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Joest Another Sebring
A warning was sounded for anyone with ambitions to take the ALMS series or Le Mans away from Joest Racing when the team won their fourth consecutive Sebring 12 Hour in their Audi R8. An arms length battle all day between Joest and fellow Audi R8 team Champion Racing was only resolved with 90 minutes to go when the Champion car was forced to pit early after Emanuele Pirro experienced cramps in both legs.
Biela led the field around on the opening lap ahead of Pirro, but Pirro had his own ambitions and moved into the lead on lap 5. Mika Salo settled in third in a far too familiar sight as the three Audis started to move clear of the field. Further back the two Bentleys were scything through the big field, Herbert moving into sixth just after the first half hour, while James Weaver stopped the Lola-MG for major work with power steering dramas.
By the end of the first hour, Kristensen and Herbert were fourth and fifth in the Bentleys. Didier Theys was best of the rest in the Dallara-MG ahead of Marc Goosens in the Riley & Scott. The Dallara would strike the DBA-Zytek of John Nielsen, damaging the Doran Lista car. Tom Kristensen got his Bentley briefly into the top three just before the second hour, displacing Johnny Kane. David Brabham would sneak the other Bentley into the top three an hour later and this time stayed there as the Audi Sport UK car dropped to fourth.
At three quarter distance Biela had returned the Joest car to the lead lap behind JJ Lehto. The Bentleys hovered four laps behind the Audis. The Audi Sport UK car had dropped back behind the Panoz with clutch problems.
With 90 minutes to go, Pirro lost the lead to Marco Werner when the Italian pitted with cramps, handing over to Stefan Johnasson. It would be the critical moment, as the Champion team never recovered the time. Werner held the lead to win by a lap over Johansson. David Brabham took third, a lap ahead of his teammate Dindo Capello after a late race stop-go penalty for pit lane speeding dropped the #7 car a lap behind its twin.
Fifth place was taken by Olivier Beretta in the JML Panoz LMP01, 15 laps down on Werner and a lap up on Perry McCarthy in the Audi Sport UK R8. The second Panoz claimed ninth. Seventh saw Fredy Lienhard finish next in the Doran Lista Racing Dallara-MG.
If anything, LMP675 was even worse off, with none of the class's seven entries making clean runs to the finish. First survivor in eighteenth outright was the Dyson Racing Lola EX257 MG of Chris Dyson, Chad Block and Didier de Radigues. The remaining podium positions would be awarded to Jon Field, Duncan Dayton and Michael Durand in the Intersport Racing Lola-MG over 100 laps from the lead car. The DBS-Zytek of John Nielsen and Hayanari Shimoda was classified third despite not running for over two thirds of the race.
The GT class drove in relatively intact, with Alex Job Racing taking another Sebring class win with Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr finishing tenth outright, a lap ahead of the White Lightning car of Johnny Mowlem and Michael Petersen. Seikel Motorsport took third in fourteenth outright Andrea Chiesa, Alex Caffi and Gabrio Rosa, all three podium teams utilising Porsche 996s. JMB Racing finished fourth in class in their Ferrari 360 Modena.
Result of American Le Mans Series, Round 1 of 8, Sebring International Raceway, Florida, United States:
Rubbin' Is Racin'!
They say rubbin' is racin' and that was certainly the case at Darlington. With the leading duo making contact three times in the final two laps, including a smoky run to the line with the two cars locked together, there was definitely rubbin' required by Ricky Craven to take the win by two thousandths of a second from Kurt Busch. All this happened after a strong run by Jeff Gordon ended in disaster, dropping from the lead with 25 to go to 33rd at the race's end. Meanwhile in the chase for the championship, Matt Kenseth remains at the top of the points despite early damage, moving just a little further away from 2002 champ Tony Stewart in second, while a little further down, almost unbelievably the two cars who came to the finish line as one, Ricky Craven and Kurt Busch, are now equal on points!
Lap 10 saw the race restart but it was a short green, Jack Sprague spinning off turn four all by himself, as the 'green' track surface, washed clean of rubber by rain, continued to cause problems. Those who hadn't pitted the first time stopped now, the only driver not to pit either time being Jimmy Spencer, now the leader of the race, with Earnhardt Jr second and Jerry Nadeau, who brought out the first caution, third! Lap 17
and it was green again, with Earnhardt Jr taking the lead into turn three on lap 18, as the field began to slowly march past Spencer thanks to fresher tyres, while a little further back, those who made their stop at the second caution began their march back to the front.
It wasn't long before the next caution however on lap 24, after Jimmie Johnson and Sterling Marlin made contact exiting turn four, squeezing Marlin into the wall. Heading into turn one Marlin's car went straight on, with Bobby Labonte, Kevin Harvick and Jack Sprague among those suffering major damage in the aftermath. Everyone pitted again except Dale Jarrett and Jeff Gordon, who stayed on track and took over first and second, with Dale Earnhardt Jr the first off pit lane. Lap 29 and it was back to racing, but once again it was only a short green, Jeff Burton suffering another Roush engine failure to bring out the fourth caution on lap 34. During this short green Earnhardt Jr took the lead from Jarrett while Gordon had faded down the top five. Those who didn't stop at the last caution stopped this time, including Jarrett and Gordon, who restarted 24th and 25th.
Lap 75 and Earnhardt led the field as the race restarted. Just before lap 90 Nadeau's car began to smoke, forcing him to pit to make repairs. Lap 89 saw Jeff Gordon finally return to the top five since pitting at the fourth caution over 50 laps earlier, as teammate Joe Nemechek was also moving up the top ten. Meanwhile at the front Earnhardt Jr still led comfortably from Martin and Sadler. Soon Sadler had Gordon on his tail, Gordon taking third just after the 100 lap mark. Ten to fifteen laps later there was a change at the front, Mark Martin taking over the lead as the leaders began to hit heavy traffic, the long green run seeing more and more of the field go a lap down. Lap 129 Gordon took second from Earnhardt Jr as the leaders were beginning to pit, Hendrick teammate Nemechek following past Earnhardt two laps later.
During these stops Kurt Busch miscued his entry to the pits, trying to enter too fast, forcing him to go around another lap before successfully entering the pits. The stops shook up the order somewhat, with Martin and Gordon remaining 1-2, while some slick pit work saw Kenseth and Sadler move up to third and fourth ahead of Earnhardt Jr. At around half distance Jimmy Spencer hit the wall, with a little help from Mike Skinner, both continuing but Spencer suffering some damage. 30 laps after the stops Kenseth began to fall down the top ten, as Dave Blaney headed the other way. A little further forward, Sadler caught Gordon, taking second on lap 170.
Gordon led the race as it restarted on lap 197, though in front of him he had Skinner, effectively on the tail end of the lead lap, and to the inside Jarrett was trying to also get back, and then stay, on the lead lap, as Martin took the chance at the restart to take second back from Sadler. Gordon soon disposed of Skinner, but Jarrett proved a tougher battle, and even when he did pass him as he completed lap 204, the two rubbed panels down the frontstretch. The battle allowed Martin and Sadler to catch up with Gordon, Blaney and Craven filling out the top five. Free of traffic, Gordon edged ever so slightly away before Martin caught him again.
Just when everyone was about to make their final stop of the day, debris in turns three and four brought out a caution on lap 238, making everyone's mind up for them. Everyone came in, Gordon keeping the lead, with Martin, Busch, Sadler, Craven and Blaney. Unfortunately for Martin he suffered the same fate Earnhardt Jr had suffered earlier, having to return to the pits to have the front left lug nuts tightened, dropping all the way from second to eleventh, moving the rest of the top ten except Gordon up one place. At the restart on lap 242 Gordon moved away from the chasing pack initially but Kurt Busch was soon on the attack, moving alongside the inside of Gordon into turn three on lap 243, the duo running side-by-side through three and four before Gordon retained the lead, the battle allowing Sadler to close onto both of their tails.
23 laps to go and the pressure told, as Gordon hit the turn two wall hard enough to affect the toe out, the car's handling severely affected. Very soon after Sadler had a look to pass Gordon off turn two. As Sadler got alongside, Busch, who had been sitting just behind Sadler, zipped out and passed them both as they ran three wide down the backstretch. Gordon managed to hold on to second for a couple of laps before Sadler made his way past as well. Gordon quickly fell down the order, eighth with 18 to go. Meanwhile Ricky Craven and Dave Blaney, now third and fourth, closed the gap to Sadler. When Sadler scraped the wall in turns one and two with 17 to go, they were both ready to pounce, Craven getting alongside Sadler as they exited turn four that same lap, taking third as they entered turn one on the following lap, Sadler and Earnhardt Jr following past in the middle of one and two, Martin through turns three and four, Sadler dropping from second to sixth in just over half a lap!
With 15 laps to go, Busch led Craven by nearly three seconds. 13 to go and Martin, who restarted eleventh, was up to fourth. Right at the front, Ricky Craven and Dave Blaney were slowly closing on Busch, Busch continuing to suffer from power steering problems.
10 to go and Gordon hit the wall again, the suspension making the car undrivable, Gordon pitting but discovering he needed more than a new set of tyres to fix the problems his car was suffering from. Craven continued to close on Busch, and with 5 to go he was almost there. As they came to the line with 3 to go he was there, as Craven's tremendous speed through turns three and four paid off.
After what happened the previous lap, Craven didn't try anything in turns one and two, preferring to wait for a last minute move in turns three or four. As Busch went high through turn four, Craven ducked underneath. As they ran through the middle of turn four they were side-by-side. As they exited turn four, Busch's car broke loose as Craven's pushed up the track a little, meaning both cars wanted the same piece of track. And they almost succeeded, as the two cars ran down the frontstretch locked together, tyres smoking, Craven taking the win by just two thousandths of a second! Blaney finished a close third, Dale Earnhardt's strong early run faded slightly to finish sixth while Matt Kenseth's up-and-down day ended OK with an eighth place. After leading with less than 25 laps remaining, Jeff Gordon finished seven laps down in 33rd place.
Result of NASCAR Winston Cup, Round 5 of 36, Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, Darlington Speedway, South Carolina, United States:
Standings: Matt Kenseth 760, Tony Stewart 703, Michael Waltrip 698, Dale Earnhardt Jr 634, Ricky Craven and Kurt Busch 617, Dave Blaney 603, Jimmie Johnson and Joe Nemechek 601, Elliott Sadler 575 etc.
Brands Hatch Renames Curve after Sheene
The fast, sweeping curve has recently been completed as part of a 1.7 million pound ($2.69 million) investment programme to prepare for a CART round and world superbike races at Brands Hatch later this year.
Sheene, who died in Australia on March 10 aged 52, won back-to-back 500cc titles in 1975 and 1976 and was the last British rider to win the world championship in the top category of grand prix racing. His first race was at Brands Hatch.
Ralf Waldmann Retires
German Ralf Waldmann, twice runner-up in the motorcycling world championship in the 250cc category, said on Friday he was retiring from the sport.
"That was it," said the 36-year-old, who has registered 20 Grand Prix victories since his first in the 125cc class in 1991. "Even if I somebody asked me to do just two or three races, I would not do it," he told German sports news agency SID.
Waldmann first announced his retirement two years ago but he came back last year, competing in three races for Aprilia. He had been due to race in the MotoGP class on the four-stroke Harris WCM biker this season, but decided to quit the team after testing in England last weekend.
"Ralf told me that it was a lovely motorcycle and a lovely team, but that we needed a better rider than him to help develop it," said Harris WCM team boss Peter Clifford, who must now find a replacement in time for the start of the season on April 6.
Reports provided by Reuters
The More Things Change, The More Different They Are...
It is a new season for the Australian touring car series as many drivers have changed team, new teams have appeared, old teams have disappeared, there has been the much heralded arrival of Prodrive, while the collapse of the Tom Walkinshaw Racing empire has staggered the series' leading teams with only days to go.
Skaife's former teammate Bright has moved across to Team Brock. But it is not the Team Brock of last year, and is effectively a new team, as Peter Brock has come together with Bright and the resources of the factory backed Holden Racing Organisation. To make it work, Paul Weel and his father Kees have wound up their Ford team and moved to Melbourne, with Kees Weel as the team's principal, Peter Brock the figurehead and Paul Weel the #2 driver. A first up win at the Formula One support race has seen Bright on the pace from the start.
At Todd Kelly's old team, K-Mart Racing, Todd's younger brother, and supreme talent in his own right, Rick, joins the ever aggressive Greg Murphy. Another strong operation like Team Brock; they will continue to use VX Commodores while HRT makes heavy weather of their VYs.
Prodrive arrived with a thump when Glenn Seton sold his team to the David Richards-owned organisation after 14 years as a team owner that included the 1993 and 1997 championships. Seton stays on at the new Ford Performance Racing for two years as part of the deal. Lead driver is Ford's pin up boy, Craig Lowndes, who leaves 00 Motorsport after a generally unsatisfying two years. Stone Brothers Racing reject David Besnard also joins the team, giving Lowndes more than an able back-up come the enduros later in the year.
Of the other Ford teams, Greg Ritter leaves Dick Johnson Racing to take Lowndes's seat at 00 Motorsport, joining existing 00 driver Rodney Forbes. Paul Radisich has also left DJR to take the vacant lead driver's position at Briggs Motor Sport. Radisich will be joined by Dean Canto who replaces veteran Tony Longhurst. In turn DJR have snaffled former Brazilian CART driver Max Wilson to join Steven Johnson in the Shell-backed team. Larkham Motor Sport has expanded to two cars with former Garry Rogers Motorsport driver Jason Bargwanna joining Mark Larkham and will run a third car for David Thexton who bought Paragon Motorsport, putting Cameron McLean out of a drive. All three will run the old model AU Falcon for the time being. Mark Noske will appear early in the season in a new team and Steven Ellery will continue at Super Cheap Autos Racing.
At Holden the changes continue as well, with Konica V8Supercar series champion Paul Dumbrell being promoted to the big league at Castrol Perkins Racing alongside Steven Richards while team leader, six times Bathurst champion Larry Perkins, has finally retired and will concentrate on running his team. 2002 Australian Formula Ford champion Jamie Whincup joins Garth Tander at Garry Rogers Motorsport. GRM will also be running the Team Kiwi Racing Commodore with former Team Brock driver Craig Baird now at the wheel.
The season kicks off with the Clipsal Adelaide 500 spectacular, 250 kilometres each on Saturday and Sunday on the shortened Formula One street circuit, a severe test of car and pilot. After that are twelve gruelling encounters across Australia and New Zealand, including the legendary Bathurst 1000 before finishing at Sandown in November.
Australia Gets Go-Ahead After Dispute Resolved
The Australian Rally will not be struck off the calendar after agreement was reached between the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the local organisers on Tuesday.
The Perth-based rally had been in doubt following a dispute between local rally officials and the Western Australia Tourism Commission (WATC), who own the commercial rights to the event, over the organisation of the rally. The FIA, motorsport's governing body, had asked the organisers to sort the matter out last Christmas and had sent a representative to Australia to help resolve it.
"The agreement resolves all outstanding issues," said the FIA after its president Max Mosley met the Minister for State Development, Tourism and Small Business for Western Australia. Mosley said every effort had been made to iron out the organisational difficulties and that the FIA was convinced it would be a top-class rally.
Brown added: "The signing of the agreement indicates the mutual confidence between the FIA and the Western Australia Government in the Australian Rally event".
Mosley said the agreement would be taken to the World Motor Sport Council in Paris on April 2 for final ratification. The loss of the Australian rally, which takes place on September 3-7, would have reduced the World Championship to 13 rallies.
Report provided by Reuters
Firman's Successors
The signing of Ralph Firman to the Jordan Grand Prix team has re-ignited interest in Formula Nippon. Once a source of drivers for Formula One, that had slowed in recent years to a trickle of Japanese pay drivers. The series is all set to go for 2003 with 18 cars recently appearing at Suzuka for the last of three official pre-season tests.
The other squad managed by an ex-F1 pilot, Kazuyoshi Hoshino's Team Impul, has retained series vice champion Satoshi Motoyama and is joined by the Frenchman Benoit Treluyer who has been racing open wheelers in Japan for three seasons, winning the 2001 Japanese Formula 3 series. Experienced Japanese drivers Hideki Noda and Naoki Hattori are both competing, for Team Mohn and Team Dandelion Racing respectively.
Front runners Team Le Mans will be entering former German Formula 3 champion Toshihiro Kaneishi and sportscar regular Takeshi Tschiya. Yuji Ide returns from the French Formula 3 series to race at home with Team Cerumo.
Kaneishi was the pace setter at the most recent Suzuka test, also the venue of this weekend's opening round, ahead of Tsugio Matsuda of Team Cerumo. Treluyer was third fastest, with Ryo Michigami of Team Szigen ahead of Irish driver Richard Lyons and Lotterer. The top nine cars were covered by just over seven tenths of a second, pointing to a close race as some of the world's fastest open wheelers race off against the drivers' paradise of Suzuka. From there a ten race series tours around the islands,
returning to Suzuka for the finale in November.
ALMS
Qualifying saw another team take favoritism when the Bentley squad annexed the front row. Johnny Herbert set the fastest time, a 1:48.108, just two hundredths ahead of team mate Dindo Capello. The position would not last though, as both Bentleys were disqualified for having illegal rear diffusers, and were forced to start at the back of the grid. New polesitter became Joest Racing's Frank Biela with a 1:48.826 ahead of Emanuele Pirro in the Champion Racing Audi R8. Third on the grid was James Weaver in the Dyson Racing Lola-MG ahead of Jonny Kane in the Audi Sport UK Audi R8. Fifth was John Nielsen in the R.N. Motorsports DBA4-03s Zytek with Olivier Beretta next in the first Panoz.
By half distance Stefan Johansson had a lap lead in the Champion car over the Joest car of Philipp Peter. Herbert was a lap behind in the Bentley with Perry McCarthy and Rinaldo Capello three laps down. Beretta held sixth in the Panoz while the GTS cars, led by factory Corvettes, were moving up the top ten.
Like at Daytona a month ago, the GTS class stumbled collectively. The lead factory Corvette of Johnny O'Connell, Ron Fellows and Franck Freon did survive untroubled to come home eighth. Thirteenth outright saw the Prodrive Ferrari 550 Maranello of Darren Turner, Anthony Davidson and Kelvin Burt take second in class, 52 laps down. Third in class was the second Corvette of Oliver Gavin, Kelly Collins and Andy Pilgrim, some 83 laps behind its teammate in 26th position.
Pos Drivers Car
1. Frank Biela/Marco Werner/Phillip Peter Audi R8
2. Emanuele Pirro/JJ Lehto/ Audi R8
Stefan Johansson
3. Johnny Herbert/David Brabham/Mark Blundell Bentley Speed 8
4. Tom Kristensen/Rinaldo Capello/Guy Smith Bentley Speed 8
5. Olivier Beretta/Gunnar Jeanette/Max Papis Panoz LMP01 Elan
6. Jonny Kane/Perry McCarthy/Mika Salo Audi R8
7. Didier Theys/Fredy Lienhard/ Dallara LMP2001 MG
Eric van de Poele
8. Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell/Franck Freon Chevrolet Corvette C5-R
(1st GTS Class)
9. Benjamin Leuenberger/John Graham/ Panoz LMP01 Elan
Scott Maxwell
10. Lucas Luhr/Sascha Maassen Porsche 996 GT3-RS
(1st GT Class)
NASCAR
At the start, the front row of polesitter Elliott Sadler and Ryan Newman ran side by side before Newman took the lead heading into the backstretch. As they came around to complete lap one Sadler was back in front as he started a move coming off turn four. One lap later Jerry Nadeau repeated the move to take second from Newman. The race was soon under caution on lap 7 when Nadeau completed a slow 360 spin through turns one and two, avoiding contact with the wall and other cars, but with cars taking to the apron to avoid the spin, Jamie McMurray and Matt Kenseth made some contact. About half the field pitted, Dale Earnhardt Jr the big surprise among those who stopped, pitting from inside the top ten.
With the race resuming on lap 40, we finally saw more than a handful or two of green laps run as Earnhardt continued to lead comfortably, with Jerry Nadeau and Mark Martin next up, Martin finally taking second on lap 65, while Gordon was beginning to nibble at the top ten. Lap 69 saw another caution however after Ryan Newman and Ward Burton tried to enter turn one side by side, the two cars touching and spinning without too much damage. The field pitted, with the top three remainined unchanged, Kurt Busch in fourth, while Jeff Gordon moved up to ninth.
Some of the runners further down the field had made their second stop under green when the caution came out on lap 191 after Jimmy Spencer and John Andretti made contact, the contact exploding Andretti's left rear tyre and spinning him down the frontstretch. Among those caught a lap down was Dale Jarrett. Those who hadn't pitted made their stops, Gordon beating Sadler and Martin out of pit lane, Ricky Craven jumping from ninth to fourth. Meanwhile Earnhardt Jr dropped from eighth to eleventh when he had to come in to have the lug nuts on his front left tyre tightened.
A lap later Busch tried the same move, this time getting almost a car length ahead as they went to enter turn three, but Gordon went in so deep around the outside he nosed in front through turn three and retook the lead again on the exit of four, Sadler following Gordon on the high line to take Busch into turn one at the start of lap 245. Gordon continued to lead, but Sadler and Busch still remained close by. 33 to go, the top five were still covered by only two seconds, while Martin had fought his way up to seventh place.
Craven looked under Busch into turn one but pulled back, waiting until the exit of turn four to get his nose under Busch as they ran down the frontstretch side-by-side with two to go. Into turn one they remained side-by-side, a definite no-no at Darlington. So it proved to be, Craven getting a touch sideways as they turned in, sliding up the track as he caught it as they went further around turn one, sending Busch into the wall. As Busch recovered from his encounter with the wall, he gave Craven a bump'n'run as he dived back under him, Craven almost hitting the wall as Busch's tap cost Craven momentum. Craven hadn't given up though, and despite all the ground he had lost in turns one and two, Craven was right back on Busch's bumper exiting turn four to begin the final lap.
Pos Driver Car
1. Ricky Craven Pontiac Grand Prix
2. Kurt Busch Ford Taurus
3. Dave Blaney Ford Taurus
4. Mark Martin Ford Taurus
5. Michael Waltrip Chevrolet Monte Carlo
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet Monte Carlo
7. Elliott Sadler Ford Taurus
8. Matt Kenseth Ford Taurus
9. Bill Elliott Dodge Intrepid
10. Tony Stewart Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Motorcycling
Britain's Brands Hatch circuit is to have a curve named after Barry Sheene, the motorcycling champion who died of cancer last week. Owners Octagon Motorsport said in a statement that a new Sheene's Curve would replace the old Dingle Dell chicane on the Grand Prix circuit.
V8 Supercar
The ownership problems still beset the series' leading team, the Holden Racing Team, and this shadow hangs over the team on their way to Adelaide for the series kick-off on a shorter version of the old Formula One street circuit. Reigning champion Mark Skaife oozes confidence as he always does, but the team has a new #2 driver in Todd Kelly, and for the first time since Skaife joined HRT, the team does not have two number one drivers. Kelly is more than capable but he and his reputation lacks something compared to his predecessors, Jason Bright and Craig Lowndes. And development of the team's new VY Commodores has been slow. HRT are vulnerable like they haven't been for almost five years.
At the other leading Ford teams, Besnard's vacancy in the Caltex-backed BA Falcon has been filled by Russell Ingall who left the Castrol Perkins outfit after seven years. Ingall's passion for racing has been rekindled, and instantly kicked a goal for the new BA model Falcon, taking victory in the second Albert Park race. He and Marcos Ambrose will be Ford's early pacesetters. John Bowe and Brad Jones had their Brad Jones Racing Falcons out testing before anyone else and their pace continues to improve as the test the new model BA Ford.
Multiple Australian Formula Holden champion team, Birrana Racing, has become Team Dynamik and will run two VY Commodores for ex-Team Kiwi Racing driver Jason Richards and Briggs Motor Sport reject Simon Wills. Lansvale Racing Team continues with Cameron McConville and has been seen testing Minardi Formula One reject Alex Yoong earlier this year. Paul Morris Motorsport faces an uphill battle after Paul Morris wrecked the team’s interim VY Commodore at Albert Park, and finally Paul Romano appears on entry lists under Romano Racing, but there is yet to be an announcement over the team's 2003 plans.
Rally
The FIA said in a statement on Tuesday that new heads of agreement had now been finalised and everything was in place for the round to be held in Western Australia.
Formula Nippon
As the defending champion team, PIAA Nakajima Racing has the number one plate, but Firman has moved on. Nakajima's drivers should not lack in comparison however. Wearing Firman's champion's plate is Japanese Formula 3 champion Takeshi Kogure, one of the young chargers of Macau last year, taking third place on the day and following it up with second at the Korean Super Prix. Alongside is Andre Lotterer, the former Jaguar Formula One test driver only raced once last year, driving for Dale Coyne Racing at Mexico City's CART round.
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