Saturday
Simona de Silvestro Shows Saavy on Streets of Sao Paulo
Press Release
Despite a broken rear drive flange that ended the team’s first practice session early on Saturday, de Silvestro would not be deterred. She finished the second session in P2 with a time of 1:24.2310.
“I think we can be happy and the car feels pretty good,” said de Silvestro. “Now we’re just going to have to do it in qualifying. It’ll be a little more pressure but I think our team has worked hard and I think we can be up front. I really enjoyed it out there. I love this track.”
Although she ended up just outside of the top six in her qualifying group, she looks ahead confidently and will start Sunday’s race in P13.
“For the race tomorrow, I think we’re going to be alright,” she said. “The track is a lot of fun and there’s plenty of straight-a-ways so we’ll be able to pass. If the car is solid for the race, I think we can definitely drive it to the front.”
De Silvestro will pilot the #78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy car for Sunday’s Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle, a 2.536-mile temporary street circuit, airing on Versus at 12 p.m. ET.
About HVM Racing
HVM Racing was founded by Keith Wiggins and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. HVM enters 2011 as its tenth year of competition since forming in 2001 and has earned six victories, two pole positions, and an additional 16 podiums. They earned “Indianapolis Rookie of the Year” honors with driver Simona De Silvestro at the 2010 event and since joining the IZOD INDYCAR Series in 2008, the team has earned nine top-10 finishes. HVM finished fourth and third, respectively, in the Champ Car World Series in 2006 and 2007, and earned drivers Mario Dominguez and Robert Doornbos Rookie of the Year honors in 2002 and 2007, respectively. Follow HVM Racing at www.hvmracing.com, on twitter at www.twitter.com/HVMracing, and on facebook at www.facebook.com/HVMRacing.
About Entergy
Entergy is the second largest owner and operator of U.S. nuclear energy plants. They operate or provide management services to 12 reactors at 10 sites. Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity and delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $11 billion and more than 15,000 employees.www.entergy-nuclear.com
– HVM Racing, Press Release
Article Tags: HVM Racing, IndyCar, Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle, IZOD, IZOD IndyCar Series, Simona De Silvestro, Streets of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
