WCS Formula 3 Season 1 – Round 3 Roundup

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:

Philipp achieved STAX Racing’s first pole position, albeit through a reverse grid rule.

“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:

Moments before Patrick’s race ending crash.

“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

QualifyingMain RaceSprint Race
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
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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