"This is the best birthday present that I could have," Soucek was quoted by the report, "The season was twisted because of events with the Fisichella team - but, thanks to that, I am now with one of the better teams. I want to give thanks to my sponsors, who have followed me despite all these problems."
Soucek started the year contracted to DPR for the inaugural GP2 Asian Series, but lasted just one round before his summer series deal with Fisichella made it impractical for him to continue with David Price's team. However, having sat out the remainder of the winter competition, the Spaniard was dropped by FMSI in contentious circumstances, missing his home race at Barcelona amid a flurry of legal proceedings.
He then surfaced at Super Nova in Turkey, before returning to DPR to stand in for the injured Michael Herck in Monaco, opening the team's account for the season in the sprint event. With Valles heading for Le Mans with the Epsilon Euskadi prototype team, and the uncertainty surrounding Pavlovic, Soucek stepped in for the Ricard test, but now appears to have created further question marks at the Barcelona-based team.
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