Vernay’s ambitions were shot in the feature race when he touched with New Zealand at the start on his first lap. Vernay added: “For the start of the feature race, it all went very fast. I had a contact with New Zealand and thought that the race was over for me as I flew off on his back wheel. Landing on the grass destroyed the spoiler and messed up the geometry of the car. There damage to my car was important, but as I saw I did not stall, I managed coming back for repair. Then I rejoined the race although I was going to be one lap behind. There was no way I would miss this race and was going to drive with my heart and my head. I was going to fight every inch in this first race. At the end, I was racing a strong race and completed two good pit stops throughout the race. A good learning curve. I have to rush back to Europe as I will be testing F3 in Nogaro tomorrow. ”
Eric Boullier, General Manager - A1 Team France added: “Jean-Karl VERNAY’s problem in the sprint race cost us a lot over the week-end after an excellent qualifying session in fifth and we finished a lap down as the accident at the start cost us a good chance of a strong fish. To Start from the back of the grid is always difficult. Despite his contact with NZ Jean-Karl finished the race but he had to pit to change front nose. It is a very disappointing consequence as his physical condition was ok for a long race like this and his race pace is good. Jean-Karl learnt a lot from this weekend and we look forward to next race with him in Shanghai to keep showing our pace and this time, keep our position the whole weekend. ”
With two races to go before the end of the Championship, France has scored 57 points in the championship.
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