Formula BMW UK champion Tim Bridgman aims to be racing in Formula Three next season.
Crash.net caught up with his during his latest test, this time with National class runners Performance Racing, at
Donington Park...
Crash.net:
Tim, Formula BMW champion in 2004, looking to make the move into Formula Three for next season. You’ve tested with a number of teams on the grid, today you are testing with Performance, although conditions aren’t ideal, how do you feels it’s gone?
Tim Bridgman:
You can’t expect too much when the conditions are as poor as these, certainly from what I’ve seen so far it’s good and from what we’ve been able to do we’ve been productive and been able to move forward in a good way. We’re very restricted with the weather conditions, it’s very wet and the track is basically flooded. Both the team and myself are quite restricted in what we can do so I can only go on this morning and from that we’ve had quite a good day.
Crash.net:
It has to be disappointing for you to have not been able to show the team what you can really do because of the conditions.
Tim Bridgman:
They’re an experienced team and they can look at the data and they can pick up on certain things. In an ideal world you would have a completely dry day of running and it would be a lot clearer to see, but I’m sure they will be able to see what they need to see. That’s life and there is nothing you can do about it, it’s all part of testing in England in the winter unfortunately.
Crash.net:
As I said it was Formula BMW this season and you’ve tested with a number of F3 teams. What are the main differences between the FBMW and the F3 car?
Tim Bridgman:
Personally I found the driving style that was required for Formula Three to get the most out of the car is quite different to Formula
BMW. BMW is a very good series, it’s very well presented and it’s very professional and BMW back it in an excellent way, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say that it is the same as an under powered Formula Three car, because there is a lot less downforce and a lot less power. You can’t just jump in an F3 car and drive it like a BMW, and that’s not taking anything away from Formula BMW, there is quite a lot of adapting to do, but certainly Formula BMW is the nearest you will get to an F3 car without actually driving one.
