The second stage of the Grand Am season, scheduled for Saturday (29) at the Homestead circuit in Miami, Ricardo arrived in Miami on Friday shortly after finishing pre-season testing of his stock car in Brazil with Panasonic racing, Despite the long journey, he closely followed the qualifying, made by his team mate Nic jonnson, which placed them 8th on the grid, with a time of 1min14s159.
The pole position, to some extent was surprising, it was with partners David Donohue / Darren Law, who recorded a time of 1min13s022. The expectation was that the pole position would be occupied by the duo Scott Pruett / Memo Rojas, who lead the championship and dominated in free training. Despite this, the time they achieved had them placed 3rd. Which should not cause them concerns, as the Series has a long history of allowing recovery. The race in Miami will last 2:30 hours, and cover 400 km of the circuit.
This is enough time for the team to try to move up the rankings, The goal of Ricardo Zonta / Nic Jonsson is exactly this. "Our Lola chassis is not yet at the ideal point, so the best strategy is to race to obtain points, which we achieved at the 24 hours of Daytona," said Ricardo, who finished in 4th place in that race, the first of the year, in January. His team mate, Jonsson, will be responsible for stating the race, while Ricardo will take the car in the second half of the race. The race begins at 3.00pm local time.
The gird in Miami:
1 Donohue / Law (Porsche Riley), 1min13s022
2 Angelelli / Valiante (Pontiac Dallara), 1min13s305
3 Pruett / Rojas (Lexus Riley), 1min13s399
4 Frissele / Wilkins (Ford Riley), 1min13s614
5 Fogarty / Gurney (Pontiac Riley), 1min13s625
6 Camirand / Cosmo (Porsche Coyote), 1min14s043
7 Auberlen / Hand (Porsche Crawford), 1min14s091
8 Zonta / Jonsson (Pontiac Lola), 1min14s159