Ryan Lewis took his eighth pole position of the season in qualifying for Round 14 of the Avon Tyres British Formula 3 Scholarship at Donington Park today but more impressively posted the 13^th quickest time overall to get in amongst the championship cars.

The 20 year-old from Royston, Hertfordshire comfortably leads the championship after 12 rounds, and following an impressive performance in today's wet session, has vowed to go for a strong overall finish as well as another double victory.

“I'm really happy with how today went,” said Ryan. “It was pretty wet out there and there was a lot of standing water, but I just got my head down and went for it. I knew what I had to do today and I did it. I think I could have gone even quicker, looking at the data after the session, if I'd hooked up all my fastest sector times in one lap, I could have been around 3/10ths quicker.”

Ryan will also line up second for the first of the weekend's races, which takes place at 18.45 this evening, with tomorrow's race scheduled to start at 17.55.

Qualifying for Round 14
1. RYAN LEWIS BES Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 1:42.004
2. Stephen Jelley Dallara F301 Opel Spiess 1:43.695
3. Ronayne O'Mahony Dallara F301 Opel Spiess 1:44.160
4. Vas Calasan Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 1:44.971

Avon Tyres British Formula 3 Scholarship Points after 12 rounds
1. RYAN LEWIS 221
2. Barton Mawer 134
3. Stephen Jelley 124
4. Vasilije Calasan 83
5. Adam Khan 78
6. Ajit Kumar 70

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26 June 2004

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