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Antonio Felix da Costa takes F3 Cup pole by nine seconds (20 posts)

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Keith Collantine said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

An incredible performance by young Red Bull driver Antontio Felix da Costa today. In a wet qualifying session for an F3 Cup race at Snetterton he took pole position by nine seconds!

Da Costa is competing in the race so that he will be eligible to participate in the Macau Grand Prix. He took pole by 9.115s from Chris Dittman, followed by Kevin Korjus – the latter, like Da Costa, preparing for Macau.

Report here:

http://www.f3cup.co.uk/news/da-costa-grabs-pole-but-dittmann-shines.aspx

And more on Da Costa here:

One To Watch: Antonio Felix da Costa

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craig-o said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

9 seconds is the type of margin we haven’t seen in any series for a long time on a track that short… Incredible!

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electrolite said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

I’m getting very excited about this guy! along with Robin Frijns of course.

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safeeuropeanhome said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

That is pretty outstanding, reminiscent of Gilles Villeneuve at Watkins Glen in 1979 by the sounds of it!

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Wallbreaker said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

9 seconds, holy mother of god :o

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mrgrieves said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

That is amazing. What a effort by Da Costa. He is starting to look like THE outstanding talent outside of F1. This guy is making a lot of noise and the F1 community will have to sit up and see this like we have

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JPedroCQF1 said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

Oh he’s great! This guy make sme dream about a portuguese title in Formula 1!

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Tom L. said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

Couldn’t help noticing a guy called Louis Hamilton-Smith in P4…

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Bob said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

If ever there was a clearer sign of da Costa’s potential, this is it. Taking pole by a margin of 9 seconds… unthinkable.

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Prisoner Monkeys said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

I have to laugh at the title of the article: “Da Costa grabs pole but Dittmann shines”.

How, exactly, did Dittmann shine when da Costa took pole by nine seconds?

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andae23 said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

What makes it more impressive, is the fact that is was Snetterton: only 8 corners or so, so how did he find nine seconds there?

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Prisoner Monkeys said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

@andae23 – Snetterton got an upgrade last year:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Snetterton_2011.svg&page=1

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andae23 said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

@prisoner-monkeys Oh, in that case never mind
Still, very impressive

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Dizzy-A said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

@prisoner-monkeys – I was going to say the same thing! Except Da Costa, nobody shone if they were beaten by 9 seconds!

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91jb12 said 6 months, 3 weeks ago:

A few struggling to meet the 107% rule there!
and a funny headline

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