The second meeting of the Formula Junior Spanish Championship will take place in Albacete this weekend. The first two races were dominated by the two official drivers from Spanish team Escuela Lois Circuit, Marco Barba (two wins and two poles) and Arturo Llobell (who started second in both races).
Formula Junior is regarded as an important series with some of the most talented young drivers of the moment. Aged between 14 and 17, most of the grid still combines single seater competition with karting.
Adrián Valles, 2002 Champion, was kept under the RDD programme after taking the Championship in a superb way.
His name still appears on top of the statistics as the best driver of this Championship ever with a record of 8 wins.
In Madrid, Manel Cerqueda achieved his first podium (3rd), placing his team Automòbil Club D¹Andorra, second in the standings. The young Belgian ace Michael Herck completed the podium in the second race.
Javier Mingorance (best rookie 2004 in the Series so far) and José Miguel Gutierrez, both debuted in the Repsol Racing for Spain Team achieving some valuable points.
BORJA GARCÍA-MANCERA WILL RACE WITH ECA RACING
The Spanish Team ECA Racing has announced the replacement of Marcos de Diego by Borja Garcia-Mancera from this weekend.
The Frenchman Adrien Lavail will continue in the Series under the HST Racing Team.
7 teams will participate in the Collective Tests on Friday in Albacete. (Two sessions, from 9h to 14h and from 16h to 18h.
The two races will be disputed next Sunday May 2nd at 9h30 a.m. and 12h30 noon.
ENTRY LIST
1 RACC MOTOR SPORT - MIGUEL MOLINA ESP2 RACC MOTOR SPORT - DANI CLOS ESP3 REPSOL RACING FOR SPAIN - JOSE MIGUEL GUTIERREZ ESP4 REPSOL RACING FOR SPAIN - JAVIER MINGORANCE ESP5 ESCUELA LOIS CIRCUIT - ARTURO LLOBELL ESP6 ESCUELA LOIS CIRCUIT - MARCO BARBA ESP7 ESCUELA LOIS CIRCUIT - MANUEL SAEZ - MERINO ESP9 HST RACING - ADRIEN LAVAIL FRA11 HST RACING - JAVIER FERNANDEZ ESP12 HST RACING - MARCOS MARTINEZ ESP15 ECA RACING - BORJA GARCIA MANCERA ESP16 ECA RACING - JORGE GARRIDO ESP18 JUNIOR RACING TEAM - MICHAEL HERCK BEL19 AUTOMOBIL CLUB D'ANDORRA - MANEL CERQUEDA ESP20 PAIEZ PROGRESS ROBERTO FUEYO ESP21 CLM MOTORSPORT CARLOS ALVAREZ ESP22 CLM MOTORSPORT JOSE LUIS LOPEZ-PAMPLO ESP
CALENDAR
28 MARCH JARAMA (SPAIN)02 MAY ALBACETE (SPAIN)23 MAY MAGNY COURS (FRANCE)13 JUNE VALENCIA (SPAIN)03 OCTOBER CATALUNYA (SPAIN)17 OCTOBER VALENCIA (SPAIN)
OVERALL STANDINGS
Drivers1. M. Barba, 30 pts; 2. A. Llobell, 24 pts.; 3. M. Cerqueda, 12 pts.; 4. M. Herck, 10 pts.; 5. M. Martinez, 10 pts.; 6. J. Gutierrez, 9 pts.; 7 C. Alvarez, 8 pts.; 8. J.Mingorance, 8 pts.; 9. M. Saez Merino, 8 pts.; 10. D. Clos, 6 pts.; 11. J. Fernandez, 4 pts.; 12. M. Molina, 4 pts.; 13 A. Lavail, 2 pts.; 14. J. Lopez Pamplo, 1 pt.
Teams1. Escuela Lois Circuit, 30 pts.; 2. Automobil Club D¹Andorra, 12 pts.; 3 Repsol Racing for Spain, 12 pts.; 4. HST Racing, 10 pts; 4. Junior Racing Team, 10 pts.; 5. CLM Motorsport, 8 pts.; 6. Racc Motorsport, 6 pts.; 7 G-TEC, 2 pts.
