Start into the second half of the 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series season
23.07.2008 - This weekend, the Nürburgring’s 3.629-kilometre short layout will be the venue of the eleventh and twelfth rounds of the Formula 3 Euro Series season. Edoardo Mortara (Signature-Plus) will give his very best to successfully defend his championship lead at the Eifel rollercoaster.
While Mika Mäki (Mücke Motorsport), the fastest rookie on the grid and currently second in the championship, will try hard to steal the Italian’s lead. Meanwhile, the battle for third position also promises to be a thriller: after all, the lead of third placed Renger van der Zande (Prema Powerteam) over Koudai Tsukakoshi (Manor Motorsport) in tenth position amounts to just eleven points.
Following a two race-weekend break, Tom Dillmann makes his Formula 3 Euro Series comeback: the Frenchman is going to race for Jo Zeller Racing. Furthermore, the Nürburgring grid of the most competitive young-gun series on our planet also will feature two newcomers: Brendon Hartley and Daniel Ricciardo. New Zealand’s Hartley contests the British Formula 3 Championship for Carlin Motorsport and currently holds fifth position, there. At the Nürburgring, he will race a Dallara-Volkswagen entered by R.C. Motorsport. While Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo is going to contest his maiden Formula 3 race, this weekend. He currently holds the championship lead in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and the Western European Formula Renault 2.0 Championship. In both these series he is driving for Team SG Formula and the French squad also enters the single-seater Ricciardo is going to race at the Nürburgring.
Christian Vietoris (Mücke Motorsport): “I’m living just 20 minutes from the Nürburgring, therefore, I’m truly looking forward to this weekend’s races. I hope that I finally will get the hang of it, there. In most of the races I proved to be fast enough but to date, several peanuts prevented me from experiencing a consistently competitive weekend. Therefore, it would be particularly great if I would succeed in delivering throughout the weekend just in my home event. My goal is clear: a race win.
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