Tonio set the quickest time at practice this evening at the Losail International Circuit for the first ever Speedcar Series night event this weekend. He was followed very closely by Jean Alesi and Gianni Morbidelli. Alesi was ahead of the pack for the most part of the hour long practice session that began at 19:00 [...]

Because Tonio didn’t finish in the top 8 during the first race, he had to start the second race from the 13th spot on the grid. During the race he was able to gain some places when other drivers like Villeneuve and Marchy Lee couldn’t continue because of technical problems. During the last stages of [...]

After a promising qualifying session, Tonio was unable to score some points during race 1. Early in the race he made contact with Marchy Lee, who send him into a spin. By the 9th lap, the damage on Tonio’s car was showing trailing sparks down the circuit. The Italian had to come into the pits [...]

After setting the fastest time at practice yesterday, it was Frentzen again who topped the time sheets today. At Bahrain’s International circuit he set a lap time of 2:05.851, good enough to start Race 1 from pole position. Tonio was 0,430 seconds slower then the German and set a fastest time of 2:06.281, which gave [...]

During the Speedcar Series practice session this afternoon at the Bahrain International Circuit, Tonio set the fourth fastest time. He was able to do 12 laps and set a best time of 2:07.413, just 0.331 seconds slower then the fastest man today: Frentzen. The race is expected to be a tight battle judging from today’s [...]

Heavy rain hit Dubai late on Friday night causing floods in and around the Dubai Autodrome. Speedcar Series’ second race to be held on Saturday afternoon along with GP2 Asia Series and GT3 at the Grand Racing event therefore had to be cancelled. This was obviously bad news for Tonio because he could have scored [...]

After a good practice and a pole position in qualifying, Tonio took his first ever Speedcar Series victory…and it was a sweet one! Right after the start Tonio found himself under attack on both sides: Frentzen made it round the outside, while Durango’s Christopher Zoechling went down the inside. Fortunately for Tonio, Zoechling ran in [...]

Speedcar Series’ first qualifying session of Season 2 saw Tonio take pole position. Jean Alesi made the fastest time early in the session but he soon dropped behind finishing in 4th position. Heinz Harald Frentzen took over the lead from the Frenchman and stayed ahead for most of the 30 minute qualifying session. Tonio was [...]

Tonio made an excellent Speedcar Series debut today by setting the fastest time during practice. He ran 15 laps in the hour long session with a best time of 2:07.056 and was trailed closely by Gianni Morbidelli who was just 0.080 seconds behind him. Commenting on his first Speedcar Series practice run, Tonio said: “It [...]