The three Racing Engineering drivers have all had a tasteof a Spanish F3 podium this Sunday at the Estoril track.

The great results obtained this weekend included Ricardo Risatti’swin, two podiums for Javier Villa and one 3rd position forFilipe Albuquerque. All drivers improved their positionsin the championship standings with Javier Villaincreasing his gap as championship leader. RacingEngineering continues to lead in the teams’championship for the fifth consecutive year.

Javier Villa, after not being able to properly display his abilitiesduring Saturday’s qualifying sessions, which he qualified onlyin 6th and 3rd positions, looks back at a fulfilling Sunday wherethanks to two podiums he could increase his championshiplead in respect to the rest of the field. Javier was able to finishthe 1st race in 2nd position and the 2nd race in 3rd position. Thisunderlined his excellent and consistent performancethroughout the season so far.

Ricardo Risatti, the Argentine in Racing Engineering’s number2 car, celebrated a well deserved victory in the 2nd race. The1st race saw Ricardo starting in 2nd position on the grid, but anerror in lap 3 caused him to spin and wasn’t able to fight for awin anymore. He was able mark the fastest lap time in therace. However, in race 2 Ricardo dominated the field bycelebrating an excellent start to finish victory and markinganother fastest lap in race. This very positive performanceduring the weekend at the Estoril track makes everyone atRacing Engineering look forward to the next races, as Ricardohas shown that he is still a championship contender.

During the 1st race Filipe Albuquerque continued his greatperformance during the weekend and achieved his firstpodium in the Spanish Formula 3 Championship. Starting therace from 5th position, Filipe finished in a remarkable 3rd place.The young Portuguese has demonstrated a constantimprovement from race meeting to race meeting and his workwas finally rewarded with his first podium.

Finishing the 2nd race, Ricardo Risatti commented, “I didn’thave a very good start, but after leading the field into the firstcorner everything changed. I quickly found a very goodrhythm and didn’t feel like I was pushing too hard, but still Iincreased the gap to the others behind constantly. I am happywith this victory and hope that at the next meeting we will beable to keep up this rhythm and continue improving our performance. The only thing left now is to thank my team forthe great work they have done this weekend”.

Championship leader, Javier Villa, said, “The 1st race wentreally well. I made a good start and quickly went from 6th to 4thposition. When Aicart and Barba crashed in front of me, I tookover the 2nd position. During the afternoon race my car wasn’tperfect and my start wasn’t too good either. I was fighting a lotduring the race and in the end 3rd position isn’t bad at all. I amhappy that we were able to increase the gap in thechampionship standings for me as a driver as well as for theteam”.

After a successful day for Racing Engineering, Alfonso deOrleáns-Borbón said, “This was an amazing weekend wherewe were able to increase the gap even further in thechampionship. Additionally we helped Ricardo take his firstchampionship win– and this really makes me happy! Now weonly have to get Filipe winning races too, and who knows,maybe we will even be able to have all our three drivers onthe podium at the same time. The entire team, once more,has made a superb job this weekend!”

1st Race:1. Andy Soucek R. Llusia Racing 25’47.9782. Javier Villa Racing Engineering +3.5993. Filipe Albuquerque Racing Engineering +16.3744. Dani Martin ECA Racing +23.4585. Manuel Saez Merino ECA Racing +25.6486. Juan M. Polar IGI Tec +33.8587. Arturo Llobel Campos Racing +35.4808. Piero Rodarte ECA Racing +40.1189. Marco Barba Campos Racing +49.72210.Ricardo Risatti Racing Engineering +1’05.02612.Marcos Martinez Racing Engineering 1 Lap

2nd Race:1. Ricardo Risatti Racing Engineering 25’55.1122. Jose M. Perez Aicart GTA Motor Competicion +11.0223. Javier Villa Racing Engineering +11.4004. Andy Soucek R. Llusia Racing +11.9095. Filipe Albuquerque Racing Engineering +12.5816. Alvaro Barba Campos Racing +20.5787. Marco Barba Campos Racing +25.7068. Carlos Iaconelli GTA Motor Competicion +29.2069. Juan M. Polar IGI Tec +29.65510.Piero Rodarte ECA Racing +38.76712.Marcos Martinez Racing Engineering +44.989