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Bratt On The Pace During Opening Day Of Croft Test |
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
 Adderbury racer Will Bratt continued to prove his and the Apotex Scorpio Motorsport team’s front-running pace during the first day of official Formula Renault UK testing at Croft today, the Oxon sensation posting the fourth fastest time overall.
On a dry track during the morning, the 19-year-old produced a best lap of 1m 18.227 seconds (97.80mph) to go fourth quickest less than two 10ths of a second adrift of the top of the timesheets and under five 100ths of a second outside the top three.
Rain throughout the afternoon session meant nobody would get anywhere
close to matching times from the morning although a time of 1m 29.373
seconds (85.60mph) from Will during session two saw him placed an
impressive third fastest. Importantly, the two drivers ahead of him set
their times in drier conditions at the start of the session.
“We had a lot of pace today which was good and I’m very happy with the
progress we made”, said Will, “We’re pleased with the times we did this
morning and it was good to be inside the top three in the wet this
afternoon.
“I’m confident with the pace we’ve shown today, and the good work the
team has done with the car, we can be strong during the next two rounds
of the championship here at Croft and challenge for more podiums.
Hopefully we’ll have a full day of dry weather tomorrow, I’m looking
forward to getting back on track.”
So far this season Will’s highlight has been a podium result at
Rockingham during round three. He has also achieved a top four result
at Thruxton during round five and a brace of top six finishes – the
first at Brands Hatch during the opening round of the year and the
second at Thruxton during the most recent race, round six.
Official Formula Renault UK Championship testing continues at Croft
tomorrow, Thursday, 17th May, during a shared day with the ELF Renault
Clio Cup. Rounds seven and eight of the 2007 season will then take
place at the North Yorkshire venue just over a fortnight from now on
2nd/3rd June.
Provisional 2007 Formula Renault UK Championship Standings (after Rds5&6)
1st Duncan Tappy, 181pts; 2nd Dean Smith, 172pts; 7th Will Bratt, 89pts
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