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Jeremy Metcalfe - Silverstone National Preview |
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Thursday, 05 October 2006 |
Formula Renault UK front-runner Jeremy Metcalfe heads to the final race
meeting of the 2006 season at Silverstone National Circuit next
weekend, 14th/15th October, aiming to end only his second ever year of
car racing with a flourish.
The 18-year-old AKA Lemac star, who away from the track started his
Economics and Politics degree course at Loughborough University earlier
this week, will arrive at Silverstone fifth overall in the championship
and aiming to close his 2006 account with one of his most successful
weekends of the season.
Although a bid for a top three placing in the final driver standings is
perhaps a bridge too far with Jeremy currently 35 points adrift of
third place, the Fleet sensation knows he is not only capable of
achieving his fifth and sixth podium finishes of the season, he will
also be aiming to become the seventh different race winner in the
series this year.
During an official test day at Silverstone’s 1.64-mile National Circuit
in August, Jeremy produced a scintillating performance and although
unable to complete his quickest lap of the day due to the session being
red flagged, the Hampshire teenager only missed out on the top spot by
a mere 0.001 seconds.
Following on from such an impressive test, Jeremy is looking forward to
next weekend’s championship finale confident the AKA Lemac team will
provide him with a car capable of challenging at the sharp end.
“I think Silverstone will be good”, commented the category
front-runner, “It’s proven to be our best track in testing and during
my first season in Formula Renault UK last year we enjoyed our best
result on the National Circuit.
“I’m confident the last meeting of the season will bring a strong end
to the championship for us but we need to get qualifying sorted. That’s
the one area where we haven’t been strong enough of late so it’s
important to turn that around and start higher up the grid at
Silverstone to make our bid for the podium that bit easier.”
Jeremy added: “You can overtake at Silverstone National though, unlike
at Brands Hatch Indy, so that bodes well as I’m a strong racer and I
know I can make up places. To win would be fantastic but if we can end
the season with at least one podium I’ll be happy. I am hoping to be on
the podium for both races though to finish the year on a high.”
Round 19 qualifying will take place at 09.35 on Saturday, 14th October,
with the round 20 session expected to start at 15.05. Both of the
weekend’s races will be held on Sunday, 15th October, with round 19
beginning the day’s action at 09.00 and the final race of the season
scheduled to get underway at 14.05.
Before then, there will be two pre-event Formula Renault UK test
sessions on Friday, 13th October. Motors TV, meanwhile, will broadcast
the Silverstone race action live on channel 413 of the Sky Digital
platform and through cable provider NTL on channel 545.
Formula Renault UK Championship Provisional Driver Standings (after rounds 17&18; including drop-scores):
| Pos. |
Driver |
Points |
| 1st |
Sebastian Hohenthal |
429 |
| 2nd |
Patrick Hogan |
420 |
| 3rd |
Sam Bird |
345 |
| 4th |
Cheng Cong Fu |
340 |
| 5th |
Jeremy Metcalfe |
310 |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 December 2006 )
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