titlist. §I have been frustrated thus far in F1 only
because I’ve had so much success in other
classes leading up to my arrival in the series,”
stated <ousef. §I’m very proud of being the
speed champion in F2 more than once and as
of yet haven’t been at that point in F1H2O but
getting closer and I continue to work hard to
getting my first win and more podiums in the
upcoming campaign.”
While the driver from Holi, Kuwait continues
to test in the great weather in the Gulf during
the winter, his teammate on the F1 GC Atlantic
Team in Portuguese driver Duarte Benavente
is working hard to make his upcoming 15th
season in F1 his best after finishing 11th a year
ago. For Duarte, who has 115 starts in his career,
he continues to look for his first victory and
searching for his fifth career podium in his Italian
built BABA boat.
§:e started slowly and didn’t earn our first
points until the fourth race of the season,” said
Duarte. §Our great race in Doha with a fourth and
just missing the podium gets us ready to make
another statement on Doha Bay on a circuit
that I really enjoy racing. A podium is a great
possibility and would be a great way to start the
2014 campaign. We’re going to be ready.”
The most active driver racing today, with 144
starts in his 17 years of racing, comes fromMilan,
Italy. For Francesco Cantando of the Singha
Racing Teamwho is a three-time runner-up in the
championship, he knows his time is running out
to become a World Champion at 39 years old.
§:e are coming off a disappointing ninth place
in the championship a year ago after qualifying
in the top-10 all five races only to finish once
in the top-five which was in .yiv last summer,¨
he said §It’s time for us to quit being spectators
and become winners again. We have 12 victories
over the years and we are working on a plan to
get this organization back to the podium in a
regular fashion that we’ve shown in years past.
True, I’m frustrated, but am now hungrier than
ever to turn our luck around again,”
Francesco’s teammate is expected to be again
Valerio Lagianella who started four races
finished three with two of these in the top-ten.
The Italian businessman is hoping to do more
races this season in his seventh season in F1.
Polish driver Bartek Marszalek came out of
retirement last year to impress with three top ten
performances in four finishes in just his second
full campaign. The 30 year-old driver from
Warsaw knows he needs to continue to get
valuable seat time in the sport to improve and
will do his best to make that happen this year.
Jonas Andersson is one of the most talented
drivers on the tour. The Team Sweden driver
for the second straight year a season finished
seventh at years end with some spectacular
drives including an aggressive second place
finish in Doha Bay in his Molgaard Danish boat.
The driver from Fruvi, Sweden has just 63 career
starts with four victories and 12 podiums. He
continues to mull over a late decision on who
will be his teammate for 2014 after having a
variety of different drivers joining him on his
team a year ago.
Jonas has won in Doha and will be expecting to
do the same this March. §<eah, we are working
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