| Round
6 – World Series by Renault, Nurburgring,
Germany
Sean McIntosh, #6 Team KTR, Race 2 –
Qualified: 12th / Finished: 4th (8 Points)
Sean McIntosh moved up to seventh overall
in the World Series by Renault Driver Standings courtesy of a fourth place
finish in today’s 23-lap race at Germany’s Nurburgring. The 21-year-old Canadian, racing for KTR in
the 9-round European-based championship, followed yesterday’s seventh place
effort with fourth today to score a total of 12 points from the weekend
climbing three spots in the Driver Standings with three rounds remaining.
Race
2, Qualifying (Pole – Pastor Maldonado, 2m00.534s)
This morning’s qualifying session was held
on a wet but drying race track which tested the skills of all concerned. Sean was sitting fourth fastest in Group B
prior to a red flag just five minutes from the end of the session. When qualifying resumed Sean remained in the
mix but dropped down to sixth quickest in the tricky conditions with a lap of
2m06.118s placing him out of the top-ten on the grid for the first time in five
starts, McIntosh lining up 12th.
Race 2, 23 Laps (Winner – Christian Montanari,
Prema Powerteam)
Passing three cars straight off the line at the start, Sean
survived the mayhem that followed at the first turn to tuck in behind his KTR
team-mate, Robbie Kerr, and eventually take the start of the second lap placed
in the top-six. He climbed to fifth
before the first of two safety-car periods on lap four. Sean ducked into the pits for his mandatory
stop at the end of lap eight after racing had resumed. Arriving back on-track, the Vancouver racer was caught up in a top-six
battle with Montanari, Danielsson and Garcia along with Andy Soucek who just beat
Sean out of the pits. The second safety
car period bunched the field again on lap 18 with Sean just missing the podium
five laps later taking the checkered flag fourth.
Sean McIntosh - #6
Team KTR:
“It’s been a productive weekend with two solid points
finishes to boost my placing in the Driver Standings. A podium would have been nice today but the
points are very welcome!”
The World Series by Renault heads to Donington
Park in England for Round 7, 9th-10th
September.
WSR 2006 Points: 1st Soucek (75), 2nd
Parente (74), 3rd Maldonado (72), 4th Garcia (67), 5th
Salignon (48), 6th Danielsson (42), *7th McINTOSH (40), 8th Montanari (36)
ENDS – www.seanmcintosh.com
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