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Formula BMW: Mikaël Grenier 3rd and on pole!

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Khatir Soltani
Quebecker Mikaël Grenier finished third of this first race of three, in Road America, this morning. He also got the pole for Round 12 from Alexander Rossi, winner of this 10th Round, who was penalised for blocking him during yesterday's qualifying session.

Seventh on the grid, Grenier's third place will also permit him to leave tomorrow morning's grid from this position, an awesome opportunity for the Quebecker.

Rossi is the driver that won 10th Round of the 2008 season, this morning. He finished in front of his Eurointernational teammate Adrien Tambay that led 3 laps, between the 3rd and 5th lap. Ricardo Favoretto finished 4th, 0.5 second behind Grenier.

The other Quebecker in the race, Maxime Pelletier, started 10th and couldn't do much good in the race, ultimately taking the 9th rank. It is still better than Rookie leader Gianmarco Raimondo though. He finished 0.3 second behind him.

A disastrous results for the driver in this three week-end event situation since he will have to start from this position tomorrow morning. He will have lots to do if he expects to bring home a better result and stay on top of the Rookie standing.

Round 12 of the season will take place tomorrow afternoon, at 4PM. Expect from Grenier starting form pole, Rossi will be another driver to watch since he will probably be trying every possible solution to get back on top of the chart.

Round 10 Provisional Results
(First Race of the week-end, Road America):


Pos Car No Driver TeamName Laps Diff Total Time
1 16 Alexander Rossi Eurointernational 10 -.--- 23:06.271
2 7 Adrien Tambay Eurointernational 10 1.928 23:08.199
3 17 Mikael Grenier(R) Apex-HBR Racing Team 10 3.994 23:10.265
4 19 Alexandre Ruiz(R) Apex-HBR Racing Team 10 4.420 23:10.691
5 9 Giancarlo Vilarinho(R) Eurointernational 10 5.738 23:12.009
6 20 Jorge Goncalvez Apex-HBR Racing Team 10 9.253 23:15.524
7 53 Gabby Chaves Autotecnica 10 9.643 23:15.914
8 70 Ricardo Favoretto Autotecnica 10 10.087 23:16.358
9 10 Maxime Pelletier Apex-HBR Racing Team 10 12.177 23:18.448
10 50 Gianmarco Raimondo(R) Autotecnica 10 12.454 23:18.725
11 26 David Ostella(R) Eurointernational 10 15.837 23:22.108
12 2 Corey Dalenberg Jensen Motorsport 9 1 Laps 24:43.775
Khatir Soltani
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