Luiz Razia starts tomorrow’s
first race in 13th position, as track condition and tyre drop off
points were key.
Razia started on a different
strategy to everyone else by going out on the prime tyres firs, instead of the option
tyre that seemed to be favourite.
Last time out in Bahrain, Razia
qualified 6th, only three tenths off pole position and went off to
finish the first race in 4th and just missed out on the win, behind
Tom Dillmann in the second race.
For the first time this season in
GP2 there is a double step gap between tyre compounds this weekend. Pirelli
have supplied a hard compound (prime) and soft compound. (option) Each driver
gets three sets of prime tyres and one set of option, with one set of the prime
tyre to be saved for the sprint race.
The beginning five-ten minutes of
the session was said to be the tracks peak condition after rubber that had been
laid down during FP2.
Razia went out on the prime tyres
and set a time of 1.54.918, then came his first flying lap, which put him in 6th
with a 1.31.377. On the hard Pirelli compound Luiz Razia managed to set a
personal best in all three sectors.
As faster times began to shape
the grid, Razia was pushed down the order. Times were being set on the option tyres
which Razia was yet to go onto.
Half of the session was left and
Razia came into the pits to change to the option tyre and wait for some clear
space out on track. A personal best was improved in sector two, but with having
to pass a couple of cars on his lap, Luiz Razia couldn’t better his time of
1.31.377.
Luiz Razia will start tomorrow’s
first race of the weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya in 13th
position on the grid, only seven tenths off of James Calado on pole.
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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 2nd in the
GP2 championship.
@LuizRazia
About: Arden International.
Arden International compete 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.
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