domingo, 14 de outubro de 2012

* Di Grassi is confirmed in step *Macau in the GT class driving a *Ferrari F458 * ...



* Lucas Di Grassi will play the stage at Macau GT class. This will be the first time the Brazilian returns to the former Portuguese colony since the victory in GP 2005, when he beat Robert Kubica and Sebastian Vettel. 

* Lucas Di Grassi is another Brazilian confirmed to compete in the Macau GP. However, unlike Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr, the former pilot of the Virgin in F1 will not take part in the Formula 3 race. * Will compete in the GT class race aboard a Ferrari F458 AF Corse team.

* This will be the first time that Di Grassi returns to former Portuguese enclave in China since winning the 2005 edition of the F3 when Robert Kubica topped and Sebastian Vettel. *

* Since leaving F1, Lucas took over as Pirelli test driver and played the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo, the World Endurance by Audi. The pilot is also confirmed to join the race of the V8 Supercars on the Gold Coast, next week. *

* Another strong name in the competition will be Edoardo Mortara, who will drive an Audi R8 LMS. The Italian, incidentally, is the current winner of the race in the GT class, besides being the only rider with two titles in F3, winning the 2009 and 2010 events. *

* Despite the increased competition this year, Mortara was not worried. "The stronger the competition, the better for me," he said. *


* Other riders were invited Frenchman Romain Dumas, who also competes for Audi in World Endurance, but will drive a Porsche in Asia. Briton Danny Watts, in a McLaren, complete the grid notorious. *

* Race * A * Macau is scheduled for Nov. 18. *