Donington Park 4A results

2000 Green Flag British Formula Three Championship
Round 4B
Donington Park
May 7th.

Race Report by Stella-Maria Thomas and Lynne Waite

Results: 1st - No 10 - Ben Collins, Carlin, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, 30:54.264, 28 laps 2nd - No 3 - Narain Karthikeyan, Stewart, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, Gap: 0.747 3rd - No 7 - Michael Bentwood, Fortec, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, Gap: 2.783 4th - No 61 - Gary Paffett, FGR, Dallara F398 Renault, 31:04.440 (Scholarship Class Winner) 5th - No 12 - Nicolas Kiesa, RC, Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel, Gap: 10.913 6th - No 17 - Martin O'Connell, Rowan, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, Gap: 12.378 7th - No 8 - Gianmaria Bruni, Fortec, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, Gap: 17.241 8th - No 22 - Andrew Kirkaldy, Avanti, Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel, Gap: 19.561 9th - No 6 - Andy Priaulx, Promatecme, Dallara F300 Renault, Gap: 24.260 10th - No 15 - Westley Barber, ADR, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, Gap: 29.043 11th - No 1 - Antonio Pizzonia, Manor, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, Gap: 37.141 12th - No 18 - Warren Carway, Rowan, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, Gap: 54.709 13th - No 56 - Marcel Romanio, Meritus, Dallara F398 Toyota, Gap: 56.103 14th - No 52 - Phillip Hopkins, PHM, Dallara F398 Spiess-Opel, Gap: 1:01.709 15th - No 66 - Ryan Walker, Diamond, Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda, Gap: 1:02.785 16th - No 54 - Craig Fleming, ME, Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda, Gap: 1 lap

Not Classified, No 77 - Mark Mayall, Diamond, Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda, Lap 19: Crashed with Katsumata. No 55 - Atsushi Katsumata, Meritus, Dallara F398 Toyota, Lap 19, Crashed with Mayall. No 11 - Milos Pavlovic, RC, Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel, Lap 16, Broke down No 5 - Matthew Davies, Promatecme, Dallara F300 Renault, Lap 13, Crashed with Scheckter No 4 - Tomas Scheckter, Stewart, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, Lap 13, Crashed with Davies No 9 - Takuma Sato, Carlin, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, Lap 12, Spun off No 2 - Juan Manuel Lopez, Manor, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, Lap 3, Spun off. No 16 - Tor Sriachavanon, ADR, Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda, Lap 1, Stalled on starting grid

Excluded: No 51 - Christian Colombo, Rowan, Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda, Technical non-compliance.

Fastest laps: Championship Class: No 1, Antonio Pizzonia, 1:04.810, 174.97 kph/108.72 mph National Class: No 61, Gary Paffett, 1:05.915, 172.04 kph/106.90 mph

Standings: Championship Class: 1st - Antonio Pizzonia - 58 points 2nd - Tomas Scheckter - 52 points 3rd - Narain Karthikeyan - 35 points 4th - Michael Bentwood - 28 points 5th - Gianmaria Bruni - 26 points 6th - Andy Priaulx - 25 points 7th - Ben Collins - 23 points 8th - Matthew Davies - 20 points 9th - Milos Pavlovic - 14 points 10th - Nicolas Kiesa - 13 points 11th - Martin O'Connell - 11 points 12th - Takuma Sato/Westley Barber - 8 points 14th - Andrew Kirkaldy - 4 points 15th - Juan Manuel Lopez - 2 points 16th - Tor Sriachavanon - 1 point

Scholarship Class: 1st - Gary Paffett - 84 points 2nd - Phillip Hopkins/Marcel Romanio - 36 points 4th - Ryan Walker - 30 points 5th - Craig Fleming - 28 points 6th - Atsushi Katsumata - 27 points 7th - Christian Colombo - 21 points 8th - Mark Mayall - 14 points

Next Round: Round 4B, Donington Park, Leicestershire - May 7th.