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Norman Nato joins Racing Engineering for the 2016 GP2 Series
04.02.2016: ...with the aim of fighting for the Championship.
Racing Engineering are pleased to announce that 23 year old Frenchman
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...with the aim of fighting for the Championship.
Racing Engineering are pleased to announce that 23 year old Frenchman Norman Nato will be joining the Spanish team for the 2016 GP2 Series.
Norman who began karting in 1998, winning the French K72 Championship before moving to the Formula Renault F4 Eurocup in 2010 finishing as runner-up with two wins. In 2011 he moved up to Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 taking two podiums as well as a podium in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup.
Norman continued in the Eurocup in 2012 winning his first race at Spa and finishing 4th in the Championship as well as finishing runner-up to current F1 driver Daniil Kyvat in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps.
2013 and 2014 saw the Frenchman racing in the World Series by Renault where he was 13th in his debut season and 7th in the second year with two wins and two podiums.
Norman’s first season in GP2, 2015, has shown his progress and he scored points on four occas! ions to date with best finishes of 6th at Hungary and Monza and he had his first experience of the Racing Engineering team when he joined them for the final day of the post-season tests at Abu Dhabi in November of last year.
Norman Nato: "I am really pleased to join Racing Engineering this season for the GP2 Series championship. It is a very experienced team that has already won the GP2 championship twice.
The Abu Dhabi post-season test went well and it was a logical decision to keep working together for the 2016 season.
After a first season to discover and learn about the GP2 series in 2015, my aim is now to be a front runner in every race meeting in order to fight for the title."
Alfonso de Orléans- Borbón, President of Racing Engineering: "We are very pleased to announce that Norman Nato has joined us for the 2016 season.
After seeing the progression he made during last season, it was discussed that he would be ready to join our team.
Now that it is a reality, we are all working hard to get ready for the first test of the season. We expect Norman to be competitive from the first race of the season since has the talent and the work ethic to step up on the podium from the beginning."
- Ines Koschutnig, photos Racing Engineering
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Jordan King confident that he can go for the GP2 Championship with Racing Engineering in 2016.
18.01.2016
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| Racing Engineering are pleased to announce that the British driver Jordan King will be staying with the Spanish team for the 2016 GP2 season. Just 21 years old Jordan has already shown considerable talent in the junior formulae and following a very impressive debut season more >> |
Racing Engineering is the GP2 Series vice-Champion team 2015
29.11.2015
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26.11.2015
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Jordan King in the points today for Racing Engineering at the Bahrain Sprint Race.
21.11.2015
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| For the third day in succession the weather at the Sakhir International Circuit was warm although cooler than on Friday and Saturday with air and track temperatures of 24° and 26° respectively. Following yesterday’s Feature Race Jo more >> |
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21.11.2015
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| Conditions for today’s 32 lap Feature race were similar to those for yesterday’s practice and qualifying with air and track temperatures of 25° and 31° respectively. Following qualifying Jordan King was starting from 5th on the grid and Alexander Rossi wa more >> |
Jordan King qualifies 5th today at Bahrain for Racing Engineering.
19.11.2015
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16.11.2015
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Alexander Rossi and Racing Engineering win a shortened Feature Race at Sochi today.
10.10.2015
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| Following yesterday’s wet/dry qualifying session Alexander Rossi was starting today’s 28 lap Feature Race from 3rd on the grid after a very impressive performance in the difficult conditions while Jordan King, who had been hampered by a vibration in the front of h more >> |
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08.10.2015
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Sochi Q&A with Jordan King
05.10.2015
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| ”….I feel confident that I can get a good result and fight for the podium.”After scoring points in three of the last four GP2 races including an excellent second place in the Spa Sprint Race Jordan King will be making more >> |
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06.09.2015
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| The weather at Monza continued to be sunny and warm for today’s 21 lap Sprint Race although, with the morning start, the air and track temperatures of 19° and 25° respectively were lower than yesterday. Following Saturday’s Feature more >> |
Alexander Rossi takes a stunning victory today in the Monza Feature Race.
06.09.2015
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| The weather today for the 30 lap Feature Race was similar to that in yesterday’s qualifying with the air and track temperatures now at 22° and 37° respectively. Following yesterday’s qualifying, penalt more >> |
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04.09.2015
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| It was a bright, sunny morning at Monza for the forty-five minute practice session with air and track temperatures of 23° and 32° respectively and all the cars were running the Pirelli P Zero Orange hard compound tyresThe Racing Engineering drivers, more >> |
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| "….with the encouraging results from Spa I really hope we can keep the momentum going.”The temple of Italian motorsport, Monza, is the venue for this weekend’s GP2 Series races, round eight of the 2015 Championship and th more >> |
