British F3 returns to Scotland.
The Green Flag British F3 Championship makes a welcome return to Scotland this weekend for the first time since 1975.
The world's best training ground for aspiring F1 drivers last visited the Dunfermline circuit long before many of today's drivers were even born. Then the race was won by Belgian driver Patrick Neve in a Safir.
The Green Flag British F3 Championship makes a welcome return to Scotland this weekend for the first time since 1975.
The world's best training ground for aspiring F1 drivers last visited the Dunfermline circuit long before many of today's drivers were even born. Then the race was won by Belgian driver Patrick Neve in a Safir.
Although three non-championship races were run in the late 1980s this weekend marks the return of the category for a championship round. And not only does the weekend mark the return of F3 to Scotland, there are other new features to the weekend's racing as well.
New to F3 in 2001 is a double-header, two-race, format at each event and with the tight Knockhill circuit allowing just 28 starters, the two classes will have split races for the first time this season. That means that Scottish race fans will have a record-breaking four F3 races all on one day!
The championship is run in two classes, the Championship Class for current cars and the Scholarship Class for two-year-old cars as an entry-level class. This weekend the drivers in the Scholarship Class will have their chance to bid for overall honours in their two races.
The overall championship is being led by Takuma Sato (Japan) on 237 points from Derek Hayes (GB) on 174 and Australian James Courtney on 146 points.
The Scholarship Class has been the domain of Brit Robbie Kerr (250 points) from Matthew Gilmore (GB) and Irishman Michael Keohane.
The four races will be over 26 laps duration this Sunday, August 19, at Knockhill, Dunfermline.
