01.08.08 TURVEY CLAIMS SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON AT SPA Friday, 01 August 2008: Oliver Turvey won the second race of his short British F3 career in a dominant display at Spa-Francorchamps today. The 21 years-old Racing Steps Foundation driver had served notice of his intentions after emerging on top in both of Friday's free practice sessions. He then rounded off the day with his maiden F3 pole - and to emphasise the fact that he had really found his sweet spot in his Carlin Dallara-Mercedes - he claimed a second pole in this morning's qualifying session. After today, the F3 rookie lies second in the championship four points behind the leader. Despite starting from pole position for today's round 15, he initially lost the lead to fellow Carlin team mate Brendon Hartley who got the better of him on the run down to La Source. But with the prospect of his second win of the season in sight he quickly found a way past the New Zealander on the run up to Les Combes following a side by side battle through Eau Rouge. Afterwards a jubilant Turvey commented: "I didn't make the best start but here it's not a big issue really. There's the long straight up to Les Combes, so once I dropped to second I just decided I was going to slipstream Brendon down there, which I managed to do, and from then on it was just a matter of controlling the race from the front. "So to get a second win – and for it to be here at Spa – is just fantastic for me, the Racing Steps Foundation and the team. "Carlin and my race engineer Jimmy have given me a fantastic car so I just hope I can put in a repeat performance tomorrow to reward everyone for all the support I'm getting. We've certainly got the pace as we've already shown But tomorrow's another day, so we'll just have to wait and see." << back to news