Cristiano completes Hat-trick
Cristiano Morgado and Fluid Motorsport continued
to be the class of the British Formula Three National
class last weekend when they scored a third consecutive
victory during the latest rounds at Silverstone.
Despite the satisfaction of notching up a
hat-trick of victories there was still an air of slight
frustration in the ultra competitive Fluid Motorport camp
after Cristiano was only denied a double win at Silverstone
by a mechanical problem.
Qualifying in a clear pole position for race
one, Cristiano launched his Lola-Dome down to Copse Corner
to open up a clear lead on his rivals. As has been the
rule in the last few races he also put some clear distance
on his National class pursuers by putting four Championship
class between them.
A controlled and peerless drive to the chequered
flag saw Cristiano once again stand on the top step of
the podium. As ever he was delighted with his and also
his teams performance, saying: “It was just a bout
a perfect race for me. As ever the team were superb and
I think I have learned more this season than anyone else
as I have been developing the Lola on my own.”
Race 2 saw another dominant performance from
Cristiano when he made his customary rocket start to take
a clear lead in the National class. As in thee first race,
the Lola-Dome was in a race of its own, until on lap 21
when a driveshaft breakage caused Cristiano to retire.
It was a bitter pill for the South African and the Fluid
team as another 20 points was all but guaranteed.
Still, team boss Lindsay Allen took more
many positives from the weekends performance and said: “It
was a shame that we could not achieve the double here as Cristiano
definitely deserved it. We have shown that we can win on differing
circuits like Brands, Mugello and now here at Silverstone.
Cristiano is without doubt the class of the National class
field just now and he is getting better and better with each
race that passes by. We can now go to the final races this
weekend to go for the double win and to sign off a successful
season in the right manner.”
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