Natacha Gachnang - Pilote Formule 2
Results of Valencia Street (25-27.07.2008)
News of Valencia Street (July)
Valencia City July 25th to 27th, 2008
28.07.2008 - Valencia Global Summary
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Natacha, Leader of the Formula 3 Spanish Championship !
What a wonderful weekend !
Natacha was close to perfection throughout the 4th round. Her engineer and her mechanics have worked very hard to provide Natacha a perfect car.
Natacha, by her qualities of pilots and her mental together with her physical condition did the rest.
She is now the Leader of the Spanish Championship of Formula 3 in mid-season with 2 points ahead of Nelson Panciatici and 6 points over De Marco.
The ranking was completely was totally changed. Natacha scored 19 points and made the maximum as she was before this meeting 7 points behind and was ranked 4th tied with 2 other pilots.
Television stations and the Spanish media have widely reported the event by praising the performance and qualities of Natacha.
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RESULTS IN BRIEF
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| Race 1 | 2nd
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| Race 2 | 3rd
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| Ranking Spanish Championship | 1st
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| Ranking Spanish Cup | 3rd |
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28.07.2008 - Race 2 (20:00) - 2 Podiums
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What happiness!
Natacha is definitely exceptional. On the 3rd line at the 5th position, Natacha finished on the podium in 3rd place with only 4 / 10 of the 2nd, Nelson Panciatici and just 1 second behind the winner German Sanchez, her teammate from Team Campos.
The race was restarted twice due to incidents and Natacha has been able to maintain her place and stay in the head group. While De Marco gave up due to mechanical problems, Natacha gained one place to find at the 3rd position.
In the last 2 laps, all three drivers fought for the 1st place, but without success.
The games were made. Natacha pockets 8 valuable points and another podium in Cup of Spain.
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3rd Spanish Championship
2nd Spanish Cup
27.07.2008 - Race 1 (12:00) - 2 Podiums
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Incredible, fantastic !
Natacha has finished 2nd behind Jaime Alguersari while she was 4th at the end of the 2nd round. She stayed close to Nelson Panciatici (3rd) and at a 2nd pilot error, she took the opportunity to spend 2 pilots who preceded. The race was played.
The 2nd place also earned him the highest step of the podium for the Cup in Spain.
It is found after the 1st race 2nd Championship of Spain Marco Di behind with 2 points behind.
The 2nd race is scheduled for 14h00 and Natacha start in the 3rd line (reversed).
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2nd Spanish Championship
1st Spanish Cup
26.07.2008 - Qualifications (17:00)
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Excellent performance of Natacha during the qualifications.
Natacha finished 2nd only 6/100 of the pole position achieved by the Spanish Redbull pilot, Jaime Alguersari (current leader of the England national championship F3).
Despite a session stoped twice by the red flag, Natacha has made the tour almost perfect. Her ideal tour according telemetry would have been nearly 3 / 10 faster than Alguersari (Just before the red flag).
Natacha, 5 minutes after the qualifications
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26.07.2008 - 2ème session d'essais libres (13:55)
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The 2nd free practice session went well with the exception of a small hit with another pilot with result in a broken wheel.
Natacha has done 28 laps in old tires and move to 10th position just ahead of Campos Jr and only 2 / 10 of Zuber (GP2).
She found the right trajectory and the right points for braking.
The maximum speed is 230 km / h.
The qualification session will take place in exactly 60 minutes.
Wish her our Best !
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26.07.2008 - 1st practice session (11:00)
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The 1st open test session took place under the yellow flag because of some detail work on the track to complete.
The pilots had 45 minutes with an average of 8 laps but without having the opportunity to really ride. Everyone has been able to turn a partial correct lap.
This morning's meeting will be significant and will help locate the pilots.
There are a few of the GP2 drivers who take part to the free practice such Bruno Senna and Andreas Zuber. These drivers of the GP2 will not take part to the qualifications neither to the races.
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25.07.2008 - First feeling
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Fantastic!
The city of Valencia has done a fantastic job in a few days to finish all the work for that race could take place.
Thursday when we arrived, we tought it would be imossible that the work would be completed on time. By working day and night, the organization has cleared the runway with only 1 hour behind schedule, a beautiful performance!
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09.07.2008 - Valencia Street Track
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The next Spanisch Formula 3 championship race will be held in a specially designed circuit in the city of Valencia. The track will be particularly broad, since it measures up to 13 meters.
This meeting will be the real test for the Grand Prix of Formula 1 to be held on August 24, which also will take part the formula 3 pilots Formula 3 for their 4th meeting of the season.
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09.07.2008 - Provosional Schedule of the 4rd meeting of Valencia City (Spain)
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Below are the temporaries schedules of next weekend race:
Friday 25.07.2008
19:40 - 20:40 Official free practice
Saturday 26.07.2008
11:00 - 11:45 Official free practice
14:30 - 14:50 Qualifications Even
15:05 - 15:25 Qualifications Odd
Sunday 27.07.2008
10:00 - 10:35 Race 1 (Round 7)
14:00 - 14:35 Race 2 (Round 8)
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