17th November 2007
“We are very, very pleased to have signed the contract this weekend with ASM,
to compete in next year’s Euro Formula 3 Championship. They are one of the
leading teams in Europe and we just cannot wait now for the new season to
start. And we really must thank David Hayle of Hitech for his help and
support in furthering Jon’s career. It has been very much appreciated.”
So after just one year in Euro Formula Renault, Jon’s astonishing success,
clearly demonstrated during that end of season race-winning flourish, bore
fruit to seal his graduation into arguably the best Formula 3 race series on
the calendar.
Team boss Frederick Vasseur completed the new contract with Lancaster Snr in
Macau over the weekend, shortly after Jon had conducted his first test for
the crack ASM team around the Le Mans Bugatti circuit.
With Jon in training for 2008, father Charles was just as excited as his
son. “That test went very well for us,” Lancaster Snr commented. Jon was
able to set some good times, but it was a bad day weather-wise, when it
started off freezing at zero degrees. The rest of the day only rose to 6
deg. C, but then it started raining… Everyone pulled together well and Jon
really enjoyed himself with the team.”
Jon’s next test with ASM is now scheduled for December where it is planned
to run the new F3 car for the first time.
The new Euro F3 calendar for 2008 has now been released, with one race in
the UK, although it is believed to be on the Indy circuit, and sadly not on
the full GP circuit, with Hockenheim in Germany both starting and finishing
the season.
Of greater importance perhaps is that 18 of the 20 races will be run within
the German DTM touring car series, which will undoubtedly help to raise the
young ASM British stars profile in 2008, as he races F3 for the first time
in front of 80,000+ spectators.
More details of Jon’s December test with ASM will follow soon.
11/04/2008 - 13/04/2008 Hockenheim
02/05/2008 - 04/05/2008 Mugello
30/05/2008 - 01/06/2008 Pau
27/06/2008 - 29/06/2008 Norisring
11/07/2008 - 13/07/2008 Zandvoort
25/07/2008 - 27/07/2008 Nürburgring
29/08/2008 - 31/08/2008 Brands Hatch
19/09/2008 - 21/09/2008 Barcelona
03/10/2008 - 05/10/2008 Le Mans Bugatti
24/10/2008 - 26/10/2008 Hockenheim
