Press Release 14 / 2011
3rd July 2011
Mathéo Tuscher wins first races
14-year old Swiss, Mathéo Tuscher, who is driving with Czech license, won the first race of the Formula Pilota China Series held at the Guangdong circuit, near Guangzhou, China. The new championship, which uses the Italian Formula Abarth chassis built by Tatuus, and is supported by the Ferrari Driver Academy, staged the first of six race weekends this week. Seven teams have already signed up and 15 drivers took the start, 8 of them of Asian nationalities. The rules are very similar to the Italian series, with one qualifying session and two races. The grid for the second race is set according to the fastest lap by each driver in race one.
| Qualifying session | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mathéo Tuscher (CZ) | 1:14.507 | Jenzer Welch Asia Racing |
| 2nd | Lucas Auer (A) | 1:14.67 | Eurointernational |
| 3rd | Dustin Sofyan (IND) | 1:15.005 | Eurointernational |
| 5th | Robert Visoiu (ROM) | 1:15.101 | Jenzer Welch Asia Racing |
| Race One | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mathéo Tuscher (CZ) | Jenzer Welch Asia Racing | 22:51.936 | |
| 2nd | Robert Visoiu (ROM) | Jenzer Welch Asia Racing | Gap | 4.826 |
| 3rd | Luis Sá Silva (ANG) | Asia Racing Team | Gap | 5.770 |
| Grid Race Two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mathéo Tuscher (CZ) | 1:15.526 | Jenzer Welch Asia Racing |
| 2nd | Dustin Sofyan (IND) | 1:15.828 | Eurointernational |
| 3rd | David Zhu (CHI) | 1:15.996 | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 5th | Robert Visoiu (ROM) | 1:16.045 | Jenzer Welch Asia Racing |
| Race Two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mathéo Tuscher (CZ) | Jenzer Welch Asia Racing | 22:51.936 | |
| 2nd | Lucas Auer (A) | Eurointernational | Gap | 1.227 |
| 3rd | Dustin Sofyan (IND) | Eurointernational | Gap | 2.578 |
| 6th | Robert Visoiu (ROM) | Jenzer Welch Asia Racing | ||
In temperatures of over 30°C, Mathéo had been very quick in free practice, which was partly wet, and snatched pole position in an impressive manner in qualifying. He made a great start and controlled the race brilliantly in his single-seater debut, making no mistakes. Robert, whose car experienced gear change problems, still showed great potential, fighting his way up from 5th to 2nd/sup> by the end of the race.
In race two Mathéo again managed to win the race having started from pole, despite being closely followed all the way by Auer and Sofyan. Robert, despite further problems with the gears did very well, but then had a coming together with another car and damaged his front wing, which left him unable to drive an attacking race this time, and so he finished the race in 6th position.
Next race: 22nd/24th July 2011 in Shanghai (China)
For more information:
http://www.formulapilotachina.com/english/team
