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Sebastien
Bourdais drove a fantastic race today to take a well-deserved win and ten points
for his championship campaign. He made a great start from pole position
and held on to first place until the end of the 31-lap race. Tiago
Monteiro did not have such a good day as yesterday, the weather was dry today
and not only did Tiago have to get used to the car and the track in dry
conditions but he was also following some experienced drivers ahead of him.
He made a great start and overtook Pantano into fourth but during the race
he went off the track a few times and dropped some places. Despite this he
learnt a lot from the race and finished in tenth position. Sebastien was
followed over the chequered flag by the Brazil race winner Rodrigo Sperafico and
Italian Giorgio Pantano.
Tiago
Monteiro P10: "I had a good start, overtaking Giorgio Pantano at the
first corner but everything was new to me. We run in the wet yesterday and
today it was dry and with a full tank I had a lot of understeer, plus it was
fifteen seconds faster than yesterday. The mistake I made was trying to
follow the guys who had a lot more experience when I should have been learning
the track myself but I didn't want to get left behind and I was pushing too hard
for my experience. I guess its part of my learning progress. I am
not surprised that I was overtaken but I shouldn't have made the mistakes and
should have kept to my own rhythm. The car was very constant all the way
apart from the first lap when it was very heavy. I am very happy for
Sebastien and the whole team."
Team Manager - David Sears: “Tiago Monteiro started from fifth position on the grid because of the wet qualifying but unfortunately made several mistakes during the race which cost him a lot of time with some off-track excursions. However Tiago managed to finish in tenth place at the end to continue his steep learning curve in Formula 3000. The next race takes place in two weeks time in Barcelona where both drivers tested earlier this year."
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