Speedcar: Frentzen on form in practice

22/01/2009
NEWS STORY

Heinz Harald Frentzen topped the hour long Speedcar Series practice session this afternoon at the Bahrain International Circuit ahead of two races to follow this weekend on Friday and Saturday.

The German driver came in ahead of Gianni Morbidelli by less than a tenth of a second while Jean Alesi classified in third spot lagging by 0.252. Frentzen is currently in second in the driver championship standings after having finished second in the last race in Dubai. He commented on his practice timing, "This is a very good circuit and I enjoy the layout. It's not a simple track though and it is easy to make mistakes."

Vitantonio Liuzzi, winner of the last race in Dubai and currently leading the driver championship classified in 4th place. The new drivers to Speedcar Series Thomas Biagi, Giovanni Lavaggi and Enzo Panacci timed 9th, 12th and 13th respectively.

The race is expected to be a tight battle judging from today's practice where the first and the fifth car finished with less than half a second between them.

Times

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Frentzen  Team Lavagi 2:07.082 95.265 mph
2 Morbidelli Palm Beach 2:07.260 0.178
3 Alesi HPR 2:07.334 0.252
4 Liuzzi UP Team 2:07.413 0.331
5 Herbert JMB 2:07.518 0.436
6 Al Maktoum      UP Team 2:08.312 1.230
7 Lee  HPR 2:08.521 1.439
8 Villeneuve     Durango 2:08.715 1.633
9 Biagi  Palm Beach 2:09.104 2.022
10 Pasini  JMB 2:09.606 2.524
11 Zoechling  Durango 2:09.820 2.738
12 Lavaggi  Team Siram 2:10.224 3.142
13 Panacci           Continental Circus 2:13.066 5.984
14 Charles Continental Circus 2:13.992 6.910

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Published: 22/01/2009
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