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07.04.2008
GU Racing – Formula Renault NEC and Formula ADAC Masters testing-days successfully completed Last Week already, the first official testing- days of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and the Formula ADAC Masters took place. For the GU Racing team , Max Wissel and Carlos Gaitan tested for the Formula Renault, for the ADAC Masters it was Johann Ledermair. Unfortunately Valeriy Bercha couldn`t compete, because there was only one car available for the Team. The Formula Renault NEC already tested in Oschersleben and Hockenheim. For the GU Racing Team and the drivers as well, it was the first showdown in this series. The other Teams and the car as well are completely new for everybody and therefore the Team was excited how the competition with the other teams and their drivers would end up. Both of the events were accompanied by different weather conditions. Wet and dry periods alternated constantly. Nevertheless everybody made a good job so that the results were really satisfying. Trotzdem machten allen einen guten Job und die Ergebnisse konnten sich sehen lassen. During the wet periods Max Wissel presented a big performance once again. He showed all his ambitions and drove constantly the fastest lap-times in Oschersleben and in Hockenheim as well. But with dry conditions it was different, where still some work needs to be done. But nevertheless Max always was close to the top of the board and finished within the first 5 drivers. Carlos had some problems to get used to it, but he could improve during the time and finished in top 10. Driven without any new tyre he can hope for more success. Unfortunately Carlos got off the circuit right before his tyres should have been changed and this caused a longer break. But with this performance the team can start well into the season. After Oschersleben the Formula ADAC invited the teams for the first two official testing-days and every team followed this opportunity of driving the new car fort he first time. Drivers and teams were excited about the characteristics and the reliability of the new Dallara. Johann Ledermair, who is driving his first season in Formula, started fort he GU Racing Team. The weather conditions were quite tricky again here. Rain, snow and sunshine- every kind of weather challenged the pilots. Johann was not impressed by these conditions and among all the drivers he drove really fast rain-times and fought constantly with a competitor fort he first position. Even on a drying circuit he was fast. The team changed for slicks in time and Johann drove the fastest time in the morning. In the afternoon, he had some bad luck with his car caused by technical problems. One part of the engine had to be changed three times and therefore Johann could only drive a few rounds in the afternoon. Unfortunately new tyres could not be driven any more so that Johann closed the session in a very good third position, driven with the fewest rounds. Some other teams had technical problems as well but there is some hope to solve these problems as soon as possible. Engine-partner VW is really asked to be active in this case. In conclusion, extremely successful testing-days. Team-principal Günther Unterreitmeier: "I am really satisfied with the testing-days and hope that we can maintain this performance during the season. My drivers and the team did a great job." www.gu-racing.com www.gu-racing-school.com
Author: maggy (admin2)
Last modified: Monday, 07.04.2008 - 11:43 More reports from this category all copyright automobilsport.com.
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