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Positive balance of Fernando Monje (Audi R8 LMS)

02/11/2014

Circuit de Catalunya Barcelona, November 2, 2014.- Fernando Monje and Fabian Hamprecht (Audi R8 LMS) have finished the second race of the Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona International GT Open in 9th position in the GTS class and 13th total. A touch of another participant on the last lap when Hamprecht rolled all seventh and was one step of the podium in GTS round prevented a performance that nevertheless has been very positive.

Fernando Monje, in 2012 European Touring Car Champion proclaimed 19 years, earning the country the FIA Nations Cup, has returned as part of the final scoring round for this international contest Grand Touring teaming up with driver Audi, the German 19 year old Fabian Hamprecht, aboard an Audi R8 LMS Ultra Team Novadriver.

If the race yesterday hispanoalemán duo was not lucky to be taken to remove when carrying out a great performance in qualifying for the second race, which was held this morning and has made Fernando Monje, the pilot of the RACC has completed the round in 14th position, getting his best time on lap 10 of the 11 who did. A set-up not too right, derived from the problems experienced yesterday prevented the pilot chic & basic roll into the usual times.

Monk has been commissioned to exit from position 14, seventh row of the grid. In a return had already improved two places, entering the pits on lap 14 and giving the Audi a teammate Hamprecht in 10th position, the German would get better in three positions, but on the last lap, when he was about to overtake another car, there was an impact of a third vehicle and a light off the track that made him lose some positions, which finished 13th in said absolute position and 9th in GTS.

Fernando Monje: 'The conclusion I draw from this race is very positive; I'm happy because after five months without riding, and doing it with such a demanding such as the Audi R8 LMS machine, I managed to gradually put me in the lap of Fabian and even achieve partial better than him, what satisfies me and encouraged for the future. Fabian's touch has prevented us from GTS podium should not give importance, are things of the races and the important thing is that we were a very homogeneous tandem that allowed me to learn and fly back to the highest level. '

To adapt to the new bike, Monk had played this week four short courses of private testing, in addition to official matches today, doing these sessions with a clear progression in his times, each time closer to his teammate Fabian Hamprecht, excellent German driver installed on the orbit of Audi, a reference to this type of vehicle GT3.

 
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