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2007 British F3
Championship-winning team Hitech Racing will make its long-awaited Formula
Renault racing debut, under the banner of Hitech Junior, when the
Silverstone-based team contests the 2007 FRenault Winterseries. The David Hayle-led team who last
weekend clinched its first British F3 title with a tenth win of the year, has
confirmed the line-up of former kart ace and Eurocup title-contender Jon
Lancaster and South African Kart and FF Champion Marc
Murray.
The Hitech Junior team has
undergone an intensive test programme since it took delivery of two Formula
Renault cars earlier this year and was immediately on the pace. Now, with the British F3 season coming
to a close and buoyed by superb testing performance of drivers including ITV’s
F1 pundit Martin Brundle’s son Alex, Luciano Bachetta the early season
Championship leader from FPA and the reigning British ICA Super One Kart
Champion Ollie Millroy, the young team head into the mini-series in confident
mood.
“We’re all really looking forward
to what we hope will be a successful first outing for the Hitech Junior team,”
said Hayle. “We’ve spent a lot of
time testing and refining our cars whilst testing with a variety of drivers on a
variety of tracks and we’re confident that we can mix it with the rest of
them. In Jon and Marc we have two
very talented drivers and I’m sure that when we get them into the car for the
first official test at Donington on November 1st, they’ll be on the
pace right from the off.
“We’ve had a great 2007 season
with Marko (Asmer) winning the British F3 title; our aim is to continue the
winning trend and take some of that success into the Winterseries and next
season.”
Eighteen year-old Lancaster, from Leeds,
moved into Formula Renault Eurocup this year following a successful career in
British, European and World Karting and in only his first season in
single-seater racing, took his first win last time out at Donington. His results this season, puts him
seventh in the points with still six races left and everything to play
for.
Murray, aged 20 from Pretoria, competed in the South African Kart Championship
wining both the Regional and National titles until he made his car racing debut
there in 2005 before moving to the UK to contest the British Formula
Ford Championship. A limited spell
in the FF Winterseries last season, including his first win, was followed by a
full season this year and last time out he took three fourth place finishes at
Croft with Jamun.
The four-round Formula Renault
Winterseries will take place over two weekends, at Donington Park on November 3rd and Croft
on November 10th and for Hitech Junior will be the precursor to a
full-blown assault on either Renault Eurocup or the British Formula Renault
Championship next season.
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