Quebec drivers Maxime Pelletier and Mikaël Grenier finished respectively second and third on today's first race at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Ricardo Favoretto won from pole in 26:41.110 minutes. He was followed really close by Pelletier (0.053 second) and Grenier (0.449).An excellent result for the Quebec competitors who will be willing to do even better tomorrow morning for race two. Pelletier will certainly be going for the win and Grenier's goal will be to pursue his podium collection in his first open-wheel season. Race 1 results in Montreal (Race 3 of the 2008 championship):Pos Car No Driver TeamName Laps Diff Total Time 1 7 Ricardo Favoretto Eurointernational 13 -.--- 26:41.110 2 10 Maxime Pelletier Apex-HBR Racing Team 13 0.053 26:41.163 3 17 Mikael Grenier(R) Apex-HBR Racing Team 13 0.449 26:41.559 4 50 Gianmarco Raimondo Autotecnica 13 2.162 26:43.272 5 16 Alexander Rossi Eurointernational 13 5.157 26:46.267 6 11 Daniel Juncadella Euro Junior Team 13 5.320 26:46.430 7 18 Mihai Marinescu Integra Motorsports 13 8.248 26:49.358 8 20 Jorge Goncalvez Apex-HBR Racing Team 13 12.191 26:53.301 9 9 Giancarlo Vilarinho(R) Eurointernational 13 14.762 26:55.872 10 15 Doru Sechelariu Autotecnica 13 18.501 26:59.611 11 2 Velibor Jovanovic(R) Jensen Motorsport 13 24.022 27:05.132 12 14 Asad Rahman Atlantic Racing Team 13 32.866 27:13.976 Retirements:13 66 Ollie Millroy Atlantic Racing Team 9 4 Laps 19:32.036 14 32 William Buller Autotecnica 4 9 Laps 7:39.729 15 26 David Ostella(R) Eurointernational 4 9 Laps 7:39.866 16 19 Alexandre Ruiz(R) Apex-HBR Racing Team 4 9 Laps 7:40.279
Formula BMW: Both Quebec drivers on the podium!