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Promising young Formula Renault BARC Championship racer Menasheh Idafar is
delighted to officially confirm his return to the category for the coming season
after signing a deal with Derbyshire based team Hillspeed.
The 16-year-old, who lives in Bahrain and also has a home in South West
London, made his British race debut in the headline FR2000 Class of the Formula
Renault BARC series last year and is aiming to become a regular top 10 finisher
throughout the 2008 season
Even though he will celebrate his 17th birthday just over a week prior to
the first round of the season on Easter Weekend, Menasheh is still set to be one
of the youngest drivers in the category – balancing his racing with studies at
boarding school in Switzerland.
Menasheh’s association with Hillspeed began ahead of last November’s
Formula Renault Winter Championship where the Gulf Computer Services-backed star
achieved a brace of BARC Class podiums on his way to fifth overall in the class
standings.
The team also ran full Formula Renault UK specification cars in the winter
series and achieved overall championship victory with Welshman Richard
Singleton. After such a successful end to 2007 for Hillspeed, hopes are clearly
very high for the coming season.
Speaking on his continuation as a Hillspeed driver in 2008, Menasheh said:
“I’m really very happy to be returning to Formula Renault BARC this year with
Hillspeed. The winter series was quite good for us and I hope, with more testing
behind us over the next few weeks, we’ll be able to improve more and achieve
some good results.”
Forming part of a three-car Formula Renault BARC line-up for Hillspeed,
Menasheh will be joined this season by Omani racer Ahmad Al Harthy and
Essex-based British driver Michael Lyons.
Brand new website unveiled for 2008 season
To
coincide with his new race deal, Menasheh has launched a brand new website www.menashehidafar.com which has been
produced, and will be updated throughout the year, by Marc Orme Motorsport
PR.
Featuring the latest news, race reports, image galleries and profile
information, the website offers journalists, sponsors and supporters a valuable
portal through which to find out more about the race career and background of
the teenage single-seater racer.
Menasheh’s pre-season test programme will start within the next couple of
weeks. The 2008 Formula Renault BARC Championship will then get underway at
Brands Hatch Indy Circuit in Kent on Easter Sunday, 23rd March, and Easter
Monday, 24th March.
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