Bittersweet Sunday Racing Engineering

18th October 2005

Only a technical problem could keep Racing Engineering from
celebrating a double victory at its home track in Jerez. Ricardo
Risatti, the team’s best driver during this weekend, enters into
the fight for the championship title again and Racing
Engineering has wrapped up its fifth consecutive team
championship title.

Ricardo Risatti, who set the rhythm in race 1, suffered from an
engine problem shortly after half the distance, which didn’t allow him
to defend his position against Soucek and Aicart. Ricardo, who was
definitely the driver who set the standard during this race meeting,
was nevertheless rewarded during race 2, where he celebrated an
excellent start to finish victory. After this weekend, Ricardo’s gap to
the championship leader has been reduced to 9 points.

It will therefore be Barcelona, where the championship will be decided.

Javier Villa on the other hand had a black Sunday. A slight exit of the
track at the start of the 1st race prevented him from winning a race
that, given the young Spaniard’s speed, would have been easily his.
The way Javier climbed back up the order from last to 5th position
leaves no doubt about this. However, in the 2nd race Javier
committed an error when passing the braking point and hit another
driver. Javier was able to continue but was sanctioned with a 20
seconds stop & go penalty, which didn’t allow him to make it into the
points anymore. Nevertheless, Javier marked the fastest lap times in
both Sunday races.

The Red Bull backed Racing Engineering driver in car number 3,
Filipe Albuquerque, finished race 1 in 4th position and suffered from
Villa’s incident in race two, which made him fall back into 16th
position. However, Filipe was able to recuperate 7 positions during
the remaining laps and finished 9th.

In the Spanish Formula 3 Cup Marcos Martinez climbed onto the
podium twice when winning race 1 and finishing the second in 3rd
position. In the championship classification Marcos is only 8 points
behind the leader, leaving him with perfect options for the last race
meeting in Barcelona and given the fact that he currently is the
strongest driver in his category.

The teams’ championship, however, is already decided as Racing
Engineering has for the fifth consecutive time wrapped up the title,
leaving no doubt about who is the most competitive team in the
championship.

Ricardo Risatti: “In race 1 I didn’t have a good start, but was able to
stay in first. From that moment on I took it quite calmly as there was
oil on the track. Unfortunately, shortly after half the race distance,
some part of my engine broke and I had to let some other drivers
pass but was able to finish in third. In race 2 I had a much better start
and during the safety car period there was some confusion, but
nothing of importance. When the safety car retired I pushed and until
three laps before the end had the fastest lap, but then my tyres didn’t
allow any better times anymore.”

Marcos Martinez Ucha: “My start in race 1 was really good, but an
incident at the end of the straight forced me to brake and lose
various positions. But I was able to recuperate positions thanks to
the fantastic car I had and I obtained the victory in this race. In race 2
I lost two positions at the start and a small error a bit later made me
go off track a bit. I could continue and finished 3rd. I am 8 points from
the 1st position in the championship and will fight hard to take it over
in Barcelona.”

Alfonso de Orleáns-Borbón: “I am not as happy as I would like to be.
We had a great opportunity to secure the drivers’ championship and
we missed it. Now the situation is a bit more complicated. Now we
have to wait for Barcelona, try to win both races there and see what
the other drivers are up to. But at least we have achieved our 5th
teams championship title, which leaves no doubt about the quality of
our cars.”

1st race:
1. A. Soucek R. Llusia Racing 25:50:103
2. J. Perez Aicart GTA motor Competición +1.063
3. R. Risatti Racing Engineering +4.370
4. F. Albuquerque Racing Engineering +8.054
5. J. Villa Racing Engineering +11.966
6. M. Martinez Ucha Racing Engineering +23.923
7. A. Barba Campos Racing +29.494
8. A. Llobel Campos Racing +32.251
9. N. Monserrat. GTA Motor Competición +34.153
10.J. Polar ECA Racing +37.358

2nd race:
1. R. Risatti Racing Engineering 29:18:550
2. A. Soucek R. Llusia Racing +3.182
3. J. Perez Aicart GTA Motor Competición +4.212
4. R. Rodriguez Campos Racing +9.539
5. M. Barba Campos Racing +13.687
6. C. Alvarez Elide Racing +17.996
7. A. Llobel Campos Racing +19.755
8. M. Martinez Ucha Racing Engineering +20.363
9. F. Albuquerque Racing Engineering +20.775
10.M. Cerqueda GTA Motor Competición +21.596
15.J. Villa Racing Engineering +56.363

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