Ana Beatriz Podium Best-Ever Finish By Woman in Firestone Indy Lights Series
Apr 06, 2008
Indycar
Brazilian driver Ana Beatriz’s third-place finish in Saturday’s Indy Lights support race was the best finish by a woman in the seven-year history of the series. Beatriz made only her second start.
“If I start to think that this is my second race of the season and I’m already on the podium, that surprises me,” Beatriz said.
“It was a great race,” said Sam Schmidt Motorsports driver Beatriz. “I didn’t imagine that I would pass Richard (Antinucci). I just thought that Richard and Rafa (Matos) would just pull away and I wouldn’t be able to catch them.
“I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s race and trying to finish on the podium again. We’ll have to make some changes on the car because we’ll probably start further back in tomorrow’s race and work on passing through the straights and trying to overtake people.”
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