Robert finished 9th at race 01

A very cold Magny-Cours circuit welcomed the F3 Euro Series Circus for the penultimate round of the season 2003. Even if the championship title had already been assigned at Hockenheim to leader Australian Ryan Briscoe, the two French races promised to give the spectators and teams a very battled fight on track between the 30 drives at the wheel of their F3 cars. With –2°C air temperature the F3 drivers faced the qualifying for Race1 aware of the difficulty that they would have had to get their Kumho tyres up in right temperature. The 30 minutes of qualifying saw a strong fight for the top positions with some drivers caught by surprise by the icy track, like Pla who hit the tyres at the first corner. In these conditions, where was very easy to make mistakes, Robert put his Dallara-Mugen Honda in 15th position. For the all session “Boss” suffered of some braking problems, also after entered the pit-lane to change the pads. Things went better during the race and Robert was able to make a brilliant start passing 6 cars and finishing the penultimate race in 9th position, so close to the point zone. “My car was really better than in qualifying” commented Robert “It’s just a pity that I didn’t finish into the point zone, but me and the team had a misunderstanding and I didn’t realize I was 9th. If I had known, I would have pushed harder to reach the 8th place. Anyway, I’m quite satisfied because with temperatures so low it was very easy to make mistakes and ruin the race or hit the tyres barriers”.

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