APRIL 3, 2005

Meanwhile at Donington and Motegi

Danilo Dirani scored a pair of impressive wins for Lola and P1 Motorsport at the opening round of the British Formula 3 series at Donington Park. Dirani won from pole in the first event while his nearest challenger Marko Asmer made a bad start and dropped into the midfield. In the second race Dirani took the lead again being chased by Asmer who stayed ahead of third-placed Mike Conway (Fortec Motorsport).

In the opening round of the Formula Nippon Championship at Motegi in Japan the reigning champion Richard Lyons raced to victory in his DoCoMo Dandelion entry ahead of the Mobilecast Impul car of Yuji Ide and the second DoCoMo Dandelion car of Naoki Hattori.