Stefano Coletti marked his debut for Prema Powerteam in the Formula 3 Euroseries with a run to sixth place in the second race of the weekend at the Norisring.
The Monegasque driver was dropped by Signature-Plus earlier in the season but returned with Prema this weekend, the 19-year-old duly showing his potential by scoring the first F3 point of his career.
Sixth marked a good day for Prema after Renger van der Zande put a disastrous performance in qualifying behind him to finish the second race in fifth having started the weekend 23rd.
However, while Coletti and van der Zande fought back from lowly starting positions, third driver Dani Clos, who had qualified eighth, endured a weekend to forget when he was involved in incidents that left well out of the running.
Nonetheless, Prema team principal Angelo Rosin was pleased with the team's performance, one that keeps them in touch with the leaders in the team standings.
“The one at Norisring is a very particular race,” he said. “The racetrack is really short: a lap only takes less than 49 seconds, and in qualifying all the drivers were covered by 1.002 seconds. On this type of event, races are conditioned by cars running in-line. Unfortunately, due to a contact, Dani Clos was unable to collect a positive result on Race 1.
“On Sunday, the recovery of Renger Van Der Zande was really remarkable: he ended up into the top-5. Stefano Coletti, at his first appearance with the team, was extremely positive too in 6th."
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