Last week, the WCSLeague visited Magny-Cours, France, for the third round of the their Formula 3 Season 1. New to the team was Patrick Wannemüller. He stepped into the seat vacated by Casper Onwijn who wanted to focus on the upcoming 2017 Formula Challenge season after Round One of the championship. It is not the first time the two German drivers partnered up, so we are convinced that they will form a strong drivers pairing for the rest of the season.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t follow the race as I myself raced for the first time in at least seven years and drove a Formula 3 around the Nürburgring, so I present you the drivers’ statements below.
Philipp:
“In the main race I had a good start and was able to gain a few positions, but struggled with cold tires. For the most part of the race I was stuck between Wopke and Stephane. I was able to get by Wopke during the pitstops. But as he had a better pace than me, I finished the race behind Wopke in P9.
I was starting the second race from Pole Position and was able to match the frontrunners’ pace in the first few laps. In the penultimate lap I was in P6 but went onto the grass and spun out. Due to the crash into the barrier I had suspension damage in the last lap, but luckily I had enough of a gap to Menno to finish in P9 again.”
Patrick:
“I had two relatevly quiet races. In the first race, [Roy] Schroten had a bad start which meant I was stuck between him and Wesley Stefano and crashed. I had to pit to repair the damage and rejoined the race in second-to-last position. After that, I was able to fight my way through the grid and finished the race in 16th place, just outside the points.
I had quite a good start in Race Two and was able to battle with Simonjic and Richards. On Lap 7 however I made a mistake in the last corner and had to retire the car.”
The next round will be held in Indianapolis on March 1st, 2017. Below, you can find the broadcast of the race, followed by the results of all timed sessions.
Results
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
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1 | Jernej Simoncic | Hawkeye Racing | 1:30.466 | -:–.— | 007 |
2 | Eros Masciulli | Pescara SHS | 1:30.483 | 0:00.017 | 010 |
3 | Jason Muscat | Malta Force GP | 1:30.579 | 0:00.114 | 010 |
4 | Kevin Siggy | TG Racing | 1:30.634 | 0:00.168 | 011 |
5 | Sven de Vries | Satellite Racing | 1:30.662 | 0:00.196 | 011 |
6 | Wopke Hoekstra | CM Tech | 1:30.781 | 0:00.316 | 012 |
7 | Borja Millan | Malta Force GP | 1:30.790 | 0:00.324 | 011 |
8 | Tobias Olsson | Ice Cold Racing | 1:30.853 | 0:00.387 | 013 |
9 | Michael Francesconi | Pescara SHS | 1:30.875 | 0:00.409 | 011 |
10 | Maciej Mlynek | Hawkeye Racing | 1:30.991 | 0:00.525 | 012 |
11 | Stephane Rouault | Edonis Engineering | 1:31.090 | 0:00.625 | 012 |
12 | Roy Schroten | Racing Team Schroten | 1:31.149 | 0:00.684 | 010 |
13 | Philipp Konig | STAX Racing | 1:31.153 | 0:00.687 | 012 |
14 | Patrick Wannemuller | STAX Racing | 1:31.274 | 0:00.809 | 011 |
15 | Niels Brugman | Wauters Automotive | 1:31.294 | 0:00.828 | 012 |
16 | Wesley Stefano | EJ Engineering | 1:31.430 | 0:00.964 | 011 |
17 | Chris Kinsman | Racing Team Schroten | 1:31.478 | 0:01.013 | 009 |
18 | Matt Richards | Fanatec Draig Racing | 1:31.540 | 0:01.075 | 009 |
19 | Terence Grech | TG Racing | 1:31.543 | 0:01.078 | 009 |
20 | Christoph Lichtenstein | MDR Motorsports | 1:31.701 | 0:01.236 | 008 |
21 | Menno Klont | TR Bluvos Motorsport | 1:31.711 | 0:01.246 | 011 |
22 | Mike Kwint | MDR Motorsports | 1:31.728 | 0:01.262 | 008 |
23 | Gerrit de Vries | Deltec Racing | 1:32.119 | 0:01.653 | 009 |
24 | Otto Soininen | Edonis Engineering | 1:32.143 | 0:01.677 | 008 |
25 | Jacob Pegg | Satellite Racing | 1:32.854 | 0:02.388 | 011 |
26 | Bret Metcalf | Deltec Racing | 1:32.862 | 0:02.396 | 011 |
27 | Robert Johnsson | Ice Cold Racing | 1:32.989 | 0:02.524 | 009 |
28 | Jack Mayor | EJ Engineering | 1:34.622 | 0:04.157 | 006 |
29 | TheovdBrink | Woods Racing | 1:36.526 | 0:06.061 | 010 |
30 | Rienk Hoekstra | CM Tech | 1:40.038 | 0:09.573 | 010 |
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps | Points | Race% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sven de Vries | Satellite Racing | 41:34.723 | -:–.— | 027 | 25 | 100 |
2 | Tobias Olsson | Ice Cold Racing | 41:35.335 | 0:00.612 | 027 | 20 | 100 |
3 | Maciej Mlynek | Hawkeye Racing | 41:37.375 | 0:02.653 | 027 | 16 | 100 |
4 | Eros Masciulli | Pescara SHS | 41:37.735 | 0:03.012 | 027 | 13 | 100 |
5 | Kevin Siggy | TG Racing | 41:38.894 | 0:04.172 | 027 | 11 | 100 |
6 | Borja Millan | Malta Force GP | 41:41.196 | 0:06.472 | 027 | 10 | 100 |
7 | Jason Muscat | Malta Force GP | 41:45.131 | 0:10.407 | 027 | 9 | 100 |
8 | Wopke Hoekstra | CM Tech | 41:48.897 | 0:14.175 | 027 | 8 | 100 |
9 | Philipp Konig | STAX Racing | 41:52.137 | 0:17.415 | 027 | 7 | 100 |
10 | Stephane Rouault | Edonis Engineering | 41:53.445 | 0:18.722 | 027 | 6 | 100 |
11 | Michael Francesconi | Pescara SHS | 41:56.969 | 0:22.246 | 027 | 5 | 100 |
12 | Roy Schroten | Racing Team Schroten | 42:00.346 | 0:25.624 | 027 | 4 | 100 |
13 | Chris Kinsman | Racing Team Schroten | 42:02.077 | 0:27.354 | 027 | 3 | 100 |
14 | Matt Richards | Fanatec Draig Racing | 42:08.438 | 0:33.715 | 027 | 2 | 100 |
15 | Menno Klont | TR Bluvos Motorsport | 42:30.339 | 0:55.617 | 027 | 1 | 100 |
16 | Patrick Wannemuller | STAX Racing | 42:38.529 | 1:03.807 | 027 | 0 | 100 |
17 | Jacob Pegg | Satellite Racing | 42:45.698 | 1:10.974 | 027 | 0 | 100 |
18 | Jack Mayor | EJ Engineering | 43:20.042 | 1:45.320 | 027 | 0 | 100 |
19 | Terence Grech | TG Racing | 44:21.349 | 2:46.626 | 027 | 0 | 100 |
20 | Bret Metcalf | Deltec Racing | 41:48.908 | + 1 Laps | 026 | 0 | 96 |
21 | Robert Johnsson | Ice Cold Racing | 42:16.689 | + 1 Laps | 026 | 0 | 96 |
22 | Gerrit de Vries | Deltec Racing | 42:24.899 | + 1 Laps | 026 | 0 | 96 |
23 | Rienk Hoekstra | CM Tech | 42:59.162 | + 1 Laps | 026 | 0 | 96 |
24 | Jernej Simoncic | Hawkeye Racing | DNF | + 4 Laps | 023 | 0 | 85 |
25 | TheovdBrink | Woods Racing | DNF | + 5 Laps | 022 | 0 | 81 |
26 | Wesley Stefano | EJ Engineering | Brakes | + 6 Laps | 021 | 0 | 78 |
27 | Niels Brugman | Wauters Automotive | Brakes | + 11 Laps | 016 | 0 | 59 |
28 | Christoph Lichtenstein | MDR Motorsports | DNF | + 11 Laps | 016 | 0 | 59 |
29 | Josh Downard | Fanatec Draig Racing | Accident | + 12 Laps | 015 | 0 | 56 |
30 | Mike Kwint | MDR Motorsports | Accident | + 26 Laps | 001 | 0 | 4 |
31 | Otto Soininen | Edonis Engineering | DNF | + 27 Laps | 000 | 0 | 0 |
Italics indicate Fastest Laps
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps | Points | Race% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wopke Hoekstra | CM Tech | 21:21.221 | -:–.— | 014 | 25 | 100 |
2 | Jason Muscat | Malta Force GP | 21:31.538 | 0:10.316 | 014 | 20 | 100 |
3 | Sven de Vries | Satellite Racing | 21:31.759 | 0:10.537 | 014 | 16 | 100 |
4 | Michael Francesconi | Pescara SHS | 21:32.362 | 0:11.141 | 014 | 13 | 100 |
5 | Borja Millan | Malta Force GP | 21:32.608 | 0:11.386 | 014 | 11 | 100 |
6 | Maciej Mlynek | Hawkeye Racing | 21:32.768 | 0:11.547 | 014 | 10 | 100 |
7 | Jernej Simoncic | Hawkeye Racing | 21:33.842 | 0:12.620 | 014 | 9 | 100 |
8 | Matt Richards | Fanatec Draig Racing | 21:34.662 | 0:13.441 | 014 | 8 | 100 |
9 | Philipp Konig | STAX Racing | 21:48.516 | 0:27.295 | 014 | 7 | 100 |
10 | Menno Klont | TR Bluvos Motorsport | 21:55.139 | 0:33.916 | 014 | 6 | 100 |
11 | Wesley Stefano | EJ Engineering | 21:59.639 | 0:38.418 | 014 | 5 | 100 |
12 | Roy Schroten | Racing Team Schroten | 22:02.322 | 0:41.101 | 014 | 4 | 100 |
13 | Chris Kinsman | Racing Team Schroten | 22:03.555 | 0:42.333 | 014 | 3 | 100 |
14 | Tobias Olsson | Ice Cold Racing | 22:05.601 | 0:44.379 | 014 | 2 | 100 |
15 | Mike Kwint | MDR Motorsports | 22:17.327 | 0:56.106 | 014 | 1 | 100 |
16 | Gerrit de Vries | Deltec Racing | 22:19.219 | 0:57.998 | 014 | 0 | 100 |
17 | Jacob Pegg | Satellite Racing | 22:20.643 | 0:59.422 | 014 | 0 | 100 |
18 | Robert Johnsson | Ice Cold Racing | 22:56.824 | 1:35.602 | 014 | 0 | 100 |
19 | Jack Mayor | EJ Engineering | 23:10.962 | 1:49.740 | 014 | 0 | 100 |
20 | Josh Downard | Fanatec Draig Racing | 23:23.872 | 2:02.650 | 014 | 0 | 100 |
21 | Kevin Siggy | TG Racing | Suspension | + 5 Laps | 009 | 0 | 64 |
22 | Patrick Wannemuller | STAX Racing | Suspension | + 8 Laps | 006 | 0 | 43 |
23 | Eros Masciulli | Pescara SHS | Brakes | + 8 Laps | 006 | 0 | 43 |
24 | Christoph Lichtenstein | MDR Motorsports | Suspension | + 13 Laps | 001 | 0 | 7 |
25 | Rienk Hoekstra | CM Tech | Engine | + 13 Laps | 001 | 0 | 7 |
26 | Bret Metcalf | Deltec Racing | Suspension | + 13 Laps | 001 | 0 | 7 |
27 | Terence Grech | TG Racing | Suspension | + 13 Laps | 001 | 0 | 7 |
Italics indicate Fastest Laps
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