For the Austrian Zele-Racing team the long winterbreak is finally over.After two years in the World Series by Nissan the team is turning towards the "renewed" Superfund Euro3000 championship. "We are working on the new project for a long time now", says Team Principal Michael Zele. The championship has gained a lot of attractivity and status since the investment-leader Superfund took over the "steering wheel".

Team Principal Michael Zele: "To decide for the SuperfundEuro3000-championship, was the right move. Although the Nissan WorldSeries, in which we made  some remarkable results (3rd place in Zolder by Norbert Siedler), from the sporting point of view the series showed  high standards, from the business point of view, it was just impossible for us to compete in this championship. There was noTV or  media coverage  in the German speaking countries.

I am very pleased that although we made this change, our sponsors are supporting us. The cooperation with Superfund and Remus is getting on for the third season in a row and this makes me optimistic for our plans in the future."

With the support of Superfund  will come  positive changes on theTV-sector. In 2004 the Euro3000 races are going to be broadcasted live or recorded to the prime times in Germany, as well as in Austria. All race cars competing in the Superfund Euro3000 have the same chassis, made by the british manufacturer Lola. Zytek is supplying the 470hp strong 3,0 litre V8-engine. The gearbox is 5-speed sequential and the extra-wide slicks tyres will be supplied once more by Avon.

For the young-blood race drivers the series gained attractivness. Thewinners of the past years (e.g. Felipe Massa - Sauber-F1, Gianmaria Bruni - Minardi-F1 and Augusto Farfus - Alfa works driver) made their way and thanks to Superfund more than 180.000,- Euro prize-money is waiting for drivers scoring podium positions - the champion is awarded the FIA-superlicence for Formula 1!

There is no final driver line-up in the Zele-Racing team yet, butnegotiations are running at full steam. Team Principal Michael Zele:"My goal is to get an Austrian driver into the team. There are twocharacteristics a race driver has to bring in: speed and ambition. Our aim for 2004 is nothing else but the championship title. On the technicalsector I completely trust our chief engineer Harvey Spencer. In combination with the right driver we will regularly appear in the top ten."