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03.04.2010 - La Castellet, France
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GP3 Testing
03.03.2010 - La Castellet, France
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Le Castellet, France - March 7, 2010 - California native, Alexander Rossi, joined 33 drivers, representing 20 countries, over two days at the famed Paul Ricard test circuit for the first official and inaugural test of the GP3 Championship Series. Running on the "3D" track configuration, in both wet and dry conditions, the 3.853 KM layout uses a section of the famous Mistral straight going into the Signes corner.
Rossi led the way giving notice of his intent for the 2010 season, after having signed for GP3 Championship with multi championship winning team, ART Grand Prix this past January. The 18 year old, Rossi set the fastest overall time at 1:20.013 and lead the time charts in three of the four sessions.
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| Le Castellet, France - America's Alexander Rossi came out on top of the first GP3 group test session at Paul Ricard, in preparation for the inaugural season of the latest F1 ladder series. Rossi not only set the quickest time of the week, but also headed three of the four sessions held for the 280hp Renault-powered spec Dallara chassis.
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Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain - March 2, 2010 With preparations already underway for the Formula 1 season opener, March 12-14, GP2 Asia held race 5 and 6 this past weekend at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), built in 2003.
Entering the weekend 3rd in championship points, Malaysia Qi MeritusMahara driver, Alexander Rossi, had high hopes of his debut on the 6.3 kilometer circuit, as he was anxious to put to use the time spent preparing in a U.K. simulator the week previous and looking to gain valuable points and data leading up to the series season finale serving as support to Formula 1.
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 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates February 9, 2010 - Alexander Rossi returned to the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi this past weekend to race under the lights for round two of the GP2 Asia Series. The event marked Rossi's race debut for team MalaysiaQI-MeritusMahara.
Despite an adversity filled weekend at 'Yas', Rossi and Meritus collected valuable championship points, exiting the weekend with Rossi now 3rd in the driver's standings as GP2 Asia heads to the Bahrain International Circuit later this month.
Rossi was pleased with his Meritus entry from the outset, qualifying 5th just 3/10ths shy of pole. However, a technical infraction with a setting on the rear wing element was assessed by the FIA stewards after the session resulting in Rossi being relegated to 24th on grid for race one.
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 Alexander Rossi qualified 5th, posting a 1:52.861 for Team MalaysiaQi-Meritus, missing pole by 3/10ths for Round 2 in Abu Dhabi. HOWEVER, Rossi's 3rd row starting position was short lived, lacking celebration, when the FIA officials found the #21 piloted by Rossi out of compliance for a team technical violation on a rear wing setting.
Due to the technical infraction, Rossi was relegated to start 24th for Race 1 on Friday next to his teammate, Luca Filippi who had his own misfortune lining up 23rd.
Alexander Rossi Quote:
"I was pleased with the car and the pace we had today", Rossi said. "As normal in GP2, clean laps are hard to find but lining up P5 I felt we had a clean shot for a win today. Being disqualified for a technical violation is frustrating and definitely changes the scenery starting from the rear of the grid. I will make the most of racing from the back, but it poses a different strategy versus starting from the third row. The car is really good and I'm confident in my own ability to gain track position. If we have a good opening laps and a clean pit stop anything can happen."
Peter Thompson Quote:
"We proved today that we had the pace", Peter Thompson commented. "Unfortunately we had technical problems and human error by the team that was simply unacceptable. The drivers now have a big task in today's race, but each believe they have the car and the pace to aim for a top-8 result."
FULL PRESS RELEASE TO FOLLOW COMPLETION OF ABU DHABI RACE EVENT.
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