Team Brasil had a good start to the feature race, immediately up to 13th after passing a slow-moving China. However, on an eventful first corner, Vitor was forced to drive off track to avoid a spinning Team Mexico and fell down to 20th. After progressing up the order, he was closing in on Team Mexico on lap ten, but with the Team Australia car appearing behind and no space for the three cars, Mexico made contact with Team Brasil, forcing Vitor into the pits for a nosecone change. Once in the pits, the team also discovered suspension damage, and so Vitor came back out on track four laps down. He crossed the line in 19th position.
Vitor Meira: “When a weekend starts in bad shape, it can easily end in bad shape. It began on Friday when we missed practice, that s not an excuse, but after that we were behind an hour all the time. It was so hard to make progress in the sprint race, it s so short that it s over before it has begun really. I was really disappointed as I wanted to move up the order for the feature race so it was frustrating not to be able to do that. In the feature race, Mexico had a little better start than me but then he was on the outside on turn 1 and Australia came out of nowhere and there just wasn t space for three cars. I think Australia pushed a little bit more than he should have, Mexico left me no space and I touched with both of them. My front suspension was bent so my race was really done. The guys did a really good job fixing the car and we went back out to get some valuable track time so that we could learn as much as possible. I d really like to thank Emerson for the opportunity and the Team Brasil crew for their hard work over the weekend. ”
Emerson Fittipaldi: “We lost Friday which was a very important day for Vitor to get used to the car and learn the track, so as a result we were one day behind the whole weekend. I m happy with Vitor as he did a very professional job all weekend and he s a good driver. The team now needs to look forward to Brands Hatch. ”
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