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Antonio Felix da Costa takes F3 Cup pole by nine seconds

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    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

    #213869
    Craig Woollard
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    9 seconds is the type of margin we haven’t seen in any series for a long time on a track that short… Incredible!

    #213870
    electrolite
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    I’m getting very excited about this guy! along with Robin Frijns of course.

    #213871
    safeeuropeanhome
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    That is pretty outstanding, reminiscent of Gilles Villeneuve at Watkins Glen in 1979 by the sounds of it!

    #213872
    Wallbreaker
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    9 seconds, holy mother of god :o

    #213873
    mrgrieves
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    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

    #213874
    JPQuesado
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    Oh he’s great! This guy make sme dream about a portuguese title in Formula 1!

    #213875
    Tom L.
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    Couldn’t help noticing a guy called Louis Hamilton-Smith in P4…

    #213876
    Bob
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    If ever there was a clearer sign of da Costa’s potential, this is it. Taking pole by a margin of 9 seconds… unthinkable.

    #213877
    Prisoner Monkeys
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    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
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    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
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    #213880
    andae23
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    @prisoner-monkeys Oh, in that case never mind
    Still, very impressive

    #213881
    David-A
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    @prisoner-monkeys – I was going to say the same thing! Except Da Costa, nobody shone if they were beaten by 9 seconds!

    #213882
    91jb12
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    A few struggling to meet the 107% rule there!
    and a funny headline

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