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Racing Engineering - Exhibition at Oviedo |
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Friday, 21 September 2007 |
Racing
Engineering's driver Javier Villa was the star of a spectacular
exhibition held in Oviedo's city centre as part of the festivities of
the capital of Asturias Principality, birthplace of the driver.
A nearly 1
kilometer long track was laid out through two of Oviedo's main streets
and with a crowd estimated at more than 200,000 people by the
organisers, the Oviedo Council, Javi drove the cars that he was been
competing throughout his career and, for the past three years, those in
conjunction with Racing Engineering.
After
starting the exhibition at the wheel of a go-kart and continuing with
the Formula Junior, his first single seater, backed by Repsol as part
of the Racing for Spain team, it was time for Javi to take a turn at
the wheel of the two Racing Engineering cars that have allowed him to
climb to the top rungs of the GP2 series. First there were several laps
at the wheel of the Dallara F3 that put him among the main contenders
for the 2005 Spanish F3 Championship and then came the real highlight
of the event, the demonstration of the Racing Engineering Dallara GP2,
the same car the young Spaniard has been driving at Monza the week
before.
Surrounded
by the enthusiasm of thousands of his fans, Javi made a simulated
start, a pit stop where the Racing Engineering mechanics quickly
changed the tyres and several laps on the track ending with a series of
"doughnuts" that were the perfect finale for the event that was
featured live on the Asturias Principality TV channel.
 
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