| Le Mans News: |
| Yesterday, the German Draco driver Markus Winkelhock made a fantastic performance setting the best time and today, his team-mate Christian Montanari carried out the second best lap at the steering-wheel of the new Nissan-Dallara FR3.5 car. The S.Marino's driver never run before in the Bugatti circuit, but he succeeded in setting a very fast lap, 1'22.659, near to the unofficial lap record in Le Mans. Draco Multiracing USA Team is very satisfied with the new car and with its work, as you can read in the protagonists' comments:
Mr Adriano Morini, Draco Team Owner: "I'm quite satisfied, our drivers have good potentialities. We worked hard because it's the first time that we can test the new car. We used new set of tyres, but the time wasn't the priority, we concentrated our attention on the set-up. Now "we return to base", where a part of the Team is checking the second car in view of Valencia test. The FR 3.5 debut has been satisfactory, we had to solve only a small electrical problem, but the rest, the engine particularly, was perfect." |
| More Le Mans News: |
| Le Mans, 3rd April 2005 - For the very first time the World Series Team tested their new Formula 3.5 car in the Le Mans Bugatti circuit for 2 days. Alx Danielsson was in charge of running the car during the first day while Pastor Maldonado made his debut in the car today.
Eric Boullier, Managing Director : "The car is good and quick, yesterday we had to fix several problems as usual for a brand new car, but today we had no reliability problem and this is really positive after only 1 day of testing. Everybody is really satisfied with the work done during these 2 days, the technical crew and drivers have learnt a lot on the car." Alx Danielsson : "It is fantastic to start a new season, with a new car and a new team after a so long winter. We have done a very good team work during these 2 days and I can't wait next test in Valencia with the 2 cars." |