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GP2 Championship 2008

The Super Nova team are celebrating today after both cars finished in the top seven & collecting 8 precious championship points in the Hockenheim Feature race this afternoon.

Portuguese driver Alvaro Parente drove wisely as the weather conditions changed over the track & surrounding forests. He came through from seventh on the grid to finish on podium, in a pleasing third place.

Andy Soucek made a fantastic start, successfully passing several cars and catching up to his team mate within lap one. He drove a determined race to finish in 7th place, prepared to start on the front row for tomorrows sprint race.

Romain Grosjean powered on to win today, for ART Grand Prix, followed by Racing Engineering’s Giorgio Pantano in second place.

Team Principal David Sears "What an exciting race we saw today in Hockenheim, with rain falling with just 6 laps to go, cars were spinning off the track

In all this commotion both Super Nova drivers kept cool heads, Alvaro, delighted with his third place and third podium of the season.

Andy Soucek ended up in 7th place, collecting another 2 points for the team. He starts on the front row for the reversed grid for tomorrow.

Both drivers are happy to be in the top 7 & after a last two disastrous races, the team are in a fantastic mood whatever the weather!."

Alvaro Parente P3 "I am very pleased with our result today. The team did a great job…After a couple of bad races, scoring points is even more important. We will both be towards the front of the grid tomorrow, so it should be a really good race!"

Andy Soucek P7 "I started very well, I was very quick, and managed to get behind Alavro on the first lap, but didn’t want to risk anything by trying to pass. He pitted, & I stayed out for few laps, but I experienced some problems with the rear, & lost a little time in the pit lane. When I came out I was struggling with over steer, and then massive under steer, which we will fix tomorrow. I start from the front row, so I expect a podium tomorrow!"

Race 2 –Sunday 20th July -27 laps 1030hrs local time

- Super Nova -

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