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Formula Master - round nine |
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Sunday, 27 July 2008 |
JD Motorsport scored the first 1-2 finish of the season with Chris
van der Drift claiming victory in today's race at Brands Hatch,
England, and team-mate Sergey Afanasiev clinching second. Cram Competition's Marcello Puglisi completed today's podium in third place, despite starting the race in P11.
Chris van der Drift, JD Motorsport
"Qualifying was
good and then we found out afterwards that I had been demoted five
places, which would obviously make a huge difference for the race. But
at the start Kasper [Andersen] pulled into the pits and Fabio [Leimer]
was given a penalty. I knew everyone in front of them would be hard to
pass, but with the incident between Norbert [Siedler] and Filip
[Salaquarda], I managed to move up to the front all at once."
Formula Master - Brands Hatch
Round nine: provisional top eight results
1. Chris van der Drift (NED), JD Motorsport (#6)
2. Sergey Afanasiev (RUS), JD Motorsport (#5)
3. Marcello Puglisi (ITA), Cram Competition (#9)
4. Michael Meadows (GBR), Euronova Racing (#15)
5. Daniel Mancinelli (ITA), Scuderia Famà (#46)
6. Alberto Costa (ITA), Euronova Racing (#3)
7. Michael Ammermüller (GER), Iris Project (#27)
8. Michele Caliendo (ITA), ADM Motorsport (#22)
Eurosport's
coverage for Formula Master's race weekend in England, continues
tomorrow with race two shown live on Eurosport 2 and Asia Pacific at
15:15 (CET).
For more information and today's full results, please visit www.formulamaster.net.
Accreditation reminder: GERMANY
Rounds
ten and eleven for Formula Master's 2008 season will take place at the
Oschersleben circuit in Germany on 30 and 31 August. Please note the
deadline for media accreditation is Tuesday 19 August 2008. Application
forms can be downloaded from the media area at www.formulamaster.net.
Note to editors
For high-resolutions images, please visit the media area at www.formulamaster.net.
Formula
Master's inaugural season in 2007 delivered some of the year's best
racing with the Series' concept of offering young, aspiring drivers the
chance to establish themselves on an international stage proving a
great success already.
2007 statistics
- FIA WTCC partner series 18 million TV viewers on Eurosport
- 16 hours LIVE coverage on Eurosport
- 367,000 attending spectators
- Eight events - 16 races
- Eight European destinations
- 40 drivers - 19 countries represented
- 30 cars on average for each event
- Inaugural race at Valencia, Spain on 19 May 2007
- Inaugural Champion Jérôme D'Ambrosio (BEL), Cram Competition
- Inaugural race winner Salvatore Gatto (ITA), Alan Racing
- Youngest race winner Pablo Sanchez Lopez (MEX), Alan Racing
- Eight different race winners
- Six different pole setters
- 16 different drivers have led a race
- 15 different drivers have stepped onto the Formula Master podium
- 30 drivers in the points
N.Technology's
Formula Master race car features Magneti Marelli hydraulic gearbox
control system with gearbox and clutch wheel paddles control. With
advanced aerodynamics, it weighs just 550kg including the driver and
runs on control tyres by Yokohama.
The first car in the world
to secure 2008 FIA F3 homologation, the Formula Master single-seater
has generated excitement from all sectors thanks to its dynamic
styling, light-weight body and powerful Honda K20A engine.
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