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17-07-2003, 11:38
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Zanardi tested for Ravaglia
ETCC 16/07/03
Yesterday, in Misano Adriatico, Alessandro Zanardi drove a Ravaglia Motorsport BMW 320i. The Italian driver, who lost both his legs in an awful crash during a Champ Car race in Oschersleben on 15th September 2001, completed 27 laps of the racetrack near Riccione, including a 14-lap sequence, which is equivalent to the FIA ETCC normal race distance. At the wheel of the team’s third car, modified with a system built by Faidel for disabled drivers, Zanardi clocked his fastest lap in 1:42.90, which was 3.5 seconds slower than Fabrizio Giovanardi’s 1:39.43.
Although it has to point out that the latter completed 60 laps in the 2003 car, while Zanardi was driving a 2001 former Super Production machine, upgraded to Super 2000 specs. “Times were not my priority;” Zanardi said. “We were rather focusing on setting the Faidel system up, in order to give me total control on the car. We have planned more tests and only when I will feel confident I will be looking for the lap times. My goal is to reduce the gap from Giovanardi to two tenths.” Before going to Misano, Zanardi had already drove the car in Adria for a few laps; he will be back in the BMW at Adria on August 28th.
If this test will be positive, Zanardi might take the wheel of a third Ravaglia Motorsport car on the final meeting of the 2003 FIA European Touring Car Championship, to be held in Monza on October 19th. Which would be his comeback to car racing two years after his accident.
Bron: ETCC media
Zanardi tested for Ravaglia
ETCC 16/07/03
Yesterday, in Misano Adriatico, Alessandro Zanardi drove a Ravaglia Motorsport BMW 320i. The Italian driver, who lost both his legs in an awful crash during a Champ Car race in Oschersleben on 15th September 2001, completed 27 laps of the racetrack near Riccione, including a 14-lap sequence, which is equivalent to the FIA ETCC normal race distance. At the wheel of the team’s third car, modified with a system built by Faidel for disabled drivers, Zanardi clocked his fastest lap in 1:42.90, which was 3.5 seconds slower than Fabrizio Giovanardi’s 1:39.43.
Although it has to point out that the latter completed 60 laps in the 2003 car, while Zanardi was driving a 2001 former Super Production machine, upgraded to Super 2000 specs. “Times were not my priority;” Zanardi said. “We were rather focusing on setting the Faidel system up, in order to give me total control on the car. We have planned more tests and only when I will feel confident I will be looking for the lap times. My goal is to reduce the gap from Giovanardi to two tenths.” Before going to Misano, Zanardi had already drove the car in Adria for a few laps; he will be back in the BMW at Adria on August 28th.
If this test will be positive, Zanardi might take the wheel of a third Ravaglia Motorsport car on the final meeting of the 2003 FIA European Touring Car Championship, to be held in Monza on October 19th. Which would be his comeback to car racing two years after his accident.
Bron: ETCC media