March 15, 2008 5:49 AM
AT&T Williams Australian Grand Prix Qualifying
AT&T Williams
Australian Grand Prix Qualifying
Albert Park, Melbourne, Saturday 15th March 2008
The AT&T Williams team showed a steady start to their 2008 campaign, qualifying the two FW30s in P7 and P14 respectively. Both drivers graduated to the second qualifying session comfortably, but a red flag in the second session required a revised running strategy which cost Nakajima track time and Rosberg a valuable set of new option tyres.
Nevertheless, both drivers will start tomorrow’s race confident that they can show well, with Nico Rosberg looking to lead the charge for all-important early season points.
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March 4, 2008 6:32 AM
FORMULA BMW AMERICAS CONFIRMS FOUR 2008 DRIVERS; MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE TO HOST ROUNDS 5 AND 6
Woodcliff Lake, NJ.
Formula BMW Americas confirmed the four young men who will receive BMW Junior scholarships for the 2008 season. They are Ricardo Favoretto, 19, of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Mikael Grenier, 15, of Quebec, Canada; Alexandre Ruiz, 16, of Sao Paulo, Brazil and Gianmarco Raimondo, 17, of St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada.
Favoretto, a 2007 Junior, finished second in the 2007 Formula BMW USA Rookie championship. Grenier, Ruiz and Raimondo won their scholarships at the scholarship shoot-outs held last year at the Formula BMW Racing Center at the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo, in Valencia, Spain. Raimondo was awarded the scholarship when Juan Arenas chose not to participate.
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