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Sunday, 03 June 2007 |
Motorsport fans enjoyed a superb first race in Pau today for round three of International Formula Master.
The Series’ young drivers proved they could handle a difficult start on the tough streets of the Pyrenees town and completed their first lap without a hitch. Scuderia Fama’s Luca Persiani got the better start, overtaking Maximilian Goetz (ISR) into the first corner for the lead.
The 35-minute race was full action with the IFM drivers taking every opportunity to overtake. Persiani led for the first part of the race resisting immense pressure from the chasing pack, led by Goetz and J.D. Motorsport’s van der Drift.
The Italian lost the battle eventually however, after an audacious move
to defend his lead from Goetz put him in the barriers. Netherland’s van
der Drift went on to take the chequered flag first closely followed by
Goetz and Cram Competition’s Jerome D’Ambrosio.
Race two will take place tomorrow with today’s eighth place finisher
Pablo Sanchez Lopez in pole position alongside IFM’s only woman racer
Rahel Frey thanks to the reversed grid regulations.
Chris van der Drift, J.D.Motorsport – Car number 7 “I knew it would be
hard to overtake but I got a good start and a good first corner which
was really important. After that I worked my way up one car after the
other. I out-braked myself when trying to overtake Persiani for the
lead half-way through the race – I was really surprised by how good the
slipstream was, you can really drive close to other cars!”
Maximilian Goetz, ISR – Car Number 16 “I had a bad start which was
entirely my fault, I got to much wheel spin and that slowed me down.
With Persiani, I had no chance to avoid him really. I was much faster
than him so I don’t know why he didn’t just let me through! I was lucky
to escape with not too much damage but I still had to push hard to keep
second place and couldn’t catch van der Drift for the lead.”
Jerome D’Ambrosio, Cram Competition – Car number 25 “I had a good start
but found it really hard to get into the rhythm for some reason. I’m
happy about the result though, I want as many points as possible and
that’s the aim for race two as well.”
International Formula Master Pau race one Provisional results
1. Chris van der Drift (NED), J.D. Motorsport
2. Maximilian Goetz (GER), ISR
3. Jerome D'Ambrosio (BEL), Cram Competition
4. Juho Annala (FIN), Jenzer Motorosport
5. Salvatore Gatto (ITA), Alan Racing
6. Nick De Bruijn (NED), ADM Motorsport
7. Rahel Frey (SUI), Jenzer Motorsport
8. Pablo Sanchez Lopez (MEX), Alan Racing
Live coverage of IFM’s second race weekend will continue with Sunday’s
coverage starting from 14.00 (local time) on Eurosport 2 and Eurosport
World.
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