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Vallelunga hosted a prize test, organised by
Ferrari's Driver Academy, which saw F3
European champion, Daniel Juncadella, and
the top pair in Italian F3, Riccardo
Agostini and Eddie Cheever Jnr, behind the
wheel of a Ferrari F60. |
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Rome's
Vallelunga circuit has provided the backdrop to a prize
drive organised by the Ferrari Driver Academy,
which saw Spain’s Daniel Juncadella, winner of the
Formula 3 European Series and the new FIA European
Formula 3 Championship get behind the wheel of an F60,
Ferrari Formula 1 car.
Also
slipping into the cockpit during the one day prize drive
test were Riccardo Agostini and Eddie Cheever Jnr, who
finished first and second in the Italian Formula 3
Championship.
This prize
has been given out since 2008 by the Ferrari Driver
Academy, along with the ACI–CSAI, both organisations
working together to evaluate young talent in Italian
motorsport.
Juncadella was the first on track in the morning, doing
five runs as planned. The 21 year old from Barcelona
took both titles after a tight year long battle with his
Prema Power team-mate Raffaele Marciello, also a Ferrari
Driver Academy student.
Next up was
Eddie Cheever Jnr, born in ’93 and the son of former
long term Formula 1 and Indy Racing League racer Eddie
Cheever, while in the afternoon it was Italy’s Riccardo
Agostini who tackled the Roman track.
“This was a really interesting day that confirms the
worth of this initiative,” commented Luca Badisserri,
head of the Ferrari Driver Academy. “I hope this
programme will continue for many years, helping with the
development of young drivers. It’s the first time we
have given this prize also to the winner of the FIA
European Formula 3 series, in the hope that this
championship will become a reference point among the
junior formulae leading to F1.”
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