- ROLLER COASTER RIDE FOR EDWARDS AT DONINGTON
-
- Rising American star Paul Edwards experienced highs and lows
in today's
Green Flag British Formula 3 Championship double-header at Donington
Park. Following a solid run to fifth in the first race, the 22-year-old
Californian fought his way from 15th to seventh in the second
counter
only to have an errant fuel pump drop him down the order late
in the race.
-
- Starting sixth in race one, Edwards emerged in fifth from
a hectic
scramble at the green flag. With Edwards' Alan Docking Racing
team still
developing a dry set up to match its strong wet weather package,
Edwards
was unable to mount an attack on fourth place man Derek Hayes'
Manor
Motorsport-run entry.
-
- Race two was a rather more dramatic affair. Edwards' Doug
Mockett-sponsored machine battled up the order from 15th on the
grid to
seventh by the closing laps. "I made some good passes and
was feeling
relieved to have gotten some points out of starting 15th,"
Edwards said.
"Then three laps from the end, the engine died when the
fuel pump cut
out. I moved out of harm's way and switched on the back-up pump,
but I
lost six places in the process. I regained a couple of those,
but not
enough to get back into the top ten and the points."
-
- With a quarter of the races run, Edwards looked forward to
the rest of
the season. "It's getting tough now. Carlin, Jaguar, and
Manor are
better funded than we are and do more testing, but we're pulling
out all
the stops at ADR to make the most of what we've got and stay
with them.
My teammate's won a race and I'm hoping it's my turn next."
- Edwards' first race result kept him eighth in the points
standings after
six races, within striking distance of the series leaders. Compatriots
Jeffrey Jones and Alex Gurney opened their F3 points accounts
at
Donington, scoring a sixth and a ninth respectively. Round four
takes
place next weekend at the scenic Oulton Park circuit.
-
- Contact Marcia Edwards, Paul Edwards Promotions, Telephone
1+805-934-4163
|