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Germany drivers take F3 wins

Tuesday, July 01, 2008
While it is off-season for A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, it is still a busy time for several of its top racers with two of A1 Team Germany’s star drivers proving successful this weekend in the F3 Euroseries.

Christian Vietoris, a winner for the squad in Taupo last January, and Nico Hulkenberg, who won nine A1GP races in 2006/07 when Germany clinched the title, were both victorious around one of their country’s most notorious street circuits, the Norisring.

Vietoris overtook former A1 Team Czech Republic racer Erik Janis for the lead and was never headed in Sunday’s second race, while Hulkenberg had dominated Saturday’s first encounter.

“After the re-start, it took a while before my tyres were warm,” Vietoris said of his win. “After that, I was able to overtake and claim my first win. Today, I had luck, but the F3 Euroseries title is still a long way to go.”

The second race was successful for another A1GP race winner – Canada’s Robert Wickens, who finished runner-up in what was only his fourth F3 Euroseries race.

Meanwhile, fellow Canadian James Hinchliffe maintained his front-running form in the Atlantic Championship, with fourth place at the Mont-Tremblant circuit in Canada.

Other A1GP drivers - Pakistan’s Adam Khan, Brazilian rookie Felipe Guimaraes, and French rookie Nicolas Prost - all scored podium finishes in the brace of races at the in the Euroseries 3000 championship at Valencia, Spain. New Zealand rookie Brendon Hartley took a double win in the British F3 championship.

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