ENG MEDIA GUIDE Round 11 & 12 - 19-20/7/2014 Zeltweg (AUT)

Timetable Calendar 2014

Friday 18/7/2014 12-13/4–Marrakech (MAR) Drivers briefing: 15,00 19-20/4–Le Castellet (FRA) Saturday 19/7/2014 3-4/5 – Budapest (HUN) Free practice: 9,25-10,10 31/5-1/6 – Monza (ITA) Q1: 14,00-14,20 28-29/6 – Imola (ITA) Q2: 14,30-14,40 19-20/7 – Zeltweg (AUT) Sunday 20/7/2014 16-17/8 – Nurburg (GER) Race 1: 8,30 (23 laps) 18-19/10 – Estoril (POR) Race 2: 11,20 (20 laps)

Auto GP ready for historic debut in Zeltweg Title contenders ready to fight in Austria for round 6 in Everything is set for the sixth round of Tamas will drive alongside team- the 2014 Auto GP series, scheduled for mate Andrea Roda, who is trailing the coming weekend at the Austrian him in standings. Zeltweg venue. The Coloni-promoted (Super Nova) will also try to be back championship will be lining-up for the on top after scoring a sensational first time at the 4.326 km venue located win at Imola. The Italian female in a beautiful countryside. The fight for racer also entered the restricted the title will be as hot as ever with group of drivers that joined the For- championship leader Kimiya Sato fiel- mula E series. The home colours of ded by Euronova in an effort to increase Zele Racing will be defended by 23- his 151 point toll and to regain the po- year-old Swissman Christof von dium. An achievement that he missed Grunigen, who made it to a stunning in Race 2 at Imola after dominating front row position at his debut race Race 1. Kevin Giovesi (FMS) and Mar- in Monza. After his first Auto GP ou- kus Pommer (Super Nova) are eager to ting with Euronova, Salvatore De turn tables on their Japanese rival as Plano will switch to FMS for the oc- they lay tied in second place with 115 casion. On the other hand, Vin- points. Tamas Pal Kiss is set to switch cenzo Sospiri will have Shinya teams in Austria. After winning at Le Michimi who debuted at Monza. Castellet and experiencing two tough Back for their own operation, Mi- weekends in Italy, he decided to join chele La Rosa (MLR71 by Euro- Virtuosi UK, the same team he had nova) and Giuseppe Cipriani (Ibiza the chance to run for in the presea- Racing) will be hitting the Red Bull son test at Jerez de la Frontera. Michael Zele Ring. Round 11 & 12 19-20/7/2014 Zeltweg (AUT) n.1 - (GER) n.4 - Andrea Roda (ITA) (Super Nova International) (Virtuosi UK)

Heilbronn (GER) Como (ITA) 27/1/1991 11/4/1990

Career Career 2013: (15°) 2012: F.2 (4°) 2013: Auto GP (Virtuosi UK) (12°) 2011: ATS F.3 (7°) 2012: F.3 Euroseries (13°) 2010: ATS F.3 (8°) 2011: F.3 Italia (12°) 2009: ATS F.3 (3°) 2010: F.3 Italia (21°) 2008: Adac F.Masters (5°) 2009: F.Renault Italia (12°) e Eurocup, International F.Master 2007: Adac F.Masters (10°) 2008: F. Renault Italia (26°) e Light 2004: Southern German Adac Kart Cup ICA junior (1°) 2007: F.Renault Italia e Suisse 2003-2011: kart 2006: F.Ford 1600 Italia, F. Junior 1600 Italia e F.Renault Italia (21°)q - Winter Series

Auto GP 2014 Starts: 10 Auto GP 2014 Championship: 3° (115 points) Starts: 10 Wins: 2 (MAR2) (MON1) Championship: 5° (98 points) Poles: 3 (HUN) (MON) (IMO) Wins: Fastest laps: 4 Poles: Podiums: 4 Fastest laps: Podiums: 3 n.7 - Giuseppe Cipriani (ITA) n.8 - Cristof von Grunigen (CHE) (Ibiza Racing) (Zele Racing)

Venezia (ITA) Domdidier(CHE) 9/6/1965 13/6/1991

Career Career

2013: Auto GP (21°), Superstars (21°) 2012: Auto GP (14°) 2012: F.Renault NEC + Eurocup 2011: Auto GP (20°) 2011 : F.Renault Alps (8)° + NEC + Eurocup 2010: F. Palmer Audi (11°) e Auto GP 2010: F.Bmw Europe + F. Lista + F.Renault Eurocup 2009: F. Palmer Audi (14°) 2009: F. Lista (4°) + F.Bmw Europe 2008: F. Palmer Audi 2008: F. Lista junior (7°): 1990: F. 3 Italy 1989: F.3 Italy 1988: Barber Saab Pro Series (10°)

Auto GP 2014 Auto GP 2014 Starts: 10 Starts: 4 Championship: 9° (34 points) Championship: 15° (12 points) Wins: Wins: Poles: Poles: Fastest laps: Fastest laps: Podiums: 1 Podiums: Round 11 & 12 19-20/7/2014 Zeltweg (AUT) n.11 - Tamas Pal Kiss (HUN) n.16 - Kimiya Sato (JPN) (Virtuosi UK) (Euronova Racing)

Miskolc (HUN) Kobe City (JPN) 19/5/1991 5/10/1989

Career Career

2013: Auto GP (2°), test driver Sauber F.1 2013: Auto GP (5°) 2012: F.3 ATS Cup (3°) 2012: GP3 (12°), F. Renault 3.5 2011: F.3 Euro Series (10°) 2011: GP3 (16°) 2010: Japanese F.3 B-class (4°) 2010: F. Renault UK (3°) e Eurocup 2009: Japanese F.3 B-class (2°) 2009: F. Renault UK (13°) 2008: Japanese F. Renault (2°) e F.Bmw Pacific 2007: F. Bmw UK (4°) 2008: LO F.Renault Suisse (14°), Hungarian Championship E-2000 (3°) 2006: F: Bmw UK (10°) 2007: Hungarian Championship E-2000 (8°)

Auto GP 2014 Auto GP 2014 Starts: 10 Starts: 8 Championship: 4° (105 points) Championship: 1° (151 points) Wins:1 (CAS1) Wins: 4 (MAR1-BUD1-BUD2-IMO1) Poles: Poles: Fastest laps: 1 Fastest laps: 4 Podiums: 5 Podiums: 7 n.28 - Kevin Giovesi (ITA) n.71- Michele La Rosa (ITA) (FMS Racing) (MLR71 by Euronova)

Parabiago (MI) (ITA) Bologna (ITA) 8/11/1993 27/4/1980

Career Career

2013: Auto GP (20°) 2013: Auto GP(6°) e GP2 2012: Auto GP (22°), 2012: F.3 Open (1°, Campione Classe Copa), European F.3 Open (6°), Boss GP Formula (5°) F.3 Italy European Series (6°), F.Frenault NEC (40°) e F.Renault Euro 2011: Auto GP 2011: F.3 Italy (7°) 2010: F.3 Italy (15°) 2009: LO Formel Lista (1°) e F.Bmw Europe

Auto GP 2014 Auto GP 2014 Starts: 10 Starts: 10 Championship: 2° (115 points) Championship: 7° (46 points) Wins: 2 (CAS2) (MON2) Wins: Poles: 2 (MAR, CAS) Poles: Fastest laps: Fastest laps: Podiums: 5 Podiums: 1 Round 11 & 12 19-20/7/2014 Zeltweg (AUT) n.77 - Shinya Michimi (JPN) n.88 - Michela Cerruti (ITA) (Euronova Racing) (Super Nova International)

Cincinnati - Ohio (USA) Roma (ITA) 29/6/1993 18/2/1987

Career Career

2013-2014: MRF Challenge F.2000 (5°) 2013: Auto GP(19°), Superstars - Mercedes, Italian GT3 (8°), European 2012-2013: MRF Challenge F.2000 (12°) F.3, Blancpain GT3 2013: F. Challenge Japan (7°) 2012: NZ - F.Toyota, Italian GT3 (10°), ATS F.3 2012: F. Challenge Japan (10°) Cup (15°), European F.3 Open e Cup, Blancpain GT3 2011: WKA Manufacturer’s Cup- Kart (2°) 2011: Superstars - Mercedes (International 9°, Italian 8°) e CITE (16°) 2010: Superstars (30°) e Italian GT Cup (14° 2009: CITE (29°) e CITE (Division 2) (10°) - 500 Abarth 2008: CITE - Alfa Romeo 147 Cup Auto GP 2014 Starts:2 Auto GP 2014 Championship: 16° (7 points) Starts: 10 Wins: Championship: 6° (85 points) Poles: Wins:1 (IMO2) Fastest laps: 1 Poles: Podiums: Fastest laps: Podiums:2 n.99- Salvatore De Plano (ITA) (FMS Racing)

Firenze (ITA) 24/8/1974

Career

2014: F.2 (Facondini) 2010-2012: test driver F. Master (Euronova) 2009: Super Trofeo 2005-2008: test driver Euronova 2002-2003: F.Renault Italy 2000-2001: Etcs 1998-1999: Skip Barber Dodge 1995-1997: F. Europa Boxer

Auto GP 2014 Starts: 2 Championship: Poles: Fastest laps: Podiums: Round 11 & 12 19-20/7/2014 Zeltweg (AUT)

LOLA-ZYTEK B05/52

CHASSIS Lola B05/52 tub, carbon fiber + aluminium honeycomb Length: 4833 mm Wheelbase: 3000 mm Front Width: 1476 mm Rear Width: 1468 Weight: 615 kg (without driver and fuel) Suspensions: Double wishbone + adjustable pushrod

ENGINE Engine type: Zytek ZA1348 Displacement: 3400 cc, 90 gradi V8 Max Power: 550 bhp Max Torque: 442 Nm Weight: 120 kg Engine Management: Zytek EMS 4.6.1 Ignition: Zytek DCDI with coil over plug

The prize money is back!

The prize money system first appeared in 2010 for the first Auto GP season, and stayed in place for the following couple of years. Although last season, due to the massive develop- ments made to the cars, the organization decided to stop the initiative, the demand between Teams and Drivers, both cur- rent and prospective, was high making it a natural choice. The top-three points scorers of each weekend will be rewarded with Prize Money. Auto GP is back among the few racing championship rewarding their drivers for the efforts made throughout the season. Attributed prize money after 10 races (€.175.000,00): Week-end prizes money: Kimiya Sato €.60.000,00 Markus Pommer €.35.000,00 1st: €.20.000,00 Tamas Pal Kiss €.32.500,00 2nd: €.10.000,00 Kevin Giovesi €.20.000,00 3rd: €.5.000,00 Andrea Roda €.17.500,00 Michele La Rosa €.5.000,00 Michela Cerruti €.5.000,00

A new qualifying format Live TV coverage & double tire compound

Motorsports have always been a proving ground in terms of inno- Auto GP races will be coverd live from Eurosport, and also on vation and progress, and Auto GP is definitely a benchmark in that. the live streaming with the new Eurosport Player. The par- Last year, the upgrade kit for the cars has been particularly inno- tnership with Kumho provided 3 different compounds for this vative. With a low price it allowed the cars to get close to the times season, and two different will be used each week-end. During set by cars from championships requiring much higher budgets. both races mandatory pit-stop must be respect, with minum And the innovation will continue on the sporting side for 2014 with two tyres changed. a new format for qualifying. The previous 30-minute session will be replaced by two knockout segments, that will respectively last 20 and 10 minutes. At the end of the Q1 session, the top-10 drivers will advance to the Q2, where they will battle for the pole setting the first five rows of the grid for Race 1. No changes will come for Race 2 with the grid featuring the top-8 finishers of Race 1 in reversed po- sitions. Round 11 & 12 19-20/7/2014 Zeltweg (AUT)

Auto GP Rules – Nuggets

- Slick tyres Kumho: 6 front, 6 rear per weekend - 3 compounds, 2 of them available during the weekend with the manda- tory use of both - Kumho rain tyres: 4 front, 4 rear per week-end - Q1: 20 minutes – Q2 (featuring the top-10 of Q1): 10 minutes - Grid Race 1: according to the qualifying results - Grid Race 2: the top-8 of race 1 in reverse order, the rest of the field ac- cording to the Race 1 results - Race 1: 100 km minimum - Race 2: 85 km minimum - Mandatory pit-stop (to be completed after lap 3, and before the last lap), with change of at least 2 tyres - Race 1 points system: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 - Race 2 points system: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Pole position: 2 points - Fastest lap in each race: 1 point - All the results are valid for the final classification

The winners of Imola The Auto GP Hall of Fame 2010: Race-1 (FRA) - Dams Kimiya Sato (JPN) 2011: (ITA) (Euronova Racing) Ombra Racing at left 2012: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Race-2 (GBR) – Super Nova Michela Cerruti (ITA) 2013: (ITA) (Super Nova Intern.) Super Nova at right  

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