Minardi Team Asia’s Indonesian driver Moreno Soeprapto took his first win in the Formula BMW Asian championship at the Grand Prix support event in Shanghai.

At one stage it seemed the team were on their way to a one two finish  as it was Tyson Sy who crossed the line in first place only to be informed that he was given a one minute penalty for a jump start.

Dado Pena had an eventful race, as he was making progress up the field he was tapped into a spin which dropped him back down the field however he recover to finish in 6th position.

The whole race was watched by Minardi F1 team principle Paul Stoddart who was more than happy to see  Minardi livered cars leading the field.

MORENO SOEPRAPTO.

“This is the best moment in my career; to win at the Grand Prix is unbelievable with so many spectators and media watching. Standing on the podium it was a proud moment for me, winning for Indonesia and my team”.

TYSON SY

“I am obviously disappointed to have won on the road and then to  receive the one minute jump start penalty, At the start the lights were on for a long time and I just anticipated then a fraction of a second to early”.

DADO PENA

“The car was working very well and I was making up places, however on lap five I was knocked into a spin which lost me a lot of time, I made up some positions toward the end of the race”. 

PAUL STODDART  (Minardi F1 Team Principal)

“Moreno drove a very good race, he battled his way to the front and then paced himself to the end, having seen him take pole position during the Bahrain GP event I am sure this driver has a very good future.

I was a shame for Tyson but once again he proved that he is the Philippines top driver and we shall be following his career carefully”.

SHANGHAI RACE RESULTS

1 MORENO SOEPRAPTO MINARDI TEAM ASIA 22.32.8152 N IZANI TEAM MERITUS 22.37.5443 K YOU BMW KOREA E-RAIN 22.38.4964 B BENNANI TEAM MERITUS 22.38.9195  S AL KHALIFA BELGRAVIA 22.46.2066 D PENNA MINARDI TEAM ASIA 22.51.6477 A ALFARDEN BELGRAVIA MOTORSPORT 22.52.6028 M AL BAHARNA BELGRAVIA MOTORSPORT 22.58.2599 M PATTERSON TEAM  MERITUS 23.15.69010 H HAN TEAM E-RAIN 23.15.69011 C AO TEAM E-RAIN 23.25.01512 T SY MINARDIA TEAM ASIA 23.29.32113 T KIPPER  TEAM MERITUS 23.38.71314 H LIN BELGRAVIA MOTORSPORT  DNF15 C TING TEAM E-RAIN DNF