MSA Championships Update 28 April 2008
MSA British Sporting Car Trials Championship
Round 7 - Jacobean - London Car Club - 27 April -
Long Compton, Warwickshire
Three competitors scored a perfect score of zero at the Jacobean
trial, with Steve Courts, John Fack and Duncan Stephens proving
unstoppable.
In sunny conditions the ground quickly dried, but the first
three climbed all hills put before them. Thomas Bricknell
finished fourth, stalling at a one being his only mark. Peter
Fensom and Ian Veale were close behind on three, ahead of
the star of the day Mark Seward, in his first season, who
dropped just five to win the novice class and finish seventh
overall. Antony Lane won the intermediate class from Monty
Peters on a tie-break, both dropping eight, along with last
week's winner Ian Wright.
Equal Winners
Steve Courts (Facksimile) 0 marks lost
Duncan Stephens (Crosslé) 0 marks lost
John Fack (Crosslé) 0 marks lost
The championship now breaks for the summer before
returning on 14 September for Round 8 - Robin Jager - Northern
Phoenix Trials Car Club.
Championship positions
1 Duncan Stephens 102
points from 7 events
2 John Fack 84 from 6
3 Roland Uglow 72 from 7
4 Steve Courts 71 from 7
5 Ian Wright 65 from 6
Championship positions
1 S Perez MEX 40
2 A Mustonen FIN 36
3 J Alguersuari ESP 35
= O Turvey GBR 35
5 S Hohenthal SWE 34
6 B Hartley NZL 30
2008 British F3 International Series
Rounds 3 & 4, Croft, 27 April 2008
Sergio Perez and Brendon Hartley took a win apiece to make
it four different winners in the first four rounds of the
2008 British F3 International Series. Reigning National Class
Champion Perez scored the first overall win for a Mexican
driver and the first for his T-Sport team after a very wet
first race. It was also the first win since 2006 for a Mugen
Honda powered car. Round 4 was a lights-to-flag win for Red
Bull driver Brendon Hartley(pictured left), just ahead of
Perez who leaves Croft leading the championship by 4 points.
Andy Meyrick continued to dominate the National Class with
a double win.
Round 3 - Provisional Result
1 Sergio PEREZ - MEX - T-Sport - 30:49.794 - 22 laps
2 Sebastian HOHENTHAL - SWE - Fortec Motorsport - +4.294s
3 Esteban GUERRIERI - ARG - Ultimate Motorsport - +5.568s
4 Atte MUSTONEN - FIN - Raikkonen Robertson Racing - +7.267s
5 Marcus ERICSSON - SWE - Fortec Motorsport - +9.769s
6 Jaime ALGUERSUARI - ESP - Carlin Motorsport - +17.691s
Round 4 - Provisional Result
1 Brendon HARTLEY - NZL - Carlin Motorsport - 23:39.172 -
19 laps
2 Sergio PEREZ - MEX - T-Sport - +0.818s
3 Oliver TURVEY - GBR - Carlin Motorsport - +11.705s
4 Atte MUSTONEN - FIN - Raikkonen Robertson Racing - +13.746s
5 Jaime ALGUERSUARI - ESP - Carlin Motorsport - +14.438s
6 Nick TANDY - GBR - JTR Marshall Westland - +14.963s
Nicholson McLaren Aviation MSA British Hillclimb
Championship
Rounds 1 & 2, Prescott, April 27th
The new MSA British Hillclimb Championship started with success
for Scott Moran (pictured right) in both rounds and a bad
day for the champion of the last three seasons, Martin Groves,
who suffered gearbox maladies all weekend with a zero points
spin in his last run. But it was even worse for his co-driver
Paul Ranson who was left distraught when he damaged the front
suspension by clipping a kerb when coming to the line.
Trevor Willis lies second on points after another successful
weekend in the relatively low powered but nimble OMS and he
may yet prove to be in the front runners all season. Wily
old campaigner Roger Moran sits in third, which has become
his habitual position for the last ten seasons. Groves will
surely come again as will Basil Pitt who crashed after the
finish in round 1 and went home early with damage that could
not be repaired on the day. Giant-killer Robert Kenrick qualified
his tiny Force for both run-offs but a slight shower made
the start greasy and killed his chances in the second run-off.
RESULTS ROUND 1
1 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61) 37.35s Best Time of Day;
2 Deryk Young (4.0 Gould-Judd GR51B) 37.75s;
3 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61) 38.12s;
4 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 38.29.s;
5 Basil Pitt (2.8 Gould-NME GR55) 38.33s;
6 Chris Merrick (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 38.38s;
7 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 38.43s;
8 Robert Kenrick (1.6 Force-Suzuki PC) 39.12s;
9 Rob Turnbull (3.5 Gould-Cosworth GR55) 39.28s;
10 Mark Coley (2.5 Gould-Cosworth GR55) 39.61s;
RESULTS ROUND 2
1 Scott Moran 37.69s; 2 Willis 39.49s; 3 Turnbull 39.52s;
4 Merrick 40.64s; 5 Roger Moran 40.91s; 6 New 41.85s; 7 Coley
42.72s; 8 Young 43.80s; 9 Tomlin 47.46s; 10 Paul Haimes (2.0
Dallara-Opel F301) 48.22s.
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