Last stop in Europe for Young Driver AMR Weather is everything for Young Driver AMR in the south of France

Last stop in Europe for Young Driver AMR

Weather is everything for Young Driver AMR in the south of France

Paderborn, 13.07.2011 [GT1 World Championship]

For the last time this season, the two Young Driver AMR-Aston Martin

DBR9 are transported to the racetrack by the bright yellow Young

Driver AMR-trucks. Before the second season of the GT1 World

Championship concludes with three races overseas, to which the cars

will be shipped by boat, the French round at the Paul Ricard HTTT

(High Tech Test Track) in Le Castellet at the French Riviera marks

the last European stop of the championship. In the south of France,

Young Driver AMR and it’s four drivers Alex Müller (GER)/ Tomas

Enge (CZE) and Stefan Mücke (GER)/ Darren Turner (GBR) aim to

bring themselves in a good position in the championship, before the

GT1-tour heads overseas.

After a tough weekend in Spain only ten days ago, the Paul Ricard

HTTT in Le Castellet will be another challenge for Young Driver AMR.

“The weather will play a major part this weekend”, Young Driver

AMR-team principal Hardy Fischer says. “If it’s hot down there, like at

Navarra, it can be difficult for us. Last year we had a good speed at

Le Castellet, but had some technical issues. If it isn’t too hot, I hope

for a good result, that will keep us in contention to the championship

leaders.”

Before the French round of the GT1 World championship, Young

Driver AMR is fourth in the team championship. Mücke/Turner are

sixth in the driver’s championship with Müller/Enge one spot behind.

Driver quotes before the race:

Alex Müller (#7 Young Driver-Aston Martin DBR9): “Paul Ricard is

a really nice track, I raced there with Young Driver AMR in April. My

teammates, who raced there last season with Aston Martin, told me

it’s not an ideal track for our Aston Martin DBR9. After a tough

weekend with much bad luck in Spain, I hope for better luck in

France. In Spain we also had 30kg ballast on board, in France we

now run ballast-free and should be more competitive. I hope for a

clean race and looking forward to improve our position in the

championship.”

Tomá! Enge (#7 Young Driver-Aston Martin DBR9): “As we know

from the past, the car works very good in cool conditions and we

hope for cool weather in France. We have a very good aero and good

power, but this is effect by the weather. If it’s hot at Paul Ricard it will

be difficult for us. Otherwise I hope that we can grab some points.”

Stefan Mücke (#8 Young Driver-Aston Martin DBR9): “Some parts

of the track really suit our Aston Martin, but there are also some very

long straights, which are not so good for us. Tire performance will be

an issue, too. There are some very fast corners at Paul Ricard where

it’s not possible to save the tires. In Spain we struggled with the very

high temperatures, but if it’s cool in France, we might have a have

chance for a podium finish, if we have two trouble free races.”

Young Driver AMR GmbH

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D-33104 Paderborn / Germany

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email: info@youngdriver-amr.com

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Darren Turner (#8 Young Driver-Aston Martin DBR9): „Paul Ricard

is not the strongest circuit for us, but we will do the best we can. It

would be very nice to get some points there after a tough weekend in

Navarra, which really dented our chances in the championship.”

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Follow GT1 World:

Both races and the qualifying are streamed live in the internet with

English commentary at www.gt1world.com/gt1tv

Timetable:

Friday 15th July

09:00 - 10:20 FIA GT1 World Championship Free Practice

14:25 - 15:45 FIA GT1 World Championship Pre-Qualifying

Saturday 16th July

10:40 - 11:40 FIA GT1 World Championship Qualifying

16:15 - 17:15 FIA GT1 World Championship Qualifying Race

Sunday 17th July

09:00 - 09:30 FIA GT1 World Championship Warm Up

15:15 - 16:15 FIA GT1 World Championship Championship Race

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Schedule GT1-World 2011

24. – 25. March Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (VAE)

08. – 10. April Zolder (B)

06. – 08. May Algarve, Portimão (P)

13. – 15. May Sachsenring (D)

03. – 05. June Silverstone Supercar 2011 (GB)

01. – 03. July Navarra (E)

15. – 17. July HTTT Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (F)

02. – 04. September Ordos (CN)

21. – 23. October Curitiba (BR)

05. – 06. November San Luis (ARG)

About Young Driver AMR

Young Driver AMR was founded by Hardy Fischer and his friend and

long-time associate Jan Struve in late 2009 and is representing Aston

Martin as one of only two teams in the FIA GT1 World Championship

with two Aston Martin DBR9. The abbreviation AMR in the team

name stands for Aston Martin Racing, Young Driver AMR is the only

official German partner team of Aston Martin Racing. Young Driver

AMR is a sister-team of Fischer Racing and based in Paderborn. In

it’s first racing season 2010, Young Driver AMR took three victories in

the FIA GT1 World Championship and finished on the class podium in

it’s first ever outing in the legendary 24 hours of Le Mans in France.

Young Driver Team presse.