READY TO RACE!
Junior Strous (Mr. Glow) headed the time sheets in the last Eurocup Formula 2.0 official joint tests held at Oschersleben (Germany). Teams and drivers have finished their European testing tour and now they should be ready to touch down in Zolder for the very first meeting of the 2005 Season.
However, some teams decided not to travel to Germany.
The second day of testing combined wet and dry weather conditions, so the quickest lap times were to be set on Wednesday, when the sun and mild temperatures allowed almost all the teams to show how far they have come. Strous put in a very strong lap during the second session, leaving the Briton Westley Barber 0.4 seconds off the pace. The Dutch driver was also the quickest in wet conditions on the second day.
Westley Barber (Comtec Racing) and Patrick Rocha (Prema Power Team) were second and third fastest, followed by the SG Formula drivers Yann Clairay and Carlo Van Damm.
Kobayashi (Prema) and Daniel Clos (Pons Racing) both encountered some technical problems.
In wet conditions, Miguel Molina (Pons Racing) impressed by making it up to fifth position by the end of the Thursday morning session.
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 - Motorpark Oschersleben Circuit (3,667 meters)
POS - DRIVER - NAT. - TEAM - OVERALL
1 Junior STROUS NED Mr. Glow Motorsport 1:21.9762 Westley BARBER GBR Comtec Racing 1:22.5803 Patrick ROCHA BRA Prema Powerteam 1:22.6584 Yann CLAIRAY FRA SG Formula 1:22.6855 Carlo VAN DAM NED SG Formula 1:22.7006 Kasper ANDERSEN DEN Team Formula Sport 1:22.7047 Julien CANAL FRA Graff Racing 1:23.0238 Daniel SERRA BRA Cram Competition 1:23.0339 Teemu NYMAN FIN Motorpark Oschersleben 1:23.04610 Tom DILLMANN FRA Prema Powerteam 1:23.26011 Matias Milla ARG Motorpark Oschersleben 1.23.26212 Cyndie ALLEMANN SWI SL Formula 1:23.28313 Dima RAIKHLIN GER SL Formula 1:23.33514 Michael ALENSHIN RUS Lukoil Racing Team 1:23.56215 Alan HELLMEISTER BRA AR Motorsport 1:23.66116 Miguel MOLINA ESP Pons Racing 1:23.88917 Sergei AFANASIEV RUS Lukoil Racing Team 1:23.89718 Hiroyuki MATSUMURA JPN Graff Racing 1:24.14519 Jim KATO CHN Motorpark Oschersleben 1:24.16520 Kamui KOBAYASHI JPN Prema Powerteam 1:24.18821 Barna PARA GER Jorg Van Hommen 1:24.97622 Dani CLOS ESP Pons Racing 1:25.45023 Pippa MANN GBR Comtec Racing 1:25.48824 Sebastian VETTEL GER Motopark Oschersleben 1.25.74025 Atte MUSTONEN FIN Koiranen Bros MS 1:26.166
