the 2020 F3 title contenders
With the title race finely poised ahead of the final triple-header, a category returnee who raced George Russell in his F3 days lends Autosport his thoughts on the ones to watch
