OMP News Letter May 2008

Fantastic start in the FIA GT Championship for OMP's partner teams
During the first appointment of the FIA GT Championship in Silverstone (UK), for OMP's partner teams are off to a fantastic start. The GT1 category was won by Aston Martin DBR9 of team Jetalliance driven by Karl Wendlinger/ Ryan Sharp (partners thanks to our exclusive importer for Austria Jansen Competition). In the GT2 category the victory went to Ferrari 430 GT2 driven by G.Bruni and T. Vilander of Team AF Corse of Amato Ferrari, while third place goes to Paolo Ruberti/ Matteo Malucelli of team BMS Scuderia Italia, always on Ferrari 430.


Rally Raid – Mitsubishi second and fourth in the Central Europe Rally
Stephane Peterhansel ranked second in the first Central Europe Rally with his Mitsubishi Pajero Evo, after have fought for the first place with Carlos Sainz.until the final special trial. At the fourth place, we find Luc Alphand’s Mitsubishi Pajero Evo.



GP2 - Great race for the OMP partner teams in the Spain GP
Alvaro Parente (SuperNova team), novice in the GP2 championship, secured the win of the round 1 in the Spain GP, while Bruno Senna (iSport team) recorded the second place. In round 2, we highlight the third place for Giorgio Pantano (Racing Engineering team).


GP2 – Great race for Giorgio Pantano in the Turkey GP
Giorgio Pantano (Racing Engineering team), after having dominated the tests, won the round 1 of Turkey GP (Istanbul) in the GP2 championship. In race 2, we highlight the second place obtained by Vitaly Petrov (Barwa International Campos team) and the fourth one recorded by Giorgio Pantano who, in this way, managed to keep the championship leadership.