SF- Another week protagonist. Rigon double podium at Magny-Cours

Fresh from a splendid victory in Holland just seven days ago, the pilot thienese Davide Rigon gave his team another exciting weekend, thanks to the double track on the podium at Magny-Cours and the third position in the standings.

After dominating the group A during the first phase of qualifying leading Anderlecht in command of the standings with the fastest time of 1:28.301, in the quarterfinals Rigon gives way to little more than a dec Captain of Basel, so please of fourth place on the grid of the first race, “The Saturday started uphill – said the Italian rider who leads the track colors dell’Anderlecht – in practice because my car had many problems with set-up. The team has worked in the right direction, and qualifying pace has improved. I’m sorry I lost the confrontation with a margin for Wissel very small ”
Party uphill weekend in Magny-Cours ended positively for Davide Rigon. In race-1 the driver from Veneto is the author of an excellent start, which allowed him to move from seventh to fifth position. The bearer dell’Anderlecht but was penalized by a very slow change tires, which cost him three positions, and has passed under the checkered flag in seventh place. “It ‘s been a race that unfortunately has suffered in the pits – explained Rigon – although in this race I had no way to undermine Buurman and Dolby. A fourth place but was within our grasp. ”

In the second round of bad luck, however, is by and Rigon manages to climb from seventh to third place final, then concluding the weekend with the valuable second place in the Super Final in six. Session after session the car and improve. In race-2 I had a good rhythm and we were very good at maximizing the chaos of the pit stop I was right next to Bourdais when the incident happened three, including him, Montagny and Perera. Luckily I stepped aside without being involved. In the Super Final and went even better in the first two laps I was also faster than Buurman (AC Milan). The second place is good, and now we have three weeks to prepare for the test of Jarama.
With this new show of force Rigon further scale the ranking, capturing the top ten. The next appointment with Rigon and Superleague Formula is the weekend of May 20 to 12 on the Spanish side on the track of Jarama, the scene of the fourth round of the season.

Overall standings after 3 events
1 19 TOT – Tottenham Hotspur 250
2 3 ACM – AC Milan 196
3 8 AND – RSC Anderlecht 183
4 10 BAS – FC Basel 174
5 9 OLY – Olympiacos CFP 151
6 22 ASR – AS Roma 145
7 7 FLA – Flamengo 139
8 2 SCP – Sporting Clube de Portugal 122
9 16 FCP – FC Porto 118
10 1 LFC – Liverpool FC 115
11 18 SEV – Sevilla FC 106
12 15 ATM – Atlético de Madrid 106
13 69 LYO – Olympique Lyonnais 81
14 33 GDB – Girondins de Bourdeaux 81
15 4 GAL – Galatasaray SK 76
16 14 COR – Corinthians 76
17 24 BEI – Beijing Guoan FC 54
18 5 PSV – PSV Eindhoven 42