06.09.2003
(lil), Press release Team Coloni, Formula 3
Italian
F3: Coloni Motorsport and Marco Bonanomi on pole at Varano!
September
6th 03
Red
colour of Coloni Motorsport rules again over Varano! After the supremacy
in the collective test in late August and in the free practice yesterday,
the Italian team took a historic pole position with Marco Bonanomi
and the all-new Lola Dome F106 Mugen-Honda: in fact the last pole
in Varano by a non-Dallara car dates back to 1985.
Marco
Bonanomi led the field from the morning session and in the afternoon
he improved again his time, the only driver having set a time under
the 1.03 barrier: the young Italian of Coloni Motorsport scored
in fact a time of 1.02.945, taking the pole.
Thanks
to the job done the last week in the collective test, the F106 could
show all his enormous potential. The result got by Coloni Motorsport
is even more worth if we consider that the last Italian F3 race
had taken place on a track (Mugello) with completely opposite features.
Coloni
Motorsports big Saturday was completed by the
outcome got by Christian Montanari (22 years old driver from San
Marino), third after the afternoon session. Christian proved to
be by now an extremely mature and professional driver: in the morning
his single-seater was stopped by a fuel-pump problem that forced
him to skip the session. But in the afternoon Christian went back
on track with cold blood and very determined and so he set immediately
a good time, worth of the third place, on the clean
side of track.
Marco
Bonanomi, 1st - 1.02.945:
Things went quite well today, both in morning and afternoon.
We worked a lot on car setup and, thanks to what we did the last
week in the test, we took a fantastic pole. Sunday the start and
the first lap will be very important and I will give the 110%: Varano
is a race who could reopen the fight for the Championship.
Christian Montanari, 3° - 1.03.162: Im happy,
this morning we had a problem with the fuel-pump but in the afternoon
we caught up very well. The time I set is good, only two tenths
off Marcos pole and Im sure we will get a good result
tomorrow.
Paolo Coloni, Team Principal: "After the victory on a fast
track like Mugello, also on a track with completely opposite features
the Lola-Dome showed to be the most competitive car, thanks to the
job carried out by the whole team and drivers the last week. This
is a very important result for Coloni Motorsport and for the Lola-Domes
winning program. Is a great satisfaction having Marco under the
103, always the first from free practice, and is as
much important as the third place taken by Montanari. Christian
proved to be mature and professional, earning with determination
a great result without having lapped this morning. Lola-Dome / Mugen-Honda
package and our drivers can fight for the first positions and for
the win, we hope to repeat this result tomorrow.
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