Win number five for for Daniel Ricciardo

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August 16, 2009 in Motorsport

Win number five for for Daniel Ricciardo

After dominating qualifying for round 15 of the Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series yesterday, championship leader Daniel Ricciardo repeated the feat in this morning's Silverstone race, leading all the way from pole position to chequered flag to record his fifth race win of the season and further extend his points advantage.

The 20-year-old Australian and his Red Bull-backed Carlin Motorsport Dallara-Volkswagen made an impeccable start to build a one-second lead over his closest pursuer, Hitech's Renger van der Zande, on the opening lap. That was as close as anyone would come to Daniel for the remainder of the race.

The demandingly technical nature of the Silverstone International circuit militated against much overtaking. Most of the action occurred away from the startline, Ricciardo's team-mate Max Chilton fluffing his getaway and slipping from second on the grid to fourth behind van der Zande and Walter Grubmuller.

"It was pretty straightforward," said Ricciardo. "I got the start I needed to get. I saw that Max didn't get away well and let the Hitech boys through, but that was out of my control so I had just to focus on my race, setting the fastest lap and taking the win. After a few laps I saw the cars in my mirrors getting a bit smaller, and that's what I wanted to see."

After lap one, the only passing manoeuvre in the top 10 came on the 17th of the 23 laps, when van der Zande, who had looked a secure second, lost time and was overtaken by his Hitech team-mate Grubmuller.

"I was under a bit of pressure at the start from Chilton," said Grubmuller, "and towards the end it was difficult because there were a lot of lapped cars, but other than that it was all straightforward for me."

"We were struggling a bit with the set-up this weekend," added van der Zande. "Winning here was not possible and I am disappointed. I look forward to the next race..."

Chilton recovered from his slow getaway to hang on to fourth all the way to the line, ahead of his Carlin team-mate Henry Arundel, and the Dallaras of Carlos Huertas, Wayne Boyd, Riki Christodoulou, Daisuke Nakajima and Adriano Buzaid.

T-Sport's Gabriel Dias led all the way in the National Class, finishing 11th overall to record his fifth class win of the season. The man who has led the class points standings all season, Fortec's Daniel McKenzie, was a solid second despite complaining of handling problems.

Round 15 provisional result, Silverstone 16/8/2009

23 laps / 51.73 miles

1 INT Daniel Ricciardo/AUS, Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen, 29m 08.610s / 106.49mph

2 INT Walter Grubmüller/AUT, Hitech Dallara-Mercedes, +9.849s

3 INT Renger van der Zande/NED, Hitech Dallara-Mercedes, +10.986s

4 INT Max Chilton/GBR, Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen, +11.843s

5 INT Henry Arundel/GBR, Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen, +20.964s

6 INT Carlos Huertas/COL, RR Dallara-Mercedes, +21.412s

7 INT Wayne Boyd/GBR, T-Sport Dallara-Volkswagen, +24.433s

8 INT Riki Christodoulou/GBR, Fortec Dallara-Mercedes, +25.912s

9 INT Daisuke Nakajima/JPN, RR Dallara-Mercedes, +26.689s

10 INT Adriano Buzaid/BRA, T-Sport Dallara-Volkswagen, +27.812s