This morning, thirty Formula Renault 3.5 cars will take to the track after a winter break of more than three months. At the Barcelona circuit, we will have our first chance to see the newcomers in action or to see WSR regulars take to the track in new colours!
Shimoda joins VictoryAfter participating in Eurocup Formula Renault V6, Hayanari Shimoda went on to distinguish himself in Endurance racing and A1 GP. The Japanese driver has joined forces with Victory Engineering where he will line up alongside Alvaro Parente, the British Formula 3 Champion. Team boss Giorgio Piccolo should be able to count on this impressive duo to bring home the goods!
Salignon recruited by InterwettenAfter quietly biding his time throughout the transfer season, Eric Salignon has finally been awarded a drive with Interwetten. This is a good recruitment move for the Austrian team, which will have to choose between Andy Soucek and Carlos Iaconelli to drive its second car.
Full house at EurointernationalAntonio Ferrari's team has finally revealed its two drivers for the season. The Thai driver Tor Graves, who cut his teeth in British Formula Renault, F3 and F3000, will team up with the German driver Pascal Kochem. After finishing fourth in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in 2004, Kochem took part in the German F3 Championship last year.
Flashback to MisanoAfter a rainy first day, the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 competitors participating in collective testing at Misano were treated to better weather conditions on Friday. The best time went to the South African Adrian Zaugg (Cram Compétition) ahead of Carlo Van Dam (SG Formula) and Edoardo Piscopo (Cram Compétition).
List of participants in collective testing at Barcelona (March 22-23)
# Driver ASN Team 1 Davide Valsecchi ITA Epsilon Euskadi 2 Steven Kane GBR Epsilon Euskadi 3 Pastor Maldonado VEN Draco Multiracing USA 4 Tomas Kostka CZE Draco Multiracing USA 5 Robbie Kerr GBR KTR 6 Sean McIntosh CAN KTR 7 Michael Aleshin RUS Carlin Motorsport 8 Colin Fleming USA Carlin Motorsport 9 Celso Miguez ESP Pons Racing 10 James Rossiter GBR Pons Racing 11 Benjamin Hanley GBR Cram Competition 12 Milos Pavlovic JUG Cram Competition 14 Alvaro Barba ESP Jenzer Motorsport 15 Alessandro Bonetti ITA Jenzer Motorsport 16 Alvaro Parente POR Victory Engineering 18 Hayanari Shimoda JPN Victory Engineering 19 Matteo Meneghello ITA GD Racing 20 Patrick Pilet FRA GD Racing 21 Eric Salignon FRA Interwetten.com 22 Andy Soucek ESP Interwetten.com 23 Tor Graves THA Eurointernational 24 Pascal Kochem GER Eurointernational 25 Borja Garcia ESP RC Motorsport 26 Bruce Jouanny FRA RC Motorsport 27 Alx Danielsson SWE Comtec Racing 28 Edwin Jowsey GBR Comtec Racing 29 Gregory Franchi BEL Prema Power Team 30 Christian Montanari SMR Prema Power Team 31 Jérôme D'Ambrosio BEL Tech 1 Racing 32 Ryo Fukuda JPN Tech 1 Racing
