Durango applies for 2011 F1 entry
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04-07-2010, 07:56 PM
Durango applies for 2011 F1 entry
Durango applies for 2011 F1 entry - Formula 1 news - GPUpdate.net
The Durango GP2 team has submitted an official entry to the 2011 Formula 1 season, the Italian squad confirmed on Wednesday evening. The outfit, which is not taking part in GP2 this year, ended last season with a single car but believes it is now ready to step up the motorsport ladder and fill F1's single vacant garage.
Following Stefano Coletti's heavy Eau Rouge crash in last season's GP2 round at Spa, Durango withdrew from the following Monza round of the Main Series before announcing in mid-October that it would take no further part in the Asia Series, which started at the season-ending F1 race in Abu Dhabi and ended at the season-opening F1 race in Bahrain.
However, team boss Ivone Pinton has explained that the team - this week acknowledged by F1 governing body the FIA as a 2011 candidate - is now planning for a Formula 1 future. "After all the wrong things which happened last season, we tried our best to look for new partners for our racing activities," he explained.
"It did not take too long to understand that the interest arose for Formula 1 and nothing else; so we pushed towards that direction and I can say that, to enter F1, we can now enjoy having the backing of two very big international groups.
"So even keeping the feet on the ground, as we say in Italy - because up until now this is just a serious attempt - I like to consider that, after so many years spent pushing young drivers towards becoming future Champions, the time has now come to strongly push Durango as a team towards the pinnacle of motorsport."
The Durango GP2 team has submitted an official entry to the 2011 Formula 1 season, the Italian squad confirmed on Wednesday evening. The outfit, which is not taking part in GP2 this year, ended last season with a single car but believes it is now ready to step up the motorsport ladder and fill F1's single vacant garage.
Following Stefano Coletti's heavy Eau Rouge crash in last season's GP2 round at Spa, Durango withdrew from the following Monza round of the Main Series before announcing in mid-October that it would take no further part in the Asia Series, which started at the season-ending F1 race in Abu Dhabi and ended at the season-opening F1 race in Bahrain.
However, team boss Ivone Pinton has explained that the team - this week acknowledged by F1 governing body the FIA as a 2011 candidate - is now planning for a Formula 1 future. "After all the wrong things which happened last season, we tried our best to look for new partners for our racing activities," he explained.
"It did not take too long to understand that the interest arose for Formula 1 and nothing else; so we pushed towards that direction and I can say that, to enter F1, we can now enjoy having the backing of two very big international groups.
"So even keeping the feet on the ground, as we say in Italy - because up until now this is just a serious attempt - I like to consider that, after so many years spent pushing young drivers towards becoming future Champions, the time has now come to strongly push Durango as a team towards the pinnacle of motorsport."
agreed brother 
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