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| March 27, 2012 | |
| AIMING AT THE YOKOHAMA TROPHY IN VALENCIA | |
| 27/03/2012 - FIA WTCC will be back on track this coming weekend in Valencia (Spain) for the second round of the season.
After the positive opener run held three weeks ago in Monza, when Alberto Cerqui ended both races within the top ten and harvested the first world points of his career, the young talent from Brescia is ready to be again among the protagonists behind the wheel of the number 16 BMW 320TC lined up by ROAL Motorsport. The 19-year-old driver showed good performance in the Italian round, even compared to that of the strongest specialists in grand touring car racing, despite being aware that some races will be needed to get the most out of the German car. The challenge in the Yokohama Trophy seems more open than ever anyway and Cerqui is well motivated to get his first success of the season in the trophy promoted by the Japanese giant. Alberto Cerqui: "Valencia, together with Monza and Portimao, is one of the race tracks were I have already driven in the past therefore I hope I can do well there. As opposite to the Italian round, where we also run on Thursday, this time I will have just two half hour long free practice sessions to understand the behaviour of the car on this circuit ahead of qualifying. The objective is to get into Q2 and to aim at a victory in the Yokohama Trophy, particularly exploiting the grid inversion for race two". The weekend's programme follows (GMT+2): Saturday 31 March 2012 09.15 - 09.45: Free practice 1 12.00 - 12.30: Free practice 2 14.00 - 14.35: Qualifying Sunday 31 March 2012 09.30 - 09.45: Warm-up 14.35: Race 1 17.20: Race 2 Qualifying and the two races will be covered live on satellite TV by Eurosport. | |