WINKELHOCK DEMOLISHES THE WSR LAP RECORD AT PAUL RICARD

THE WORLD SERIES HAS COMPLETED MORE THAN 38,000 KM OF TESTING

Markus Winkelhock (Draco Multiracing USA) has demolished the World Series by Renault lap record at the Paul Ricard HTTT Circuit, putting in an impressive lap time during the morning session of 1’13.813.

At the end of two days at Paul Ricard, the 30 entered teams in the World Series by Renault have completed almost 38,000 kilometres of pre-season testing with the new, 425bhp Formula Renault 3.5. Having succeeded in solving some initial technical problems, the drivers, representing 16 different countries, are now ready to race in Zolder!

The reliability of the cars and equality among the drivers have far exceeded expectations. A new record in Bugatti at Le Mans (Valles), a new record for the category in Valencia (Porteiro), and again, a new record at Paul Ricard.

Latest WSR news is that the Pons Racing team has unveiled their new car livery today, with the colours of Repsol and Telefonica, two big companies that are heavily involved in the high tech single-seater categories.

The best lap set by Matteo Meneghello has not been officially published, as it has been proved that the driver cut one of the chicanes.

Best registered lapsPaul Ricard HTTT CircuitTemp Air: Min. 9˚C Max. 14.8˚CSunny/Windy

Pos. - TEAM - Driver - Best Lap - Time - LAPS

1 Draco Racing Team Winkelhock 01:13.813 332 CARLIN Power 01:14.118 963 CARLIN Zuber 01:14.182 784 Pons Valles 01:14.634 845 Cram Salignon 01:14.641 1116 Jenzer Motorsport Pilet 01:14.693 967 GD Racing Pavlovic 01:14.707 1128 Avelon Bellarosa 01:14.738 1109 Interwetten Proetto 01:14.789 9410 Jenzer Motorsport Fleming 01:14.799 10611 DAMS Danielson 01:14.845 3412 Draco Racing Team Montanari 01:14.895 7813 Saulnier Racing Pagnaud 01:15.034 7114 Victory Toccacelo 01:15.064 8615 Victory Kostka 01:15.085 7816 Interwetten La Rosa 01:15.133 9417 Pons Miguez 01:15.162 8918 RC Motorsport Tedeschi 01:15.195 9119 KTR Gommendy 01:15.237 6620 DAMS Maldonado 01:15.265 8421 KTR Van Lagen 01:15.382 9222 Saulnier Racing Fukuda 01:15.510 6923 RC Motorsport Chandoch 01:15.523 7724 EuroInternational Mondini 01:15.542 8825 Cram Pasini 01:16.041 36