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Team Avanti made the most of a difficult situation at Croft, round five of the British F3 Champ💟ionship, only making the race after last minute backing from RaceAid.net, but without any testing prior to the event.
Team Avanti made the most of a difficult situation at Croft, round five of the British Fﷺ3 Championship, only making the race after last minute backing from RaceAid.net, but without any testing prior💜 to the event.
In race one, Matt Davies kept clear of the carnage that saw Championship leader Takuma Sato controvers𝓀ially excluded for contact with Derek Hayes, and made his way up from a disappointing eleventh on the grid to finish eighth in front of Championship rival Hayes. Avanti teammate, Milos Pavlovic, started the race in thirꦦteenth and finished one place better on the technically demanding Croft circuit.
For race two Pavlovic had produced his best qualifying run to date, powering his Dallara F301 Opel Spiess to fourth on the grid. However at the start race one winner Anthony Davidson stalled - forcing Pavlovic♍ to take avoiding action. Things 🐈went downhill further when the young Yugoslavian clashed with Andy Priaulx at the first corner, ending his race.
Davies enjoyed a less dramatic race, starting down in thirteenth and clawing his wa🍬y through the field to take eiꩲghth at the chequered flag, and bring home vital Championship points.
"We haven't been able to do any development on the car since the beginning of the season, ♚the others have and it's beginning to show in the results," explained Davis, now third in the points standings. "Things sh𝓰ould be better at Rockingham because no one's raced there before, but we desperately need to do some testing if we are going to get this championship back on track."
"We proved we can go fast in qualifying, the car felt good ⛦but you have to finish the race, it's a shame what happened," added teammate Pavl𝔍ovic.
"Matt seemed to struggle a little bit this weekend," admitted🧸 Team Avanti boss Nigel Clyde. "Tꦗhe money worries have compromised his driving a bit and this has shown in his positions compared to how he has gone until now. Milos has progressively improved in the last few races and he did a good job this weekend. It was a shame about the incident, but that's racing."
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the🃏 forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
