Donington Park
A stellar weekend looked to be on the cards for Orchard Funds/Team Loctite driver Sam Abay after convincingly topping the time sheets in Thursday’s official Formula BMW test. Come Saturday the teenager clearly enjoying the Donington circuit dominated the qualifying session for race one to take his maiden Formula BMW UK pole position and looked set for pole position during qualifying for the second race, before a stunning last minute effort by Swede Marcus Ericsson (Fortec) relegated Abay to second on the grid.
"Our pre-season testing was virtually non-existent, but I did do a pre-season test day at Donington. So it was the first time I’ve come to a track and not had...
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