World Series by Nissan 2004 - 3rd Meeting-Magny Cours (France) - 20 May 2004

The Indian ace Narain Kartiheyan (RC Motorsport) set the fastest lap time (1.29.653) during the collective test  in Magny Cours (France). But the French “Armada”  went quickest in the morning session Jouanny on top of the times, followed by Gommendy, Ravier and Olivier Pla, in his new Carlin Motorsport Dallara Nissan car.

The World Series by Nissan Teams had been working hard in order to prepare the third meeting that will take place this weekend. Tiago Monteiro and Enrique Bernodi, currently in P1 and P2 in the provisional standings, both watched the second session from the garage.

The Portuguese’s car caught fire at the beginning of Session 1 due to a fuel leak and  Team Carlin Motorsport had to repair the car, obviously quite damaged in the engine area. “It is hot in Magny Cours but believe me, it was hotter in my car this morning, when I arrived at the garage.”  Said Monteiro. Bernoldi’s car had a failure in the fuel pump, so he did not take  part in the second session: “I thought that I could improve some things in the car and then I found my hopes stopped by this mechanical thing. Tomorrow we will have to work”.

The World Series Light category had two long testing sessions with the Vergani Formula driver Milos Pavlovic setting the quickest lap in the Dallara AER cars.  Abadie and Miguez (the quickest driver in the 1st session) are highly rated as the possible 2004 Title winners.