EU3000: Draco Junior Team Brno Friday report

Draco J. Team ended a positive first day in Brno

The Superfund-Euro3000 Championship opens today 30th April the 2004 season in Brno (Czech Republic) with a full day of free practices. During the two sessions the Draco driver Nicky Pastorelli signed the fastest lap, to Team great satisfaction.

At the end of the day, the Italo-Dutch driver, always demanding with himself ,commented : "Maybe, I could have made better, but I have to say we work well today. We wait tomorrow morning for the last adjustements on my car, then, we'll see the qualfying".

Also the team-mate Fausto Ippoliti made a good performance : for the first time on this track with the F3000, he registred the 7° best lap: "I'm plesed with my work - he declared - it's my first time here with this one- seater, but this evening I realized the car limit on this circuit, then we'll see tomorrow to make the most of the free practice. I working on myself especially, my car have a good setup."

Nadia Morini, Financial Director, finished this first day saying: "I'm satisfied, this is the first time without Adriano Morini during 14 years of races together. He is now in Magny-Cours with Augusto Farfus as Talent Scout, and we work hard to make our best . I'm pleased with the drivers work, but I wait the qualifying. I'm also content with the Superfund job : the paddock is very well organized, there are a lot of press, tv...I see extreme professionalism ."

<pre> The best laps of the first session of free-practice:

1. Pastorelli Nicky             Draco J. Team   1'51.644
2. Del Monte Fabrizio           GP Racing       1'52.060
3. "Babalus"                    Euro3000 Racing 1'52.481
4. AuingerBernhard              Euronova        1'52.516
5. Lauda Matthias               Euro3000 Racing 1'52.769
6. Reid Jonny                   JVA             1'52.874
7. Siedler Norbert              ADM             1'53.382
8. Khodair Allam                ADM             1'53.580
9. Ippoliti Fausto              Draco J. Team   1'53.594
10. Deman Loic                  Famà            1'54.161
11. Hodencq Maxime              GP Racing       1'54.426
12. Heidfeld Sven               Zele Racing     1'55.466
13. Ricci Giacomo               Power Tech      1'55.724
14. Rocha Christiano Tuka       Zele Racing     1'56.423
15. Kostka Thomas               JVA             1'57.159
16. Graves Tor                  Gp Racing       1'58.576
17. Bisconcin Edoardo           Euronova        1'58.786

The best laps of the second session of free-practice:

1. Pastorelli Nicky             Draco J. Team   1'50.269
2. Del Monte Fabrizio           GP Racing       1'50.424
3. Reid Jonny                   JVA             1'50.861
4. Auinger Bernhard             Euronova        1'51.081
5. "Babalus"                    Euro3000 Racing 1'51.297
6. Lauda Matthias               Euro3000 Racing 1'51.406
7. Ippoliti Fausto              Draco J. Team   1'51.608
8. Siedler Norbert              ADM             1'51.829
9. Khodair Allam                ADM             1'52.080
10. Heidfeld Sven               Zele Racing     1'52.642
11. Deman Loic                  Famà            1'52.755
12. Hodencq Maxime              GP Racing       1'52.755
13. Rocha Christiano Tuka       Zele Racing     1'52.879
14. Graves Tor                  Gp Racing       1'53.943
15. Ricci Giacomo               Power Tech      1'53.948
16. Kostka Thomas               JVA             1'54.321
17. Bisconcin Edoardo           Euronova        1'57.664

Sunday the race'll be broadcasted live in Italy on Nuvolari Channel ( Sky TV ) at 15:15 pm, and on Sky Sport news you can see the recording reports.

-Draco-