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Langhorne
Continues to Make Gains
American F3000 driver Will Langhorne hauled the struggling BCN
Competicion team off the back row of a slowly dwindling FIA series
grid by taking an improved 13th place in the timed session at
Hockenheim.
The sometime IRL driver continued to build on the progress he
felt he and the team had made in the last race at Silverstone,
and managed to demote the similarly inexperienced Anglo-Irish
duo of Michael Keohane and Sam Hancock to two of the three places
surrounding BCN team-mate Valerio Scassellati. The American also
benefited from previous track knowledge, having won two Porsche
Supercup races at Hockenheim in recent years.
"I'm satisfied because we improved the car's set-up," Langhorne
explained, "After seven races, I have found a good feeling with
the car and I hope to continue this development in the race tomorrow.
I feel that a position into top ten is on here."
Team-mate Scassellati also made gains during the two practice
sessions, despite not having raced at Silverstone - where Marc
Hynes took over - and struggling to get back into the swing of
things at Hockenheim.
"We arrived at a new circuit for us and found a bad set-up on
the car for the beginning of the session," he admitted, "However,
after that, we did a good job, and my engineers and mechanics
found some solutions for tomorrow's race."
Team manager Jaime Pintanel was satisfied with the performance
of his rookie line-up, and shared Langhorne's belief that a top
ten placing was possible on a track where overtaking opportunities
abound.
"It was a positive day for us, because we profited from the better
experience of our drivers," he said, with reference to Hancock
and Keohane, who have contested just one F3000 race between them,
"I think that we are making a good job of preparing for the race,
and hope to get a position in the top ten."
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