April 2007

Esteban Gutierrez and his team had a very productive weekend at MSR Houston Test

Angleton, Texas – April 23, 2007 - At the end point of the Formula BMW USA testing season, Team Autotecnica Driver, Esteban Gutierrez, from Monterrey, Mexico, impressed this weekend despite his tender years.  After an intensive two-day open test session this past weekend at MSR Houston's fast and physical road course with 19 other competitors, the team came away with a huge trove of valuable test data and growing confidence in the skills of his young and talented driver.

Esteban Gutiérrez
#7 Team Autotecnica - Multigama

Day 1 - 1st Session - P 1st (1m32.589s)
Day 1 - 2nd Session - P 2nd (1m32.179s)
Day 1 - 3rd Session - P 2nd (1m31.071s)
Day 2 - 1st Session - P 4th (1m31.936s)
Day 2 - 2nd Session - P 9th (1m32.328s)

“I am very happy and motivated with the results that my team and I accomplished together during this weekend. This was the last test before the season begins and also the most important one. This test gave us the opportunity to do several starting simulations, which allowed me to be on first place. At that moment I felt very nervous, because that was my first start in formula cars, and because of the differences in visibility and procedures. Thanks god everything went well, since I had a previous conversation with my team partner, Philip Major, who gave me some great tips that helped me a lot in the start. Talking about the results we had this weekend, we did very well. On Saturday we were 1st on the first Session, 2nd on the second and third session. On Sunday we were 4th on the first session, and 9th on the second session. During the last session we put some new tires on the car to finish the day, but there was a collision on track in which the officials decided to finish the session earlier, and that didn’t give me the opportunity to use my new tires. However I am very pleased with the team, due to the great effort, they have been putting to allow me to obtain these great results. Thank you guys! ”

The season-opening race takes place at the Miller Sports Park, in Tooele, Utah, on May 17-19.  For more information regarding the team Autotecnica, Multigama and the Formula BMW USA, please visit their official websites at www.autotecnicagroup.com, www.multigama.com and www.FormulaBMWUSA.com.

Source: Marks Granados
Public Relations-Esteban Gutiérrez
Team Autotecnica
Cell (México): (011) (52) (81) 80310019
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