24 June 2002

FIA International Formula 3000 Championship - Nurburgring

Alex Muller made his debut with the European Minardi team this weekend and qualified in 15th place. Giorgio Pantano, who led the championship prior to the last round at Monaco had an encouraging qualifying session and started sixth.

A potential third position finish for was in sight early on as Giorgio had a good fight with Antonio Pizzonia. Unfortunately he was caught out by the kerbs at the Veedol chicane and spun to 11th. Giorgio also had brake problems by this time and a collision with Zsolst Baumgartner, who had held Giorgio up, added insult to injury.

Alex Muller failed to finish after gearbox problems.

Giorgio Pantano remains third in the Championship. Brask Management boss Lars-Christian Brask commented that the season is still at the half way stage and there are still 60 points to race for!

British Formula Three Championship - Castle Combe

Jesper Carlsen experienced another difficult weekend in the British Formula Three Championship but did make progress from his qualifying positions of ninth and fifth. He finished seventh in the Scholarship class for race one on Sunday. The second race saw Jesper improve with a fifth place finish.