THE DEBUT IN SILVERSTONE WAS AFFECTED BY A DIFFICULT WEEKEND, BUT NOW IT’S TIME TO GET READY FOR THE NEXT ROUND AT HOCKENHEIMThe 2014 season hasn’t started the way Riccardo Agostini had hoped this weekend on his debut in the FIA F3 European Championship.

At Silverstone, where the first out of the 11 rounds of the continental series took place, the young Italian driver couldn’t match the performances of the pre-season tests, where he shone as fronrunner. Because of various problems, which affected the entire weekend, he couldn’t celebrate properly his 20th birthday, which was today.

The last of these problems, but not the least, occurred Sunday morning during Race 3, when an issue with the electronics of the steering wheel caused the gear to remain stuck in neutral, forcing thus Riccardo to stall on his position at the start.

After a late start, during the following round, Riccardo made a pit stop to replace the steering wheel. Even if this didn’t solve the problem he managed to finish his race.

But his performances, already during the qualifying and the first two races of Saturday, have not been up to the expectations. For the record Agostini ended the races in 21st, 23rd and 22nd position.

What is positive is the fact that, these weekend’s races were just the first of a 33-races championship and it’s time to get ready with optimism for the next round in Hockenheim, scheduled in 15 days from now, during the May 2-4 weekend..

FIA F.3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP20/04 SILVERSTONE GBR04/05 HOCKENHEIM GER11/05 PAU FRA01/06 HUNGARORING HUN22/06 SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS BEL29/06 NORISRING GER13/07 MOSCA RUS03/08 SPIELBERG AUT17/08 NÜRBURGRING GER12/10 IMOLA ITA11/11 HOCKENHEIM GER