WSR 2014 MAG - ROUND #6 @NÜRBURGRING Running Order & Full Script 1 Running order PART 1 (09:26) Opening Titles Summary Clip Map + Postcard Feature N°1: Track presentation with S. Buemi. Feature N°2: FR 1.6 NEC Highlights FR 2.0 Race 1 + GFX + ITW Winner PART 2 (06:58) Feature N°3 Eurocup FR 2.0: Portrait Dennis Olsen Highlights FR 2.0 Race 2 + GFX + ITW Winner Feature N°5 The F1 Gift: Carlos Sainz PART 3 (10:09) Highlights FR 3.5 Race 1 + GFX course + ITW Winner Feature N°4 FR 3.5: Roberto Merhi, the Spanish outsider Highlights FR 3.5 Race 2 + GFX + ITW Winner Coming Next Closing Clip & Credits Total = 26:33 2 SCRIPT PART 1 00:00 Opening Titles / Do not talk 00:21 Summary Clip Voice Over Welcome to the Nürburgring for your World Series by Renault Magazine. In this show, Dennis Olsen: portrait of the Norwegian raising star…. 00:31 We also talked with Roberto Merhi about his ambition… 00:41 We were there when Carlos Sainz has got a special drive… 00:48 And you will get all the highlights of the German meeting…. 00:56 Postcard SOT Sébastien BUEMI Infiniti Red Bull Racing Test and Reserve Driver “Welcome to the Nürburgring for your World Series by Renault Magazine!” 01:02 Voice Over The Nürburgring is the host of the German round of the 2014 World Series by Renault. The circuit is a motorsport complex located about 70 km south of Cologne, and 120 km northwest of Frankfurt in the Eifel mountains. 01:23 Voice Over 3 The races are held on the Formula One circuit version… It’s 5.148 Km long with 16 corners… And the track record for the Formula Renault 3.5 series is 1:39.991, reached by the Dutch Robin Frinjs in 2012. 01:39 Jingle Feature: Circuit presentation with S. BUEMI 01:45 Voice Over Third driver of the Infiniti Red Bull Racing team, but also one of the top profiles in the World Endurance Championship, Sébastien Buemi is our special host at the Nürburgring. He emphasizes the way the World Series by Renault do prepare young guns to Formula 0ne. 02:04 ITW Sébastien BUEMI (SWI) – Test and Reserve Driver Infiniti Red Bull Racing “ It is a great place to be. Clearly, you learn a lot, you get ready for Formula One. If you look at the power that you have now in the 3.5, if you look at the race format, the start, the pit stops, everything get you ready. We have seen some great guys doing a great job last year like Kevin Magnussen, who is doing well this year in Formula One. Clearly, it definitely helps to compete in the World Series by Renault. ” 02:32 Voice Over While driving a Red Bull for a great Formula One show, the Swiss give us the main characteristics of the Nürburgring circuit. 02:43 ITW Sébastien BUEMI (SWI) – Test and Reserve Driver Infiniti Red Bull Racing “ The Nürburgring is 5,2 km long with 15 corners. Predominance of slow and medium-speed corners encourages the team to run cars with high down force. “ 02:54 “ The twisty low speed first sector contrasts the high speed reached later. ” 03:02 “ The chicanes demand soft suspension to really attack the kerbs, and the smooth surface also leads to set up the car in order to maximise mechanical 4 grip. The circuit encourages close racing and overtaking with a couple of big braking zone. Traction on the exit is very important here. It’s really a technical challenge, and the circuit highlights any weaknesses in cars or drivers. So it’s a perfect track for the World Series by Renault. You can really get a clear idea of the young driver’s technical abilities. I hope you enjoy this lap. Now, enjoy the racing!” 03:47 Jingle Feature: Formula Renault 1.6 NEC 03:51 Voice over For more than 40 years, Renault Sport has developed single seaters and championships to help young drivers to reach the summit of motor racing. In 2014, a new North European program, based on the Formula Renault 1.6, will facilitate the access to the World Series by Renault. 04:12 ITW Jean-Pascal DAUCE – Competition Director Renault Sport Technologies In French “We have a good example here at the Nürburgring because the Formula 1.6 NEC will race with us… It’s our smallest single-seater car, just under the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 which is the next level… And then, with the aim to push drivers to the highest level, we have the Formula Renault 3.5 series, which is our top category. It really shows the full range of what we can offer within the World Series by Renault. With these three cars, we have one of the best proposal from karting to Formula One.” 04:50 Voice over Formula Renault 1.6 is in action across Europe with the Formula Renault 1.6 ALPS Junior, the Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic championship and the Formula Renault 1.6 North European Junior Cup. After two rounds the leader of the NEC classification is Australian, Anton de Pasquale. Totally seduced by the formula. 05:08 ITW Anton DE PASQUALE - #11 – Lechner Racing School – (in English) 5 “We have quite a simple car to learn, but there is still a lot of changes that you can make between you and your team, there is a fair few aero changes, a lot of things you can do with the wheels, so there is a lot of things you have to change and adjust which is a step from where you’ve come and it gets quite tougher as you keep going forward. It’s all setting you up for the foundation of moving forward.” 05:29 Voice over At the end of the season, a Formula Renault 2.0 will be offered to the winner of a selection process among the best drivers. Anton could follow the way traced by Daniel Ricciardo… 05:40 ITW Anton DE PASQUALE - #11 – Lechner Racing School – (in English) “It’s good to know that obviously an Australian can do it… They have done it before… And World Series is that place that is really working at the moment… It’s good motivation because it’s obviously someone to look up too, someone to aspire to be as good as… Every young aspiring race driver has got that big goal of Formula 1… And to get there there is many steps… And the other two categories with the Eurocup and the 3.5 are really categories that you look at to go… If I wanna be there, I have to go there… You watch it from the pit wall or on TV, it’s really motivating you to move forward and aspire for your goals.” 06:25 Voice Over Anton won both races in Nürburgring, and kept the lead of the Formula Renault 1.6 NEC… 06:36 Jingle Highlights Eurocup FR 2.0 Race 1 06:41 Voice Over 6 races and 6 different winners for the start of the season… And about as many possibilities of changes for the championship lead after the German week- end… Even if Alexander ALBON starts from pole, the championship leader Nyck 6 DE VRIES is not far behind while Bruno BONNIFACIO (third at the championship) faces some difficulties since Moscow… 06:58 Race start #19 Nyck DE VRIES (NED) – KOIRANEN GP takes the lead in front of poleman #23 Alexander ALBON (THA) – KTR, followed by #10 Andrea PIZZITOLA (FRA) – MANOR MP MOTORSPORT and #5 Levin AMWEG (SUI) - ART JUNIOR TEAM. 07:12 #6 Callan O’KEEFE (RSA) - ART JUNIOR TEAM retires after stalling on the grid. 07:16 Battle for P3 between #17 Nick CASSIDY (NZL) – KOIRANEN GP and #5 Levin AMWEG (SUI) - ART JUNIOR TEAM. AMWEG cuts the chicane and then looses ground. 07:24 As they fight for P6, #5 Levin AMWEG (SUI) - ART JUNIOR TEAM and #7 Matt PARRY (GBR) - FORTEC MOTORSPORTS lose control then crash together… Both can re-join but with some damages. 07:38 In fight for P15 after a good start, #50 Louis DELETRAZ (SUI) – JOSEF KAUFMANN RACING loses everything, hitting #1 Anthoine HUBERT (FRA) – TECH 1 RACING and spinning in lap 5. 07:46 #17 Nick CASSIDY (NZL) – KOIRANEN GP and #8 Jack AITKEN (GBR) - FORTEC MOTORSPORTS fight for P3: CASSIDY runs wide and AITKEN takes the upper hand. 7 07:57 While #2 Vasily ROMANOV (RUS) – TECH 1 RACING retires, battle for P5 between #18 Ignazio d’AGOSTO (ITA) – KOIRANEN GP, #17 Nick CASSIDY (NZL) – KOIRANEN GP and #51 Charles LERCLERC (MON) – FORTEC MOTORSPORT. 08:11 For 7th: #22 Dennis OLSEN (NOR) - PREMA POWERTEAM overtakes #17 Nick CASSIDY (NZL) – KOIRANEN GP. 08:22 #51 Charles LERCLERC (MON) – FORTEC MOTORSPORT gets #10 Andrea PIZZITOLA (FRA) – MANOR MP MOTORSPORT for P5 in the start/finish straight. 08:29 Fortec Team joy in the box. 08:32 Championship leader #19 Nyck DE VRIES (NED) – KOIRANEN GP clinches his second 2014 victory in front of #23 Alexander ALBON (THA) – KTR and #8 Jack AITKEN (GBR) – FORTEC MOTORSPORTS. 08:41 #19 Nyck DE VRIES (NED) – KOIRANEN GP celebrates his victory under the podium. 08:45 ITW #19 Nyck DE VRIES (NED) – KOIRANEN GP (in English) « I didn’t manage to deliver the win after a pole in Moscow so I’m very happy to bring back a victory to the team. And also it’s been quite a while since the first race in Motorland.