Weller: We've had better weekends.

After a meeting where the best race result of the day was a sixth place in the National class of the British F3 International Series, Promactecme boss Chris Weller has admitted that the Silverstone-based team has had better weekends.

The race weekend at Croft had started well for the team's National runner, Charles Hollings, who took class pole in both qualifying sessions on Saturday. In the Championship class, however, Steven Kane was finding things rather more difficult in the latest Lola F3 chassis.

In the first qualifying session the Spa pole-setter could only manage the ninth-fastest time, and for the second race Kane qualified in a lowly fourteenth place, half a second adrift of Hollings in the old car.

Race day didn't get much better for Kane. A clutch problem at the start of race one saw Menu Motorsports' Stephen Jelley make contact with him, and both drivers retire. In the second race Kane did go the distance, but ninth place was all his reward for his efforts in the difficult conditions.

"We've certainly had better weekends," said team boss Chris Weller at the circuit. "We gave Charles the best car out there in the National class but he'll learn from his mistakes. He undoubtedly has the speed to win.

"Steven never got a chance to show what he could have done in race one - a shame as it could have been a top six. In race two he was compromised by his qualifying position - caused by a car set-up that we had gambled on but which didn't work out. But the Lola is still a very new car and we remain short on testing miles. What's important is that at Croft we've learnt more about the car's behaviour so must use that to our advantage on circuits with similar characteristics."