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09.05.2008
Super Nova's GP2 Istanbul – Turkish QualifyingGP2 Championship 2008 The Super Nova team will be at the Istanbul Park circuit, located just outside the famous Turkish city, for the second round of GP2 2008 championship this weekend. The morning’s un-timed session took place under overcast conditions, with Alvaro Parente & Andy Soucek, the teams’ temporary driver replacement for Christian Bakkerud, looking quick around this undulating track. Earlier rain had dried out by qualifying at 1600hrs, but for the team it did not go according to plan. 23 year old Alvaro completed only 4 laps before he spun off. The Portuguese sadly watched from the sidelines, as drivers improved on their times, knocking him down to P21 for Saturday’s race. Andy Soucek took no time getting to grips with Super Nova’s #7 car, setting fifth quickest time on his first set of tyres. Unfortunately his second outing was marred getting held up in traffic. Unable to improve his lap, the 22 year will start 14th on the grid for tomorrow. The more experienced drivers amongst them benefited today from track knowledge with Giorgio Pantano quickest with Racing Engineering, Andreas Zuber P2 (Piquet Sports) and Adam Carroll P3 (Fisichella Motor Sport International). Team Principal David Sears “Circuit knowledge is extremely important here, as proved by Super Nova’s 2005 drivers, Giorgio Pantano & Adam Carroll, who were both very quick here today. After the pre qualifying practice it looked like both our drivers were capable of qualifying in the top eight. Alvaro was looking good on his first set of tyres, but spun off, stalled & took no further part in the session, so he will start from 21st, which is not good for his championship aspirations. Andy Soucek did a super job, in his first outing with the team and we are confident he can improve his 14th qualifying position during the race tomorrow. The biggest variable factor will be the weather here. As Britain and central Europe bask in warm sunshine, rain and cooler weather is forecasted for Turkey.” Alvaro Parente “I only did one flying lap in qualifying and then I made a mistake and spun off. The anti-stall did not kick in, so it was over for me. For sure starting from 21st will be tough, but I will try and avoid any mid field confusion and pass as many people as I can!” Andy Soucek “I didn’t do as well I expected. It’s been a long time since I last drove, but free practice was very positive, and I was looking forward to qualifying. I was P5 on my first set of tyres, & thought I would definitely improve by 3-4 tenths on my second set. As it happened I got stuck in traffic, and made a few little mistakes which is a real shame. However I’ve shown I have the speed so I’m confident for tomorrow’s race.”
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