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Gonzalez to replace Zuber at FMSI

Fisichella Motor Sport International today announces that it has signed Rodolfo Gonzàlez to compete for the team in the four upcoming GP2 Asia events that will make up the remainder of the 2008/09 season.

Gonzàlez, who is 22-years-old, began his career at the age of six when he began competing in karts in his native Venezuela. Gonzalez raced the British Formula Renault in 2005, and finished on the podium twice. The following year he moved up to the British Formula 3 Championship and won the national class after dominating the series, winning 14 races, taking 18 further podiums and scoring 16 fastest laps. The following season, remaining in F3 but moving up to the international class, he scored one podium and eight other top six finishes. Gonzàlez has most recently been in action in the 2008 F3 Euroseries where he scored the fastest lap at Pau.

Gonzàlez will now face the challenge of the GP2 Asia Series with FMSI. The team will head to Bahrain this week for round three and then move to Qatar on 6-7 February for the first ever GP2 night race. The event will then support the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix on 4-5 April and the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix on 24-26 April, which will be the venue of the 2008/09 season finale.

Rodolfo Gonzàlez commented on his new challenge: "The good vibe I had when I drove the F3000 in Magione last year gave me the opportunity to evaluate my participation in GP2. The Asian series is a good benchmark and will be useful to build up my brain and muscles before facing the main series and I want to seriously acquaint myself with this car before going any further.

"The FMSI situation suited my plans and I am happy to take over the car and race in the remaining four races of the calendar. The Coloni family helped me with my first Euro 3000 approach and I have decided to continue with them and with a programme which may lead to bigger and better things in the future."

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