nov 19, 2006
Macau Fórmula 3 Grand Prix
Roldán Rodríguez competes in the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix with the British team Hitech Racing.
After finishing second in the F3 Spanish Championship and achieving wins in the F3000 Euro Series, the las trace of the year for Roldan was the prestigious F3 Macau Grand Prix.
A striving weekend in a circuit new to Roldan and with a different car to the one used in the Spanish Championship. After a difficult start, Rodriguez was able to overcome in one of the most difficult circuits of the world.
After the race Roldan Rodriguez realized that “clutch is very different to the national F3 and I have never rehearsed the start in this car. However, I am thankful to the Hitech team for having given me the opportunity to participate here. Also for the paced we’ve kept during the race and all the times we have passed other. I hope to comeback in the future, verily this is an amazing race”.
Pos | Nationality | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired |
1 | United Kingdom | Mike Conway | Räikkönen-Robertson Racing | 15 | 39:35.404 |
2 | United States | Richard Antinucci | ASM Formule 3 | 15 | 1.489 |
3 | GermanyAdrian | Adrian Sutil | TOM’S | 15 | 2.055 |
4 | Switzerland | Sébastien Buemi | Carlin Motorsport | 15 | 7.409 |
5 | France | Romain Grosjean | Signature | 15 | 8.752 |
6 | United Kingdom | James Jakes | Manor Motorsport | 15 | 23.963 |
7 | JapanKazuya | Kazuya Oshima | TOM’S | 15 | 29.948 |
8 | Netherlands | Yelmer Buurman | Fortec Motorsport | 15 | 35.978 |
9 | Germany | Maro Engel | Carlin Motorsport | 15 | 36.494 |
10 | Brazil | Fabio Carbone | ThreeBond Racing | 15 | 36.904 |
11 | United Kingdom | Stephen Jelley | Räikkönen-Robertson Racing | 15 | 44.681 |
12 | United Kingdom | James Winslow | ZAP Speed | 15 | 45.128 |
13 | Estonia | Marko Asmer | Hitech Racing | 15 | 45.466 |
14 | Italy | Mauro Massironi | Ombra Racing | 15 | 50.021 |
15 | United Kingdom | Oliver Jarvis | Carlin Motorsport | 15 | 50.142 |
16 | United Kingdom | Jonathan Kennard | Alan Docking Racing | 15 | 54.400 |
17 | Spain | Roldán Rodríguez | Hitech Racing | 15 | 56.547 |
18 | Japan | Daisuke Ikeda | EMS Racing | 15 | 58.457 |
19 | Japan | Kamui Kobayashi | ASM Formule 3 | 15 | +1:02.141 |
20 | Macau | Michael Ho | Ombra Racing | 15 | +1:46.823 |
21 | United States | Charlie Kimball | Signature | 15 | +2:03.556 |
22 | MacauLou | Meng Cheong | Swiss Racing Team | 15 | +2:06.282 |
23 | Germany | Sebastian Vettel | Carlin Motorsport | 14 | +1 lap |
24 | Brazil | Roberto Streit | Prema Powerteam | 14 | +1 lap |
25 | Macau | Jo Merszei | Swiss Racing Team | 14 | +1 lap |
26 | MacauLei | Kit Meng | Swiss Racing Team | 14 | +1 lap |
27 | Japan | Kohei Hirate | Manor Motorsport | 13 | +2 laps |
Ret | Japan | Koudai Tsukakoshi | Prema Powerteam | 12 | Retired |
Ret | Japan | Kazuki Nakajima | Manor Motorsport | 10 | Retired |
Ret | United Kingdom | Paul di Resta | ASM Formule 3 | 0 | Retired |
Ret | Macau | Rodolfo Avila | Performance Racing | 0 | Retired |
Ret | Spain | Máximo Cortés | Hitech Racing | 0 | Retired |