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BF3C: Fit of Pique-t* by Mathias Olaf Uncertain
10th Apr 2003
Half-Nelson Piquet was excluded from the opening round of the British F3 championship after he used oversized drake ducks during the first qualifying session, we hear.

The 17-year-old rookie set the fourth fastest time and was distraught that he couldn't start the race.

He said, pouting and stamping his little foot, "There was no performance gain. We're being discriminated against, just because we broke the rules. It's not fair. Daddy! Daddy! Tell them it's not fair!"



* With apologies to Motorsport News (£1.80 every Wednesday) for copying their headline. It's good though, innit? Made I larf.

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KEY TO SERIES NAMES (hovering over the abbreviations in the table above also shows the full series name)
BF3CBritish F3 Championship
The top class in Britain's premier single-seater series.
F1Formula 1
The world's most prominent, most expensive and frequently most tedious single-seater series.
F3Formula 3
The top national single-seater motor-racing series. Or the bottom international one.
GP2GP2
The former Formula 2, now twice-renamed and god alone knows why.