| TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! | ANSI |
| echo: | |
|---|---|
| to: | |
| from: | |
| date: | |
| subject: | [news] Ricardo Zonta with BAR |
Ricardo Zonta with BAR (26-Oct-98) - Ricardo Zonta had made an official statement yesterday that he will enter Formula One by becoming the team mate of Jacques Villeneuve next season at British American Racing. The 22-year-old Brazilian has signed a contract for one year with the new team with an option for another year. The announcement came after he won the FIA GT Championship for Mercedes at Laguna Seca together with his 49-year-old co-driver who drove his last race as a professional driver. The rookie sportscar driver has his roots in the open formula cars and was Brazilian Formula 3 champion in 1995 and International Formula 3000 champion in 1997. In this year with Mercedes he proved to be a very fast driver in qualifying beating experienced drivers like Allan McNish, Klaus Ludwig and Bernd Schneider. He also outrun David Coulthard during a McLaren Formula One test at Magny Cours. Zonta will make it's first appearance in a BAR car during tests in December. --- Msged/386 4.20 beta 4* Origin: Blizzard of Ozz, Melbourne, Australia (3:635/728.4{at}fidonet) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 633/267 |
|
| SOURCE: echomail via fidonet.ozzmosis.com | |
Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.