Former F1 ace Christian Klien finished his maiden AutoGP race in Mugello despite a damaged steering eighth, securing him Pole Position for Sunday’s second run. Zele Racing teammate Tamas Kiss came a content fifth. Weiterlesen
Jul 11 2013
Christian Klien joins Zele Racing for AutoGP event in Mugello
Austrian former F1 ace Christian Klien will start for our team, Zele Racing, at the AutoGP World Series event in Mugello, Italy, this weekend. The 30–year-old has been one of the F1 top prospects of the 21st century, making his debut for Jaguar F1 in 2004. Retained by Red Bull Racing in the following years, he competed in 49 Formula One Grands Prix in total. Weiterlesen
Jun 02 2013
Zele Racing drivers suffering from cold tires
Despite showing great pace, Tamas Pal Kiss and Luciano Bacheta finished 7th and 8th respectively in Sunday’s AutoGP race at Silverstone, due to a lack of grip after their pitstops
When the lights went out, Bacheta leapfrogged from 10th to 5th and was in third before his mandatory pitstop. However, instead of battling for the podium, the low grip level of his second set of tires cost the Brit dearly. Hence, the local hero only placed eighth in the end.
“Luicano was very strong today. He was one of the fastest guys out on the track and battling for the podium. Unfortunately, after his stop, he could not get enough temperature into his tires, which meant a massive drop in grip”, team boss Michael Zele analysed.
Fellow-teammate Kiss, third on the previous day, had too much wheel-spin at the start loosing five spots. Charging hard, like Bacheta, the Hungarian managed to regain ground, but it was too little too late.
“Tamas had a bad start and although he was very quick, dirty air behind his opponents made overtaking merely impossible”, Zele added.
In the overall standings, Bacheta is on 49 points, while Kiss has 37. In the team standings, Zele Racing has posted 101 points in total.
Jun 01 2013
Podium for Zele Racing through Kiss
Hungary’s Tamas Pal Kiss finished his maiden race for Zele Racing on the podium in Silverstone Saturday. Team mate Luciano Bacheta scores last point.
Kiss, who only joined the team midweek, immediately felt at home with the Austrian outfit. At the “Home of British Motorracing”, the 22-year-old from Miskolc capitalised on his good qualifying result and secured Zele Racing a 3rd place finish in the weekend’s opening event.
“It’s a fantastic feeling to be on the podium, especially since this is only my third race in AutoGP. I am very happy that Michael (Zele) gave me this opportunity and I believe I have returned the favour”, Kiss was all smiles.
Local hero Luciano Bacheta, who had won both races at Silverstone on his way to last year’s Formula 2 title, suffered steering problems in qualifying, which put him far up the grid.
Battling hard, the Brit made up a couple of spots earning him the final point. “I love Silverstone, so coming tenth is certainly not, what I had expected. But our race pace was good, so I am confident for Sunday”, he said.
Team boss Michael Zele was “happy for Tamas, and a bit sad for Luciano. Kiss was able to play out our strategy perfectly and was rewarded with a podium. Bacheta was one of the quickest men in the race, but got stuck in traffic. There’s hardly any space to overtake, so more points were impossible.”
Thus, Bacheta is still on 46 points, while Kiss has 33. In the team standings, Zele Racing has posted 91 points in total.
Mai 31 2013
New Zele-signing Kiss impresses at Silverstone
In his maiden weekend with Zele Racing, Hungary’s Tamas Pal Kiss qualified an excellent fourth on Friday for the AutoGP World Series races in Silverstone.
Kiss, who gave his debut in the series with MLR71 Racing at his home event in Budapest at the beginning of May, quickly got him acquainted with the car and the new working environment at the Austrian outfit, very much to the delight of team boss Michael Zele.
“Tamas made a great job today. He immediately clicked with our team and his mechanics, and could even have been further up the grid, but his exhaust pipe broke in his first stint.”
Local hero Luciano Bacheta experienced an entirely different qualifying and only placed 13th.
“Luchy’s car was very nervous on the track, so we have to analyse what the problem was. I am sure, we will sort it out until tomorrow”, Zele added.
Mai 08 2013
Zele Racing presents itself to the public in Klagenfurt
Austria’s second highest ranked racing team, Zele Racing, presented itself to its home fans on Monday. The team, which is racing in the AutoGP World Series this season, held its official team presentation at Seepark Hotel in Klagenfurt and fans, former motorsport-boffins and the media all turned up in numbers. Weiterlesen
