04/07/2007
NEWS STORY
Portugal's Filipe Albuquerque will step into the No 15 Racing Engineering car this weekend, to partner Spaniard Javier Villa following the team's first win of 2007 last weekend in Magny-Cours. Felipe's callup to the team comes following Ernesto Viso's huge accident in Race One, which will see the Venezuelan out of action this weekend following the concusion he suffered in the incident.
Filipe comes to the series as the reigning Eiropean Formula Renault champion, and has a good relationship with the Racing Engineering team, having worked with them in Spanish Formula Three.
"This will make for an ideal coordination between the drivers and the team, allowing Filipe, the 2006 Formula Renault Europe champion, to fully focuson maximising this great opportunity to drive one of the Racing Engineering's GP2 cars," the team said in a statement.
"Filipe will stand in at Silverstone for Ernesto Viso as the Venezuelan driver has not yet received the all clear from the doctors following his accident last Saturday at Magny Cours," the statement continued. "This unfortunate incident showed up the professionalism and the great work ethic of the whole Racing Engineering technical staff as they were able to build a totally new car despite the pressure of such a short gap between the French and British races."
Provided by the GP2 Series Media Service