After a return to the podium at the last round at Snetterton, Red Bull Junior Team Driver Daniel Ricciardo has underlined his desire to return to the top step of the podium by setting some scorching times in official testing at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent. He ended the morning session well inside the circuit lap record and 2/10ths of a second ahead of his nearest rival. Showers in the afternoon session meant that his time could not be challenged.
This weekend sees the 2009 Cooper Tires British International Formula 3 Series head north to the Donnington Park circuit in the Midlands for rounds 11 and 12 of the Championship. Both races will be held on Sunday.
Daniel Ricciardo:“Hopefully I’ll start the second half of the season as successfully as the first half – with two wins. The Brands Hatch test has proven that we are well prepared for the challenge at hand. I haven’t won now for six consecutive races already – so it’s high time...!”
Daniel takes a 23 point lead into the next races, but with 20 points for each race win, he has to keep an eye on his nearest rivals, Walter Grubmüller and Renger van der Zande from Hitech Racing to make sure that they don’t close the gap. With less than one week between the Donnington races and the next races at the legendary Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium both Daniel and his Carlin Motorsport team will be working hard to maximise the results in their Volkswagen powered Dallara F309.
