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Racing
Engineering’s young Spanish driver Borja Garcia has obtained
two excellent results in the qualifying sessions of the third round
of the Spanish Formula 3 Championship taking place this weekend
at the Jerez Circuit. Borja marked the fastest time in the first
session with 1.35.492 and will start the second race from third
position. Borja’s teammate, Steven Kane will start the second
race right behind in fourth position.
Qualifying
1:
From the moment the qualifying session started Borja Garcia set
the rhythm. He immediately climbed into first position and with
the continuous improvements of his lap times, he guaranteed himself
the pole position in the first of Sunday’s races. Borja will
lead the field into the first corner with Giao and Kool behind him.
Steven Kane, after his excellent results at the Jarama Circuit,
was all but lucky during his first qualifying session of this Jerez
meeting. His car stopped in the second corner when a little stone
caused the ignition timing ring on the engine to loose a tooth causing
the engine to shut down. This bad luck kept Steven from marking
any lap times at all and thus Steven has to start the first race
from the back of the grid.
Maria de Villota, the only woman in the field to race in the Spanish
Formula 3 Championship, will start race one from ninth position.
Qualifying
2:
After the technical problem on Steven Kane’s car was solved
and given Borja Garcia’s performance during the first session,
expectations were high for the second qualifying session. However,
all of Racing Engineering’s drivers commented changed track
conditions that resulted in the over-steering of their cars. Borja
Garcia and Steven Kane for the first half of the session were occupying
the first two positions until after their tire changes, when Martin
and Giao moved up into the first and second position. Borja will
start the second race from third and his teammate Steven from fourth
position on the starting grid.
Maria de Villota, after the session finished, reported a lot of
over-steering on her car and will start from an unsatisfying fifteenth
position.
After
the two qualifying sessions Borja Garcia said, “I am very happy
since in Madrid we had a problem with the brake caliper that cost
me a lot of points in the overall championship. I am very confident
with my engineer, my mechanics and the entire team given the work
they have done. You can see the results of their hard work since
we got the fastest time in the first qualifying and I go into the
second race from third position. Like this, it’s easier for
me in the first race given the fact that I am starting from pole
position. For the second race I will try to make a good start and
do my best to overtake the two competitors in front in order to
score as many points as possible for the overall drivers championship.”
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