Spanish F3 - Racing Engineering had a great time in Magny-Cours, France, this week-end. Javier Villa finished twice in second position with a B class car, while Nicolas Prost (30 pts) took the lead of the championship after race 2. Racing Engineering (41 pts) also leads the teams’ championship. On race 1, yesterday, Javier wanted to show he hadn’t lost his speed. He did it perfectly, and did it again today. He decided not to fight for the win and to take it easy at the end of the race, though, as he won’t be a contender for the title this year. Nevertheless, he crossed the line right behind the winning driver. Nicolas Prost finished the first race on the podium after a great fight yesterday. He got 4th position today after another good race.

He has finished four races out of four and has shown a lot of consistency since the beginning of the season.   Miguel Molina has been unlucky, as he couldn’t take part to the race: his fire extinguisher exploded during the formation lap today. Sergio Jimenez encountered some tyre problems and, despite a promising laptime set during the warm-um this morning, he had to fight against understeer all race long. He finished today’s race in 6th position.  

Finally, Marcos Martinez did his best despite some physical problems, high fever yesterday and an aching body today. He finished 7th today and scored some valuable points. Javier Villa : “It’s been a fun race and I felt really comfortable in the car. I finished second today but I could have fought for the win: I decided to be fair only because I’m not really fighting for this championship this year. I closed a 3 second gap in a few laps and then stayed behind the leader.” Miguel Molina : “There’s not much to say, really. I could not race today, as my fire extinguisher exploded during my formation lap. I had to stop.” Marco Martinez : “I had a good start and gained four positions. I finished 7th, which is not bad considering how the week-end started. I was not feeling well yesterday and I didn’t have a lot of energy today.

At least, I could use my track time to understand the car better and better.” Nicolas Prost : “I’m happy. It’s been another good week-end for us. I got my first podium of the season yesterday, and I’m now leading the championship. Thanks a lot to the team : everybody did a great job.” Sergio Jimenez : “During the warm-up, my car felt good and I did the best lap with a 1 second advantage. In the race though, my tyres didn’t seem to work and I got too much understeer. I’m not satisfied because I now have a 9 points deficit over the championship’s leader.” Alfonso de Orleans : “It’s been a positive week-end for us. Nicolas leads the championship tonight and Javier showed why he’s one of our GP2 drivers. His car was six years old! This said, we want to do even better. We’ve got a great potential and we must maximise it. Finally, I’m disappointed for Miguel : he could have done well this week-end. The whole team did a great job and, once again, I’m proud of them.”