Thiago tries a racing car with a roof

Thiago tries a racing car with a roof

Back to his hometown in Brazil, Thiago Medeiros was invited to try one
of the
local 450HP StockCars.

He participated in the first test of the year for the Championship that
starts next Sunday at Interlagos in São Paulo.

"It was a completely new experience for me, to drive a car with a roof
on,
barely two hours after I arrived from the US in a 12 hour flight.
Everything
was new to me but the track (São Paulo's famous road course where the
F1 GP
is held every year) where I raced and won in my Formula Chevrolet and
F3
time. But evrything else is brand new, from the tires to the traffic on
the
track, 45 cars is a lot in a non-oval track."

Thiago worked with his team to get acclimatized to the car and in the
end,
even not using brand new tires he was able to get only 1.4 seconds away
from
the fastest driver, last year's 2nd placed in the Championship.

"Tomorrow we will concentrate on getting more speed out of new tires
and at
the same time workig on some new shock absorber's tests" Thiago said
over the
phone we we talked to him. "Oh, yes and we will also be deciding the
sponsors
we will be having, meanwhile we just go around in a pristine white
livery,
looking like Jim Hall's famous Chaparral, hope we are able to emulate
some of
their speed to." finalized a tired but, as always, very happy and
positive

Thiago.