Andy Meyrick & Hwyel Lloyd maintained their places in the points standing in the National Class of the British Formula 3 Championship after a weekend of mixed fortunes at Snetterton. Once again there was rain at a Formula 3 round and Saturdays practice sessions were both wet. Andy was 22^nd and 24^th out of 27, and Hywel was last in session 1, but improved to be next to last in session 2.

In Race 1 on Sunday whilst Meyrick pulled up to 14 overall & 2^nd in the National Class, it seemed as if luck as well as the elements were against Lloyd as he limped back to the pits minus his rear wing on the first lap! "I lost the back end in the 2^nd corner, someone tagged me and I lost my rear wing. I managed to limp back to the pits and we fitted a new one, and I went back out to try and see if I could get some points". By this time he was a long way back but soldiered on, although in the end he did not do enough laps to qualify as a finisher. "There was probably some other damage as I had a problem getting into 6^th gear"

However the 2^nd race of the weekend showed fortunes had been reversed and Meyrick dropped out bit it proved to be better as Lloyd showed some of the Monza spirit as he pulled up from 26^th on the grid to finish in 15^th place overall and 3^rd in the National Class! "The 2^nd race was a lot better for me. There seemed to some problem with the lights, but everyone started to go anyway, and I made up a lot of places on lap 1 and quite a few more on lap 2. Considering we were so hopeless in qualifying it was a nice suprise. We were all a bit shocked to get 3^rd after the weekend we had , but I am certainly glad it was dry for the races."

The next race in the series is a Thruxton on 26^th of June

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