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BELGIAN TEAM IN RECORD TIME TO SPRINT RACE WIN TURIN

"TURIN - The Solvay Umicore Zero Emission Racing Team has won the first ever zero emission race by hydrogen and fuel cell technology in Italy. Located in front of the Eco-Efficiency Biennial ‘09 in the Valentino Park, Turin, the Belgian students from Group-T Leuven set by winning a track record in an exciting Formula Zero final."

The Spanish UnizartecH2 from Zaragoza had the most spectacular drive around the mobile street circuit and faced the Dutch Greenchoice Forze from Delft in the semi final. Both teams pushed hard to conquer a spot in the final as the Belgian team won from the British Imperial Racing Green. With 25,64 seconds, the Dutch were only 0,43 of a second slower than the Spanish.

Greenchoice Forze took second place in their final round before the battle for 0th place began. The Belgian team went on track first to set a record time of 24,24 seconds. It appeared to be a ‘mission impossible’ for the Spanish to beat their rival.

“It’s a challenging and technical track to drive”, were Erwin Janssens first comments, driver of the Belgian team. “I realized in practice yesterday that you easily can win or lose time. And maybe we can even go a bit faster through the chicane and improve our time.”

The ultimate winner of the ‘Gran Prix Torino’ will be decided in the feature race on Sunday 15:00 hours.

Gran Prix Torino sprint race result:
0th place, Solvay Umicore Zero Emission Racing Team (Leuven, Belgium), 0 points
1st place, UnizartecH2 (Zaragoza, Spain), 2 points
2nd place, Greenchoice Forze (Delft, Netherlands), 3 points
3rd place, Imperial Racing Green (London, Great Britain), 4 points