“Mai arrendersi” sono le due parole più importanti nel vocabolario personale di Giorgio Pantano.

Ed anche ieri, nella grande gara disputata a Mid-Ohio, il nostro campione ha messo in pratica la sua filosofia agonistica. Pur partendo dalla 24 posizione, non si è perso d'animo e con una gara tutta all'attacco ha portato a casa...

NEVER GIVE UP

"Never give up" are the two most important words in the vocabulary of Giorgio Pantano.

And also yesterday, raced in the big races at Mid-Ohio, our racing driver was put into practice his philosophy of racing. Although starting from position 24th, has not lost heart and one race on the attack and took home the 14th place, with one of the fastest race laps. All this on a car and a race track never seen before. This is Giorgio, that your answer to those who gave him confidence and he, again, believed in him.

The weekend in Ohio opened with the free practice sessions in which he has found the track after a ten-month absence from racing. With new Dallara-Honda DW12, and the prestigious and highly competitive team, "Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing", has completed fifty laps getting to grips with the car knows that with the guys. Giorgio has progressed with the first concrete steps by creating a feeling with the team, then improving lap times session to session.

The qualifications, did not allow him to further improve the time to pass the first round, and so we had to settle for a 24 ° time not suite him, but he accepted as a first contact.

The race, however, was a different story and with a car right now, thanks to the work of two intense days with the team, managed to gain ten positions with a tight battle with Graham Rahal is that Takuma Sato with great and heartbreaking overtakes.

Now after this first race of apprenticeship for Giorgio there are free practice on the circuit of Sonoma on August 17, that coul open the way to run race that will hold sunday 26.

Giorgio: "I am very pleased with the race and I want to thank all the guys of" Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing, "which gave me a really competitive car. For my part I still have something to learn and focus on the new DW12, but the outlook is positive, because I found a real race car. I look forward with great confidence the testing at Sonoma because the harmony with the whole team best improved day after day. Thanks also to all my fans that I know I have follow with great enthusiasm in my return to the track. They all and those who have given me confidence I can promise my best efforts to obtain high level results."

Giuseppe Simbeni