GP3 TEST AT ICY SILVERSTONE

For the last two test days prior to the first race of 2013 the GP3 Series teams met up on 3^rd/4^th April at Silverstone (GB). Again the entire field turned out with 27 drivers each day, including Samin Gomez, Patric Niederhauser and Alex Fontana for Jenzer Motorsport. The weather was so bad you would not have turned a dog out of the house in it, with temperatures barely edging above 0°C on both days.

The morning of day one started with an icy track, and the teams had to wait a long time before anyone could even run any installation laps. It was only in the last hour before midday that most people headed for a test run. Alex was quickly up to 4^th, Paric was 12^th and Samin was 24^th by lunchtime. Some more mileage was possible in the afternoon, but our team didn’t even use all the available tyres. It didn’t help that Samin was not very well, having gone down with the ‘flu, so she retreated to the hotel early. At the end of the day Alex was 8^th, Patric 15^th and Samin 25^th.

At the start of day two there was a scattering of snow! Samin was now so ill that she didn’t feel able to drive and stayed back at the hotel. Alex ended the morning 3^rd with Patric in 18^th. In the afternoon it just kept on snowing so the team spent their time on preparation work for the races.

We are now looking forward to the start of the racing season.

The first race of the new season will take place as a support act to the Formula 1 Grand Prix on 11^th/12^th May 2013 at Barcelona (E).