06 December 2001

Hot on the heels of the announcement that he has won the Autosprint 'Italian International Driver of the Year award', Giorgio Pantano was back in action this week in the Formula 3000 testing at Barcelona.

Giorgio was fastest in the second session of Wednesday's schedule and fourth overall. The second session was held in slower conditions but Giorgio had clearly got to grips with both the car and the circuit to post a time seventh tenths of a second quicker than the second fastest runner, Brask Management colleague Alex Müller.

Brask Management Chairman Lars-Christian Brask commented: "We have made no announcement for where Giorgio drives for 2002, but it was interesting to say the least to see how professionally Super Nova operated. We have always had high hopes for Giorgio and nothing has dented our belief in his potential. Today just confirmed again that we are right in our fundamental belief in his talent."