The Estonian Sten Pentus took the first win of his career in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, which is the highest position for Estonia in the racing history until now.
Margus Reinsalu is extremely pleased with the Estonian drivers: “They have done a lot of work and now, with increased confidence, have definitely many good races ahead. This was indeed a great weekend for the Estonian autosport.
Tallinn, Estonia (PRWEB) April 20, 2010 –
Internationally active Estonian entrepreneur and owner of investment company KC Grupp, Margus Reinsalu, who has been elected president of the Estonian Autosport Union, believes that these are very valuable wins for Estonian autosport.
Margus Reinsalu is extremely pleased with the Estonian drivers: “They have done a lot of work and now, with increased confidence, have definitely many good races ahead. This was indeed a great weekend for the Estonian autosport. Sten Pentus took the first win of his career in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, which is the highest position for Estonia in the racing history until now.“
After his win on Saturday in the first race, Kevin Korjus (Koiranen Bros Motorsport) crossed the finish line ahead of Hugo Valente (Tech 1 Racing) and Bart Hylkema (Koiranen Bros Motorsport). Korjus started out in the fourth place. The four leaders quickly distanced themselves from the rest of the pack, but after Arthur Pic and Andre Negaro crashed and were forced to retire, Hugo Valente and Kevin Korjus were left to fight it out for the win. On the seventh lap, Kevin Korjus got past Hugo Valente and took a firm lead. So Kevin Korjus drove to his second win of the weekend, leaving Motorland Aragón as the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship leader.
Sten Pentus (Fortec Motorsport) drove a perfect race finishing first ahead of Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo (Tech 1 Racing).On Sunday's qualification, Pentus finished at the second position. The breakaway trio, consisting of Jan Charouz, Sten Pentus and Daniel Ricciardo, pulled away from the rest of their rivals early in the race. With a good pit stop strategy and the great speed Sten Pentus extended his lead all the way through the race to the last lap, taking the fastest lap of the race in the process. The Estonian Sten Pentus took the first win of his career in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, which is the highest position for Estonia in the racing history.
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