F3 - Teen puts SA back on Monza podium

[LazyLion]

http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/Teen-puts-SA-back-on-Monza-podium-20131007

MONZA, Italy - Johannesburg-born teenager Liam Venter has become the first South African single-seater driver to stand on the Monza podium since Jody Scheckter in 1979.

Venter battled through to take an historic podium result during the seventh and penultimate round in the 2013 European Formula 3 Open championship at Monza in Italy last weekend (October 5/6).


He is competing with Team West-Tec for 2013 in the highly competitive Copa class but has had a difficult run of events. However he was determined to put that behind him and encouragingly finished strong in practice on Friday, setting the third-fastest time in class in FP3.

Although he then had a few problems in qualifying he still managed to post a time that left him sixth, and from there he stormed through the pack in Race 1 to secure second in his F308 Dallara.

It was the first time a South African single-seater driver had stood on the Monza podium since Jody Scheckter back in 1979, the year of his F1 Drivers' title.

 

[LazyLion]

Busy looking for a SAPA Article, but this is great news for SA Racing!

 

[froot]

Thanks Garyvdh.

Yeah it's amazing news.

 

[LazyLion]

I remember seeing Jodi Scheckter at Kyalami with my Dad in the late 80s, must have been one of his last races in SA on the F1 circuit.

Funny how we forget that he would have had to start with the smaller circuits first and work his way up to F1!