TO DOUBLE POINTSULTIMATE MOTORSPORT SCORED TWO TOP-TEN FINISHES IN THE PENULTIMATE ROUND OF THE BRITISH F3 INTERNATIONAL SERIES ON SUNDAY WHEN ESTEBAN GUERRIERI FOUGHT BACK FROM A HEAVY CRASH TO MATCH MICHAEL DEVANEY'S OPENING RACE POINTS HAUL AT CROFT. In a tough weekend for the team, still chasing an elusive podium from their debut season, Irishman Devaney finished the opening race in seventh after Argentine Guerrieri crashed out of sixth when he hit Sebastien Hohenthal's car at high speed and flew backwards into the barriers late in the race. The car was badly damaged but the team worked hard to repair it during the few hours before the second race and Guerrieri rewarded their efforts by claiming seventh. Devaney, meanwhile, was forced to retire from that race after handling problems left him unable to drive the car competitively. Team manager Jonny Ostrowski said: "You could say these races were a reflection of qualifying – a mix of good and unfortunate! Esteban was closing on Seb on the re start of race one following the deployment of the safety car but was caught out and hit the back of Seb's car taking them both out of the race. It was a pity as he was looking good for sixth place. The damaged car was delivered back to the garage extremely late which immediately put the guys under pressure to prep it for race two. Early in that first race it became evident that we had not sorted problems with Mick's car. We need to get to the bottom of this very soon! Considering that the car was almost undriveable, Mick did a great job by getting P7. "In race two Esteban did not manage to get one of his usually good starts, but he still made places. This was a tough race, though, and we are happy he managed to finish in P7. Mick, however, was realy struggling with the handling of the car and we decided he should retire from the race. As ever we will re-group and make the necessary preperations for the last race at Rockingham." Guerrieri said: "The first race I was P6 and I should have finished there. I was getting oversteer but when the safety car came out the rear tyres cooled and I had a bit more grip so I pushed to overtake Hohenthal. It was very close and he defended the position. It looked like he braked earlier and I hit him in the back at high speed. I spun and hit with the rear in the tyres, the car was pretty damaged, the bodywork, brake system, rear wing, front wing. I was amazed that the guys were able to get it ready in time for the second race! "Race two was quite tough because although I had a good start (Stephen) Jelley started quite badly in front of me and I had to avoid him so I lost some time so couldn't get many places. The car was feeling good and I was catching Mansell. I tried a couple of times to overtake but then after six or seven laps it got difficult to drive, more oversteer, so I just followed a rhythm and finished behind Mansell. After such a big crash, the car had no mechanical problems and it was fine, so that was good. Really well done by the mechanics." Devaney said: "The first race was quite good, the second race was rubbish! I made a good start in the first one, overtook two cars and one fell off, but then I hit Esteban's debris and damaged my steering. The car just went to the left, it was a nightmare and it was one of the hardest races I have ever driven! We got a few points, so that was a good result. It was a shame we couldn't do the same in second race. I dropped back straight away, I was really off the pace, locking up everywhere and I was on the grass five times. There was no point staying out looking like a tosser, so I decided to come in. The guys changed a few things overnight but can't see anything wrong. We need to get it sorted for Rockingham." RACE RESULTSGuerrieri – R1: Retired; R2: 7thDevaney – R1: 7th; R2: Retired