Paul today completed a one day test session in the Eurocup Renault Megané Trophy car, run by the Italian Oregon Team, as part of his prize for winning the 2011 Renault Clio Cup.
As Paul had never raced the car or the circuit before he set about learning the car characteristics and the circuit layout in the first session before building on what he had learnt in the second session. By the end of the day Paul was 8th place in the combined times from both sessions.
Paul commented “I won this year’s UK Clio Cup and it’s a pleasure to be driving a Megané Trophy car today. This is my first drive on this track and in this car, and my aim in the first session was to feel my way into things. After that I upped the pace. It’s good to have time to work with the team engineers between the two sessions because it lets you see so many things. I’m really happy to be taking part in testing here.”
For the full timings from the test click here.
Video of the test
