Northern Irish racer William Buller endured a frustrating trip to Germany for the latest rounds of the Cooper Tires British F3 International Series season after on-track incidents with a guest driver in two of the three races affected his hopes of picking up a bumper points haul at the Nurburgring.Will, originally from Scarva but now based in Northamptonshire, went into the weekend looking to replicate the form that saw him take a podium finish last time out at Brands Hatch.Qualifying saw Will secure the sixth quickest time at the wheel of his Fortec Motorsport-run Dallara, despite the MSA Team UK-backed driver having been on the back foot going into the session as the set-up on his car wasn’t to his liking.After a solid start to the opening race, Will moved up to fifth place and then held his position to the finish despite contact from Antonio Felix da Costa on the final lap.When the sprint race got underway, Will found himself running in third place following an early Safety Car period but his hopes of challenging for second place were ended in abrupt fashion on the fourth lap when contact from da Costa saw Will forced to return to the pits to retire.Sixth on the grid again for the final race of the weekend, Will made up places at the start before a forceful move from da Costa saw him slip back down the field. Although he recovered to finish the final race of the weekend in seventh place, it was very much a case of what might have been for the youngster.“The weekend started well in practice when the circuit was wet but then it dried out and the set-up we had gone with didn’t work as we thought it would,” Will reflected. “We were on the back foot a bit going into qualifying so to get sixth wasn’t a bad result, all things considered.“In the first race I got a decent start and to finish fifth was a reasonable result despite the contact on the final lap. I made a good start in the second race and was fighting for second place and then da Costa put me off and I was forced to retire. He got a grid penalty for race three, but that doesn’t give me back a podium finish. In the final race, he then made a silly move and I dropped back down the field before coming back to seventh.“It’s frustrating and disappointing as I was looking for a strong weekend in Germany and instead a driver who isn’t even in the championship affected my results on track. Next up is Paul Ricard and that’s a low downforce circuit like Monza where I went well at the start of the season so hopefully things will come good there.”As well as moving up the British F3 standings, Will’s performance at the Nurburgring saw him maintain his position in the Sunoco Daytona Challenge standings, the initiative open to drivers in a range of series’ that offers a prize of a drive in the Rolex 24 at Daytona Grand-Am event with a top Daytona Prototype team worth $250,000.