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The Minardi F1
Team today announced that promising young Venezuelan driver,
Pastor Maldonado, will take part in a test scheduled for
Misano’s Autodromo Santamonica during the week commencing
November 22. Maldonado will join Minardi tester, Tiago
Monteiro, and a number of young drivers being assessed by
the Faenza squad during the course of the week.
He
has marked himself out as a driver to watch since switching
from the international karting scene to single-seater
competition in 2002, winning the Italian Formula Renault
2000 title in 2004 with eight victories and scoring a
further two wins in the International Formula Renault
Championship.
The Misano test, where the 19-year-old from Maracay is
scheduled to take the wheel of a current Minardi Cosworth
PS04B, will mark the first occasion, however, that he has
sampled Formula One performance.
“In true Minardi
tradition, we always try to seek out and encourage talented
young drivers,” says Team Principal, Paul Stoddart.“
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The
Minardi F1 team pose together in Brazil during the
final Grand Prix of the season. The Faenza-based
outfit have a long tradition of introducing
promising new drivers to F1, drivers, including top
stars Mark Weber Fernando Alonso. |
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The
Minardi F1 Team today announced that promising young
Venezuelan driver, Pastor Maldonado, will take part
in a test scheduled for Misano’s Autodromo
Santamonica during the week commencing November 22 |
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"Although
Pastor has only been racing single-seaters for three
seasons, his winning ways indicate he has a lot of natural
ability, and I hope he will enjoy his first taste of F1 when
he tests with us at Misano in two weeks."
Pastor
Maldonado, born 09.03.1985, Career Highlights: 1993-1998
Regional and National Karting, championship winner; 1999
PCA-Jr karting, regional and national champion, European
Championship, 13th overall; 2000 Formula “A” karting, World
Championship, 11th overall; 2001 Formula “A” karting,
European Championship, 10th overall; 2002 Formula “A”
karting, Formula Super “A” karting, Formula Renault 2000,
Trofeo d’Inverno (Formula Renault 2000); 2003 Trofeo
d’Inverno, first overall; 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup,
Formula Renault 2000 Italia
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