Nick Tandy, JTR, Rockingham F3 2009Nick Tandy paid tribute to
his dearly departed brother Joe and delivered the perfect result
for his beleaguered JTR team by winning the first British
Formula 3 race at Rockingham today.  Tandy started third, but
took the lead on the exit of Deene hairpin on lap one.
Championship leader and pole position man Daniel Ricciardo
(Carlin) tried to outbrake the fast-starting Renger van der
Zande (Hitech) into the corner and launched his Dallara-
Volkswagen into his rival and into retirement.  The Dutchman
found his way back to the pits for repairs to the rear wing. He
returned to the fray six laps down and set a sequence of fastest
laps, before retiring with damaged rear suspension from the
earlier collision.  As Tandy's Mygale-Mercedes escaped with the
lead, series returnee Marcus Ericsson (Raikkonen Robertson)
tried to give chase. But the Swede had no answer to Tandy's
relentless pace and the JTR man stroked the car home to record a
thoroughly deserved victory by 8.608 seconds.  A