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Raikkonen Robertson Racing endured a tough outing at Spa-Francorchamps this weekend,
as the team took part in rounds 13 and 14 of the 2009 Cooper Tires British F3 International Series.
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A strong qualifying performance by Daisuke Nakajima and Carlos Huertas in first qualifying ended in disappointment in race one,
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Despite numerous incidents in a chaotic race two Huertas and Nakajima brought home a seventh and eighth place finish respectively, while Kevin Chen finished 15th in both races on his maiden F3 weekend.
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Nakajima and Huertas delivered two top ten qualifying positions for round 13 on Thursday;
Nakajima put his Mercedes powered Dallara eighth on the grid, with Huertas just behind in ninth place.
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Despite the strong showing in qualifying,
hopes of a strong finish in the first race of the weekend were dashed early on in Friday afternoon
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Managing to get away after a few seconds, Huertas made his way through the field to take his original starting position as the cars filed onto the grid for the race start.
All three Raikkonen Robertson cars made it down to the first corner,
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Meanwhile team mate Huertas was running a strong race; taking fifth place early on the young driver had somewhat of a lonely race.
Finishing fifth on the road, Huertas was later handed a one minute penalty for taking his original grid position, as the rules stipulated that once all cars have left the grid, stranded cars must line up at the back of the grid for the start. That penalty put Huertas 17th overall.
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Race two was much more of a chaotic affair;
rain just minutes before the start forced race officials to postpone the start by 10 minutes and declare the event a wet race.
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This time round all three Raikkonen Robertson drivers made it round the first lap safely
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As the rain started to fall again on lap five, both Nakajima and Huertas excelled in the tricky conditions
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Huertas made his way past his team mate to cross the line in seventh place, with Nakajima eighth. Kevin Chen also coped well with the changing track to take his second 15th place of the weekend.
Speaking about the event, F3 rookie Huertas said, ¡ÈIt was a tough weekend in Spa. I feel like I was really unlucky to lose fifth place in the first race on Friday, but I guess rules are rules. Conditions were really difficult in the race on Saturday and it¡Çs such a long lap at Spa that it can be dry in one part of the rack and wet in another. I had contact with Arundel early on which lost me a load of places which I wasn¡Çt happy about, but I had a great drive back through the field. I think we had a good car this weekend, but unfortunately the results don¡Çt really reflect that.¡É
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