Melandri to make Speedcar debut

10/02/2009
NEWS STORY

MotoGP star Marco Melandri will be making his Speedcar Series debut at the Losail International Circuit this weekend (February 12-14).

The 2002 MotoGP (250 cc) World Champion will team up with Heinz Harald Frentzen driving for Team Lavaggi. The Italian biker will be racing a car on a permanent circuit for the first time, having appeared in a touring car race at the Bologna Motor Show in 2006.

Melandri may be new to car racing but he is familiar with the Losail International Circuit having ridden on the track in MotoGP. It will be of interest to see how his biking experience will help him in a Speedcar.

Fourteen drivers and seven teams will compete in Speedcar Series' first night race over the race weekend. The third leg of the season will also see 2 other new drivers, Qataris Ahamad Al Kuwari and Sheikh Fahad Al Thani join the fray.

The two local drivers will form the QMMF (Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation) team. Both drivers will have the advantage of having raced on the track before when competing in the Qatar National Road Racing Championship (QNRRCH).

The driver entry list Speedcar Series Season 2, Round 3 in Qatar is as follows:

Entry List

No Driver Nat Team
96 Jacques Villeneuve CAN Durango
25 Christopher Zoechling AUT Durango
27 Jean Alesi FRA HPR
50 Marchy Lee CHN HPR
69 Johnny Herbert GB JMB
13 Damien Pasini FRA JMB
4 Thomas Biagi  ITA Palm Beach
10 Gianni Morbidelli ITA Palm Beach
95 Ahamad Al Kuwari       QAT QMMF Team
59 Fahad Al Thani         QAT QMMF Team
80 Heinz-Harald Frentzen GER Team Lavaggi
33 Marco Melandri          ITA Team Lavaggi
85 Hasher Al Maktoum UAE UP Team
20 Vitantonio Liuzzi ITA UP Team

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Published: 10/02/2009
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