Team driver Sunred Engineering, Fernando Monje (Seat Leon 1.6T) has made its debut in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) taking part in the second date of the contest which was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.

Without more experience in this discipline that the successful appointment of Monza (Italy) which opened the European specialty (ETCC), priority program for Spanish, Fernando Monje is over 21 º and 18 º the two races that have defined this meeting, the two disputed 13 laps today.

Starting from 20th position and rolling start in the first race Monk went back up to five places when a suspension failure cut her pace up and returned to the square initial getting endure stoically on the track to cross the goal, despite the mechanical problem.

In the second, Monk was penalized for going slightly faster than the regulations stipulated in the rolling start of the previous race (can not exceed 90 km / h) regardless of this setback, the pilot was still in line comeback and finished 18 th. The event served the Spanish teenager 19 years to gather experience to continue their dominance in the continental specialty, and little by little, gain a foothold in the world.

The next opportunity for Monk is 28 and April 29 in the Slovak Republic, a country that will host the second round of the ETCC championship in Barcelona that aims to victory.