BF3
Silverstone II: Salvador Duran preview
SALVADOR DURAN CLOSE TO THE CROWN AT SILVERSTONE OXFORD, U.K. (October 5, 2005).- British F-3 National Class Points leader Salvador Duran will participate this weekend in last two races of the season, both two to be held at the 3.618-Km.
Published: Oct 5, 2005, 9:17 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
SALVADOR DURAN CLOSE TO THE CROWN AT SILVERSTONE
OXFORD, U.K. (October 5, 2005).- British F-3 National Class Points leader Salvador Duran will participate this weekend in last two races of the season, both two to be held at the 3.618-Km. Silverstone circuit, in England, with the purpose to secure the crown to his credit.
Salvador currently has 268 points whilst his rival Barton Mawer has 244, with just 42 points in dispute -21 per race with fastest lap included, surely last round of British championship will be really exciting.
If Duran clinches the title, he will become the second Mexican driver to grab it; the first one to achieve it was Fernando Plata in 1989, when the series was named British Formula 3 Class "B". However, Duran would become the youngest Mexican fellow to win this championship, with 19 years old.
Regarding this, Fernando Plata said: "I'm so glad this chap is very close to win the British Formula Three Class National Championship. When I won it, in those days the knowledge about racing in Mexico was poor and just a few ones cared about our championship here (in Mexico); although in Europe it opened for me many doors that I have never imagined. In this case, the main thing is that this young man is surrounded by the best available in Mexico, both in sportive and business matters."
On the other hand, Telmex-backed driver Salvador Duran made some comments about the circuit where he will compete this weekend: "Wednesday afternoon I will meet my team at the track. I like Silverstone very much, because I've already won [two races] there. Although the circuit I will race on this weekend is the short one, the international (3.618-Km.) and the one I raced on August is the Grand Prix one (5.139-Km.). In fact, there are many differences between them, only the first and last turns are the same. I like better the big circuit, but also the small one is nice and interesting, the latter wears out very much the tyres.
"I'm calm and focus. I feel confident on what I am doing, obviously I am nervous because this situation is not easy [this situation]. I also want to thank my sponsors Telmex, Corona, Sun, AMD, Ericsson, Inter Proteccion, SPEED, Pole Position, Prodigy Infinitum and Grupo Comosa for all their support and I promise them to do my best to clinch the championship to show them how grateful I feel for all their support, because we are here to do so," Duran said.
-www.escuderiatelmex.com
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Road Atlanta II: Hearn Motorsports race notes
Next article Bathurst: Stone Brothers Racing preview
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Salvador Duran
Exclusive: Team Aguri in talks for Chinese takeover
Formula E
Formula E
Exclusive: Team Aguri in talks for Chinese takeover
Ma Qinghua lands Aguri Formula E seat
Formula E
Formula E
Ma Qinghua lands Aguri Formula E seat
Duran: Mexican Formula E race will be ‘big challenge'
Formula E
Formula E
Mexico ePrix
Duran: Mexican Formula E race will be ‘big challenge'
Latest news
Alex Bowman hits out at critics in snarky post, shooting down early exit rumors
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
2 h
Alex Bowman hits out at critics in snarky post, shooting down early exit rumors
Ryan Blaney gets sweet redemption after 'nightmares' following 2024 Homestead loss
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
2 h
Ryan Blaney gets sweet redemption after 'nightmares' following 2024 Homestead loss
IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing
IndyCar
Indy IndyCar 2 h
IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing
Noah Gragson apologizes to Daniel Suarez for spinning him at Homestead
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
3 h
Noah Gragson apologizes to Daniel Suarez for spinning him at Homestead
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe