Monday, 16 September 2019 08:19

Stock Car: Prati-Donaduzzi Team to pursue a recovery in Velopark Race

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Julio Campos has his qualifying affected and starts 16th on Sunday. Photo: Cleocinei Zonta.

A difficult training on Saturday for Prati-Donaduzzi team. Driver Julio Campos, who had great results in the last rounds, could not go further the first group in qualifying practice and Valdeno Brito swerved his car on the circuit. Starting at 16th and 14th positions, respectively, now the race strategy is the point to get points for the team on Sunday, 15th.

 “It was a very unusual day for us. We were very far from our goal. Julio had all the conditions to pass to the second qualifying group, but he ended up being disturbed and could not enter. Valdeno´s accident, at the end of the first qualifying, created a stress due to the big amount of gravel that got into the car and this created a disagreement with the race direction. Even keeping himself on the race, he went to the second group, but the race direction did not want to let him back. Therefore, I had to intervene. Then, they rethought and let Valdeno train. Such situation psychologically affects the driver and the car ended up being affected, as well”, says team chief, Rodolpho Mattheis.

Now, the team's strategy is focused on finishing in the top ten in race 1, and then benefiting from the inverted grid of race 2.

 “It was a disappointing qualifying practice. They got in the way of two quick laps. I only had the last lap to try the best time. Unfortunately, I could not recover. Now, what I need to do is to fight to win the second race”, says Julio, who is in the fourth position in the championship.

“This morning, we managed to solve a complicated problem in the car and made a good Q1. I passed in the seventh position, which is a good result. However, I swerved on the track.

Shortly after I started Q2, I started to hear a lot of gravel noise in the car. I believe that something was damaged after I swerved on the track. However, we have a good car to reach the top ten in the first race and fight for good points this Sunday”, concludes Valdeno.

On Sunday, 14th, the eighth round of Stock Car will be held with two races, at 11am and 12pm, at Velopark Circuit in Nova Santa Rita, metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, RS.

Prati-Donaduzzi

Prati-Donaduzzi, the 100% capital Brazilian pharmaceutical industry is specialized in the development and production of generic drugs. Based in Toledo, western Paraná, Prati-Donaduzzi produces about 11.5 billion therapeutic doses per year and has about 4,200 employees. The company has one of the largest portfolios of generic drugs in Brazil and aims to grow its sales and production capacity by 15% in 2019.

 

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