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Jon Lancaster heads to
France this weekend in a bid to resume his
F3 Euroseries challenge at the stunning street circuit of
Pau in
France. The 19 year-old BRDC Superstar,
drives for ART Grand Prix in the series that set Formula One championship leader
Lewis Hamilton on the path to Grand Prix stardom.
For the talented Leeds
youngster, who narrowly missed out on the 2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Championship, this weekend’s event will see him aim for his first victory
following a superb pre-season test performance.
Many of his rivals are in their second or third season in the established
stepping stone to F1. Despite that the
Multiflight-backed teenager has regularly outpaced the opposition in testing and
qualifying.
In the season opening
rounds in Germany Jon qualified sixth and was hopeful of a string finish before
a dramatic accident in race one sidelined him.
Last time out in Mugello, mechanical gremlins ruined his chances of
capitalising on his rapid pace in wet testing.
Now, following a lengthy four-week
break, the youngster is eager to put the bad luck of
Italy behind him and take his first
Formula 3 victory.
“I just can’t wait to get back in the
car and put all this bad luck behind us and get some points on the board,” said
Jon. “The track of Pau is an amazing circuit. I have never driven there before apart from in
a legend car last week in the wet which wasn’t the best situation but it looks
and feels like an amazing place to drive.
“It will also be the
first
street race of my short career so I am
really looking forward to the challenge. I believe that we have a very good
chance of taking our first victory this weekend as there is only one hour of
testing and I learn tracks quickly, so for me this will be a great
weekend!”
Jon will be on track on
Friday for testing followed by qualifying and one race on Saturday and the
second race on Sunday.
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