Voxx Racing makes big race finishing 3rd

Sergio and Frosty race to 3rd after rain marked the first race of the Stock Car season.

The Voxx Racing was just two tenths of a second to win a podium in the race this Sunday at Interlagos season opener 2014 Stock Car. Shortly after the race the car in 3rd was disqualified, which moved Jiminez/Winterbottom up to 3rd place. In an unprecedented format doubles the proof was played in rain and marked by accidents. 

After an excellent stop for refueling, driver change and tires, Sergio Jimenez and Mark Winterbottom won the fourth position to the end of the race, finishing on the podium 0S2. Already Denis Navarro, after making great workouts and drop fifth, was still touched by the beginning of the test and Rubens Barrichello, after riding, was hit by other competitors. The pilot is doing well, but the car was completely damaged and prevented even your double could do his first race in Stock. 

Jimenez stressed the great work done by the members of Voxx Racing, who executed a perfect and very fast pit stop, leaving Australian Mark Winterbottom able to compete on the podium. 

"Little short conquer this podium, but this fourth place also has a special glow. Started well, took a light touch on the first lap on the 'S' Senna, but kept the position. Chose to drop on used tires, and it rained a lot at the beginning, which hampered me in my part of the race. Mark also had problems with the push-to-pass, which was not triggering on their first laps. When he returned to work, he was the fastest of the track. guided much Mark , which shows that he came to score the team. Gotta thank the work of the box Voxx Racing made the pit stop, which put us in position to fight for the podium, "said Jimenez. 

Mark Winterbottom felt happy to help Sergio Jimenez in the league. the pilot car # 73 is fourth in the league with nine points:.. "This race was quite difficult this was the first time I walked on wet tires with this car, so I tried driving without the risk Voxx prepared a car great for us. was a shame the push-to-pass has not worked in the beginning, because we could have gotten a podium, "Winterbottom said. 

The # 5 of Voxx Racing, which had the dual Denis Navarro and Portuguese Álvaro Parente, was still touched at the beginning of the race when it occupied the fifth place. Denis Navarro, who was driving at the time of the accident, described that took a touch behind and was sold in the middle of the track, the target for competitors. Despite the powerful images of the car falling apart, Denis Navarro suffered nothing. 

"The car was very good and had been trying to be conservative in the beginning. Took a touch But it took me the proof, which left me frustrated by race end so prematurely and having a good potential as a result, since we had a good chance podium. Fortunately, despite the accident was dangerous, escaped unharmed, "said Denis Navarro. 

Parente, who would drive the car of Denis, regretted the incident ". Was a shame what happened to Denis [Navarro] We would have a car to fight for the first positions," concluded Parente. 

William Lube, chief of staff Voxx, said driving Sergio Jimenez and Mark Winterbottom as well as the work of pitstops Team: "Sergio had little traction in the beginning but kept the car very well for Mark Winterbottom had an excellent pilot. and took our car to the podium helped by a fantastic work of our mechanics in the pit stop. Shame Denis was having taken the race because we were able to fight for the podium with him also, "he said. 

The next step in Stock Car will be on April 13 in Santa Cruz do Sul 



Results, race: 
1 - Felipe Fraga / Rodrigo Sperafico - Vogel Motorsport - Chevrolet - 52min56s982 
2 - Valdeno Brito / Jeroen Bleekemolen - Shell Racing - Chevrolet - the 5s903 
3 - Marcos Gomes / Mauro Giallombardo - Schin Racing Team - Peugeot - the 10s804 
4 - Sergio Jimenez / Mark Winterbottom - Voxx Racing Team - Peugeot - the 11s059 
5 - Daniel Saw / Alessandro Pier Guidi - Red Bull Racing - Chevrolet - the 17s949 
6 - Attila Abreu / Nelson Piquet Jr - Mobil Super Racing - Chevrolet - the 18s710 
7 - Caca Bueno / Juan Manuel Silva - Red Bull Racing - Chevrolet - the 18s935 
8 - Tuka Rocha / Craig Dolby - RZ Motorsport - Chevrolet - the 22s089 
9 - Rubens Barrichello / Augusto Farfus - Full Time Competitions - Chevrolet - the 25s274 
10 - Popo Bueno / Gabriel Ponce de Leon - Shell Racing - Chevrolet - the 27s932 
11 - Ricardo Zonta / Aventin Diego - RZ Motorsport - Chevrolet - the 31s565 
12 - Julio Campos / Fabio Carbone - Prati-Mico's Racing - Peugeot - the 32s099 
13 - Osman Galid / Cesar Ramos - Ipiranga-RCM - Chevrolet - the 36s166 
14 - Nono Figueiredo / Miguel Molina - Mobil Super Racing - Chevrolet - the 37s071 
15 - Ricardo Mauricio / Oswaldo Negri - Eurofarma RC - Chevrolet - the 38s775 
16 - Bia Figueiredo / Duda Pamplona - ProGP - Chevrolet - the 50s170 
17 - Luciano Burti / Ricardo Rosset - Vogel Motorsport - Chevrolet - the 55s439 
18 - Raphael Matos / Felipe Maluhy - Hot Car Competitions - Chevrolet - the 1min00s322 
19 - Felipe Lapenna / Chico Serra - Hot Car Competitions - Chevrolet - the 1min00s919 
20 - Gabriel Casagrande / Enrique Bernoldi - C2 Team - Chevrolet - the 1min01s558 
21 - Lucas Foresti / Antonio Jorge Neto - RC3 Bassani - Peugeot - the 1min01s593 
22 - Antonio Pizzonia / Bruno Senna - Prati-Mico's Racing - Peugeot - the 1min04s536 
23 - Felipe Tozzo / Claudio Ricci - Boettger Competitions - Peugeot - the 1min06s940 
24 - Fabio Fogaca / David Muffato - Schin Racing Team - Peugeot - the 1min10s822 
25 - Rafael Suzuki / Giuliano Losacco - ProGP - Chevrolet - the 1min18s538 
26 - Diego Nunes / Jaime Melo - C2 Team - Chevrolet - 8 laps 
27 - Bob Knight / Fabio Career - Hanier Racing - Peugeot - 10 laps 
28 - Vitor Genz / Vitor Meira - Boettger Competitions - Peugeot - 20 laps 
29 - Denis Navarro / Alvaro Parente - Voxx Racing Team - Peugeot - 21 laps 
30 - Max Wilson / Dean Canto - Eurofarma RC - Chevrolet - 21 laps 
31 - Allam Khodair / Bruno Junqueira - Full Time Competitions - Chevrolet - 21 laps 
32 - Alcaeus FeldmannRoberto Merhi - Hanier Racing - Peugeot - 22 turns 
33 - Thiago Camilo / Lucas Di Grassi - Ipiranga-RCM - Chevrolet - 25 laps 

Championship: 
1 - Felipe Fraga - 12 
2 - Valdeno Brito - 11 
3 - Marcos Gomes - 10 
4 - Sergio Jimenez - 9 
5 - Daniel Serra - 8 
6 - Attila Abreu - 7 
7 - Caca Bueno - 6 
8 - Tuka Rocha - 5 
9 - Rubens Barrichello - 4 
10 - Popo Bueno - 3 
11 - Ricardo Zonta - 2 
12 - Julio Campos - 1