Last appointment of the hat-trick of consecutive races regarding the F3 here Silverstone. After one chaotic qualification the pilots are preparing to carry out the Sprint Race but a lot of rain fell on the circuit this morning.
Rain which gives the drivers a hard time even before lining up on the grid, with various drivers in difficulty but above all with Minì that when leaving the track it gets stuck in the gravel, thus requiring the crane to remove his car and bring it back to the track, thus allowing the Italian talent to set off again.
F3 – Sprint Race in Silverstone postponed to this evening
After some delays, hoping for an improvement in the situation at Silverstone, the Sprint Race of F3 is definitively postponed.
Due to the prohibitive weather conditions, as stated in the press release, Race Direction canceled the start.
The start is now scheduled for 18pm
The summary of the qualification:
Qualifications on the Silverstone circuit very complicated in F3, marked immediately by the weather. Not even time to prepare for the very first lap launched the first droplets of rain immediately fall on the English circuit.
Conditions of uncertainty that leads all pilots to to push right away to bring home a good and useful reference time in the dry.
The clouds resist for the first 10 minute session, all the riders are on the track looking for the right one track position and the limits of the track, dry for the first time, but it won't be so for a while longer.
Qualifications of F3 at Silverstone who see the temporary front row made up of Noel Leon e Dunne. Work has been good so far for the two Italian drivers too Gabriele Mini e Leonardo Fornaroli smart and quick in finding one Inline position and one Inline.
The rain falls, everything seems marked. Disaster for Dino Beganovich e Luke browning, forced into a comeback race with the pilot Prema even in last position.
A single attempt launched, useless and already compromised, causes precipitation which, after approximately 15 minutes from the start of the session, it falls disruptively.
In addition to the rain the pilot Academy Ferrari he is also forced to try to overtake Joshua Dufek during his flying lap and if before the lap was partially compromised, now it is definitively so.
Only one possibility opens up for the two 1 minute from the end, a desperate ride, a death ride. A shy sun shuffles the cards. Leon, who occupied the first position, drops to 12th, Minì from the second row moves up to 14th position, while Browning destined for the last rows will start from pole position on Sunday!
F2 – F3 | TV times for the Silverstone GP
Saturday July 6
- 14:10: F2 – Sprint Race
- 18:30: F3 – Sprint Race
Sunday July 7
- 09:15: F3 – Feature Race
- 10:50: F2 – Feature Race
