Frustration for Rossiter at the Nurburgring

By BAR Honda
August 8 2005

BAR Honda Young Driver James Rossiter had a torrid time at the Nurburgring last weekend. Driving his Dallara Opel, the Briton managed a tenth place finish and a retirement in rounds 12 and 13 of the F3 Euroseries.

Having qualified ninth and 13th respectively for the two races, Rossiter struggled for pace in race one and crossed the line 30 seconds behind first-time winner Adrian Sutil. An accident at the start of the second race forced Rossiter to retire, prematurely ending his race weekend.

Heading into the final six rounds of the championship Rossiter has 47 points putting him level with Signature-Plus team-mate Loïc Duval in fourth place. The next F3 Euroseries action will be on 28 August at Zandvoort, Netherlands.

F3 Euroseries Drivers Championship
Pos	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	ASM F3	118
2	Adrian Sutil	ASM F3	81
3	Lucas Tucci di Grassi	Manor Motorsport	53
4	Loic Duval	Signature-Plus	47
5	James Rossiter	Signature-Plus	47
6	Franck Perera	Prema Powerteam	41
7	Sebastian Vettel	ASL Mucke Motorsport	35
8	Paul di Resta	Manor Motorsport	27
9	Kohei Hirate	Team Rosberg	17
10	Guillaume Moreau	Signature	16
11	Giedo van der Garde	Team Rosberg	16
12	Marco Bonanomi	Prema Powerteam	14
13	Fabio Carbone	Signature	14
14	Maximilian Gotz	HBR Motorsport	7
15	Esteban Guerrieri	Team Midland Euroseries	7
16	Hannes Neuhauser	HBR Motorsport	5
17	Atila Abreu	ASL Mucke Motorsport	4
18	Richard Antinucci	Team Midland Euroseries	3
19	Ross Zwolsmann	Ross Zwolsmann	2
20	Gregory Franchi	Prema Powerteam	2
21	Alejandro Nunez	HBR Motorsport	1