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Racing Engineering celebrates win

Giorgio Pantano did everything expected of him by winning today's Feature Race and taking the fastest lap on the day when he became the most experienced driver in GP2. Giorgio's confident race performance also puts him in a clear first place at the top of the Drivers Championship. For Javier Villa it was a day for doing the best he could from his 23rd place on the starting grid, Javi drove a steady to race to move up to 13th at the chequered flag.

Team boss Alfonso de Orleans Borbón commented, "An absolutely fantastic job from Giorgio and the best way to conclude his 100th race, I think we might celebrate this tonight. A fantastic job also from all the boys, it is the reliability of our cars that helps us to lead Driver Championship and to second in the Team Championship. A big thank you to everyone in the team."

Javier Villa added, "It was a pretty hard race. We thought we could be quick although starting from the back, but I didn't feel comfortable with the car. We need to improve for tomorrow."

Giorgio Pantano concluded, "Everything went perfect for me today. The car, the team everything was great. We have a fast car and unfortunately didn't start on pole. But we had some luck that Senna and Grosjean had problems with their cars and I decided then to be safe with the car and get to end. Sometimes I have bad luck and sometimes good."

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