Will Power has set a new unofficial record of the World Series in the last ever run of the Dallara-Nissan cars. 23 drivers had attended the tests in Barcelona showing the great potential of the all-new World Series by Renault.

The Dallara Nissan cars had finished in Catalunya 4 years of successful life in the best way: with a newcomer setting the last unofficial record of the category.

Carlin Motorsport has been the strongest team of all, with the Aussie Will Power setting the fastest lap of a single seater in Catalunya, besides a Formula One car. Power’s lap was 1.28.774, at an average speed of 187.6 km/h.

The last day of testing started with a light rain, but the drivers could improve their lap times when the sun shone strongly in the early hours of the afternoon. Félix Porteiro was the fastest today after setting a lap time of 1.28.901, and the French driver of Saulnier Racing achieved a fantastic top 3 position after two days, only 0.063 seconds away of Félix. Both confirmed drivers had showed the strong level of competition that will be showed in the World Series by Renault.

“The car it’s simply perfect. My ideal lap is 1.28.500, which means that we can be very competitive in this track. The team did a great work, finishing the car at 4 a.m. after our problem that with the gear box. Robert Kubica is very funny and a great driver. We get along very well since we know each other from karting”, said Felix after the session was over.

For the former FRV6 teams and their drivers it was time to learn about the car, as explains Enrico Ferrari, team principal of Eurointernational: “It is obvious that we are not concentrated in the times. This is not important for us. Our drivers are trying to learn the car and adapting it to their driving style. For sure we are pretty confident about the 2005 Season.”

Serge Saulnier, team owner of Saulnier Racing, makes the balance: “We are very impressed by Simon as it was the first time that he drives in this circuit. We have been working in the car and every run you could see how Pageneaud was feeling more confident. The same happened in Paul Ricard. We should be able to announce our second driver the next week”.

Meanwhile, Eric Salignon has been testing for Cram Competition and Saulnier Racing. The Frenchman has demonstrated his great potential setting the 4th quickest lap over the two days.

World Series by Renault- Circuit de Catalunya Collective Test (Day Two)

24 February 2005

Driver Team Time   Gap Km/h1 Felix PORTEIRO(SPA) Epsilon Euskadi 1’28.9012 Simon PAGENAUD( FRA) Saulnier Racing 1'28.965 0.0633 Eric SALIGNON(FRA) Cram Competition 1’29.114 0.213 186.94 Celso MIGUEZ(SPA) Pons Racing 1’29.243 0.342 186.65 Markus WINKELHOCK(GER) Draco Multiracing Usa 1'29.256 0.355 186.66 Giovanni TEDESCHI(ITA) RC Motorsport 1’29.306 0.405 186.17 Andy ZUBER(AST) Carlin Motorsport 1’29.430 0.529 186.5 8 Patrick PILET(FRA) Jenzer Motorsport 1'29.453 0.552 186.2 9 Christian MONTANARI(RSM) Draco Multiracing Usa 1.29.472 0.571 186.210 Raffaele GIAMMARIA(ITA) GD Racing 1'29.731 0.830 185.611 Charles ZWOLSMAN(BEL) KTR 1’30.035 1.134 185.012 Stefano PROETTO(ITA) Interwetten 1’30.040 1.139 185.013 Giorgio MONDINI(ITA) Eurointernational 1’30.050 1.149 185.014 Colin FLEMING(USA) Jenzer Motorsport 1’30.277 1.376 184.515 Johnny Reid(NZL) Draco Multiracing USA 1’30.476 1.575 184.116 Ivan BELLAROSA(ITA) Avelon Formula 1'32.558 3.657 180.0 17 Ryo FUKUDA(JPN) Saulnier Racing 1’32.703 3.802 179.7 

23 February 2005 (Revised)

Driver Team Time   Gap Km/h1 Will POWER( AUS) Carlin Motorsport 1'28.774  187.62 Robert KUBICA(POL) Epsilon Euskadi 1'29.253 0.479 186.63 Adrian VALLES(SPA) Pons Racing 1'29.254 0.480 186.64 Simon PAGENAUD( FRA) Saulnier Racing 1'29.625 0.851 185.95 Christian MONTANARI(RSM) Draco Multiracing Usa 1.29.757 0.983 185.66 Jaap VAN LAGEN(NED) KTR 1'30.056 1.282 185.07 Damien PASINI(FRA) Cram Competition 1'30.151 1.377 184.88 Markus WINKELHOCK(GER) Draco Multiracing Usa 1'30.340 1.566 184.49 Colin FLEMING(USA) Jenzer Motorsport 1.30.894 2.120 183.310 Raffaele GIAMMARIA(ITA) GD Racing 1'30.996 2.222 183.111 Eric SALIGNON(FRA) Cram Competition 1.31.236 2.462 182.612 Stefano PROETTO(ITA) Interwetten 1.31.535 2.761 182.013 Patrick PILET(FRA) Jenzer Motorsport 1'31.656 2.882 181.714 Partiva SURESHWAREN(IND) RC Motorsport 1.31.926 3.152 181.215 Pastor MALDONADO(VEN) Dams 1'31.965 3.191 181.116 Matteo MENEGHELLO(ITA) Eurointernational 1'32.500 3.726 180.117 Alx DANIELSSON(SWE) Dams 1’32.937 4.163 179.218 Ryo FUKUDA(JPN) Saulnier Racing 1’33.692 4.918 177.819 Ivan BELLAROSA(ITA) Avelon Formula 1'33.734 4.969 176.5