Champion Tom Blomqvist, son of world rallying legend Stig, drove an international class Dallara-Mercedes for Lotus affiliate team Litespeed.
“It was very wet and really slippery,” said Blomqvist, 16, who set a best lap time of 1m35.630s. “Tough but fun sums up the day. I was lucky enough to have already had a run with Litespeed in the dry at Silverstone, so I knew what to expect from the car at least.”
Hungarian Tamas Pal Kiss and British racer Ollie Millroy both sampled Team West-Tec’s National Class Dallara-Mugen-Honda.
Millroy, 20, has previously tested one of West-Tec’s European F3 Open cars, as well as a Fluid Motorsport-run British F3 National Class car.
“It was a lot different to the Renault,” he said, after setting a 1m35.862s best. “And it took a while to get used to changing gear the ‘old’ way but, despite it being freezing cold and chucking it down, it was good fun and great experience.”
Nineteen-year-old Hungarian Kiss endured some of the worst of the weather in the afternoon, but still managed a 1m35.749s best lap.
“It just got wetter and wetter,” he said, “and it was very hard to see, and very windy. But all the same it was a very good prize for finishing third in Formula Renault UK and I enjoyed it very much.”
Championship manager Lisa Crampton said she hoped the prize test scheme could be expanded in 2011.
“Tom, Tama’s and Ollie all deserved their chance and have, I know, gained from the experience,” she said. “We hope that all three of them will be able to step up to British F3 in 2011.
“The test went brilliantly well, and thanks are due not only to Litespeed F3, Motul Team West-Tec and Rockingham, but also to Cooper Tires, TSL Timing and Everitt Boles for their support.
“SRO and British F3 look forward to the even bigger plans that are in the pipeline for official prize testing in 2011.”
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