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CarGuru > Other sport > BF3: Dirani takes opening round in Donington 6 April 2005 21:29:17

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BF3: Dirani takes opening round in Donington

Guest 6 April 2005 21:29:17
 By Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas - Motorsport.com

Predictions of mayhem were widespread before the start of Round 1 of
the British F3 International series. Partly this was down to the nature of
the track (a very long run to the first corner, Redgate, which is pretty
unforgiving), partly it was down to the fact that there were so many
rookies in the field, and a lot of them were very near the front of the
grid. And the front row itself might prove of questionable speed when it
came to getting off the line; Danilo Dirani (P1 Motorsport) has won races
from pole position before, but Marko Asmer (Hitech Racing) isn't quite so
used to being up at the sharp end. In addition, the start was delayed after
the Ginetta race left the marshals with quite a lot of broken barriers to
replace. So everyone lined up, and then settled down to wait until word
came back that the damage was fixed.

Someone else whose damage had been fixed was Stephen Jelley (Menu
Motorsport), the local man having had a thoroughly dreadful time in
qualifying. The problem was eventually traced back to part of the Bosch
ignition system, but not before everything else had been taken apart and
rebuilt in a marathon session on Saturday night. At least now when he tried
to accelerate things happened instantly. This would later turn out to be a
bad thing, but no one knew that at the time. In more immediate trouble was
Nick Jones (Team SWR Pioneer), the Welsh-American's car being pushed off
the grid and into the pits. He would start the race from the end of the pit
lane after the others had all gone; at least that was the theory. On the
green flag lap, there was a lot of desperate weaving as people attempted to
get some heat into their tyres, and it took a long time to get all 24
remaining runners lined up to the satisfaction of the start line officials.
So what happened next may well have had a touch of the inevitable about it.
At the front, Dirani got away neatly, while Asmer didn't. Later he would
blame it on the clutch, but whatever the reason, the results were felt
immediately. Asmer's team-mate, Tim Bridgman, bogged down, and was
collected by Suk Sandher (Performance Racing), after the Indian made a
stunning start only to find himself with no place to go. With the wheels
off Sandher's Dallara, the ripple effect also took out Salvador Duran (P1
Motorsport), the unfortunate Mexican getting halfway to Redgate before
slowing to a complete halt and abandoning ship. Ronayne O'Mahony (Fortec
Motorsport) also got involved and would pit at the end of the lap, emerging
shortly afterwards at the back of the field, just behind Asmer, who'd
managed to lose about 22 places in one fell swoop.

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