Eight place finish for Razia and pole position in the reverse grid tomorrow.

Luiz Razia finished in 8^th place during race one here at the Circuit de Catalunya, and will start tomorrow’s sprint race on pole position thanks to the reverse grid.

Razia started in 13^th place after a qualifying session that was hard on tyres and timing.

A great start from Razia got him up to 9^th position and missing out on all the traffic of the midfield. Different circumstances and different drivers to be racing against, Razia did well not to get caught up in the traffic.

As the laps rolled on, Razia began to be put under pressure by Melker in 10^th place and the gap was being closed down to four tenths. Onidi was ahead of Razia in 8^th place, over two seconds was the gap from 8^th to 9^th  

The prime tyre was holding up well and after lap 11 there was no sign of a pit stop for Razia. Once other drivers began to pit Razia moved up to 4^th position. After lap 16 Razia pitted for a new set of prime tyres and dropped down to 14^th.

With 15 laps to go Razia had moved up to 10^th position and was battling out for the reverse grid pole position for the sprint race tomorrow. Razia needed to move up to 8^th position to enable him to bag the pole position. Just ahead of him, Max Chilton who was currently in the reverse grid pole position.

Luiz Razia got up to 8^th position and had Max Chilton in his reach, only three tenths behind, instead Razia decided to keep position and guarantee that reverse grid pole position.

After and action packed race, Luiz Razia finished in 8^th position and will start the sprint race tomorrow on pole, with Max Chilton behind him in second. Talk of rain for the race tomorrow could make things interesting and mix things up a bit.  

Razia moves on to 87 points in the championship and stays second in the championship behind Valsecchi who increases his lead after finishing 4^th in todays race.

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Notes to editors.

About: Luiz Razia.

Luiz Razia is a Brazilian racing driver in the GP2 series, driving for Arden International. He has been a test driver for Virgin Racing, now Marussia and is currently 2^nd in the GP2 championship.

@LuizRazia

www.luizrazia.com

About: Arden International.

Arden International competes in both the GP2 and GP3 championships. Christian Horner the current Red Bull Racing team principal and his father Gary founded the team in the 1970’s. The team has gone on to produce Formula 1 drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and the current Marussia Racing driver Charles Pic.

www.arden-motorsport.com