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Guerrieri sets pace at Hockenheim
September 3rd, 2010
Championship outsider Esteban Guerrieri set the pace in Friday’s opening free practice on the Formula Renault 3.5 Series’ maiden visit to Hockenheim.
It was the perfect comeback for his ISR team following a two-month summer break. Worn chassis had forced the outfit to withdraw its entry from the previous round in Hungary, and return both cars to constructor Dallara for repairs.
Guerrieri’s time of 1m28.337s edged out Red Bull Formula 1 reserve driver Daniel Ricciardo by three tenths of a second.
“I had to pay Euro 7000 to Dallara for work on both cars,” said a grinning team boss Igor Salaquarda. “But I think the chassis stiffness is the same as it was before. We are back in P1 again, so everyone can see that there was nothing else untoward going on.”
Guerrieri was equally upbeat over the performance: “I had my only podium in Formula 3000 here back in ’04, and this morning everything went well. The car felt really good and we were quick on the second lap. All of the problems we had in Hungary are in the past, if anything I think the car has come back from Dallara even faster.”
Ricciardo led much of the session, only to be demoted by Guerrieri from top spot with less than five minutes of the hour and fifteen-minute session remaining. Ricciardo is joined at Tech 1 Racing this weekend by new team-mate, recently crowned British Formula 3 champion, Jean-Eric Vergne.
“I haven’t really been out in any cars over the summer, although I did do a straight line aero test for Red Bull in Spain,” said Ricciardo. “Most of the time I have been doing simulator work, not for Hockenheim, but for the F1 team for Spa and Monza. Both Jean-Eric and I seem to be feeling pretty much the same thing this morning, which is good.”
Stefano Coletti finished third for Comtec, 0.06s faster than KMP Racing’s Anton Nebylitskiy. Fortec’s Jon Lancaster eneded the morning in fifth, ahead of series debutant Vergne.
“I think the balance was not quite where I wanted,” said the Frenchman, “but we are just working through things and I think overall things are going quite well.”
Championship leader Mikhail Aleshin completed the session in ninth, a late red flag interrupted the Russian Carlin driver’s run on new tyres.
“It is amazing that I still remember how to drive,” said Aleshin in reference to the long lay-off.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Esteban Guerrieri ISR 1m28.337s
2. Daniel Ricciardo Tech 1 1m28.677s + 0.340s
3. Stefano Coletti Comtec 1m28.810s + 0.473s
4. Anton Nebylitskiy KMP 1m28.816s + 0.479s
5. Jon Lancaster Fortec 1m28.859s + 0.522s
6. Jean Eric Vergne Tech 1 1m29.012s + 0.675s
7. Filip Salaquarda ISR 1m29.090s + 0.753s
8. Albert Costa Epsilon Euskadi 1m29.227s + 0.890s
9. Mikhail Aleshin Carlin 1m29.293s + 0.956s
10. Federico Leo Pons 1m29.477s + 1.140s
11. Victor Garcia KMP 1m29.574s + 1.237s
12. Julian Leal Draco 1m29.747s + 1.410s
13. Walter Grubmuller P1 1m29.781s + 1.444s
14. Nathanael Berthon Draco 1m29.788s + 1.451s
15. Daniel Zampieri Pons 1m29.812s + 1.475s
16. Greg Mansell Comtec 1m29.871s + 1.534s
17. Keisuke Kunimoto Epsilon Euskadi 1m29.933s + 1.596s
18. Jan Charouz P1 1m30.022s + 1.685s
19. Sten Pentus Fortec 1m30.060s + 1.723s
20. Nelson Panciatici Junior Lotus 1m30.200s + 1.863s
21. Jake Rosenzweig Carlin 1m30.492s + 2.155s
22. Daniil Move Junior Lotus 1m30.593s + 2.256s
23. Sergio Canamasas FHV Interwetten 1m30.798s + 2.461s
24. Bruno Mendez FHV Interwetten 1m31.240s + 2.903s