News - 2008
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3/4 May, Spa Francorchamps
Alex's race report and thoughts from his first weekend in Formula Renault Eurocup...
Spa Francorchamps turned out to be every bit exciting as drivers say it is. The Eau Rouge and Blanchimont complexes, plus the new F1 pits and start area all add to make this track so special. The qualifying on Friday went okay, I was slotted into Group A and had to make the top 12 for the Saturday Superpole shoot out. A bad vibration in the RH rear cut my session short, but we did enough in the first few runs to qualify for the Superpole. This was my first experience of this qualifying format, and my lack of track experience and a mistake on a quick lap left me in P22 for Race 1 and P20 for Race 2.
Race 1:
The first race was a really great experience; we used the new F1 grid, downhill into Eau Rouge, with 48 cars chasing the points scoring top 10 positions. I had an excellent start and made up several places. After the mayhem and carnage of the first lap, I got into P17 and the car felt good in race trim. Soon I was able to gain on the cars in front, and by lap 5 I had climbed to 13th place, the car was set up well and I managed to take advantage of it with some good manoeuvres. After a short time I was able to see the pack fighting for P3, which I began to reel in and whilst the race was nearly over I was only 11 seconds behind P3 at the chequered flag. A good race but a bit of work to do to get into the points!
Race 2:
This I thought would be a good chance to get some points. I had decided, following yesterdays start, to go right around the outside with plenty of speed. As the lights went out I made an excellent get-away and managed to pass 4 or 5 cars through Eau Rouge and got up to P10 from P20 by the time I got to the “Malmedy Les Combes” chicane! Just as I was entering the braking zone, disaster struck with one of the other drivers turning into the back of my car, ripping his front corner and damaging the RH corner of my car.
After such an excellent start I knew that if nobody hit me I would be in for my first points of the championship. I was extremely disappointed for the team as much as for myself. From the good, race trimmed car I had in race one, scoring points looked very manageable.
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26 February
Alex signs with Fortec Motorsport for the 2008 season in Formula Renault Eurocup!
Fortec Motorsport is pleased to announce that Alex Morgan has joined the team to contest the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. The british driver who finished in the top 10 of the UK championship in 2007 had set his sights on a Eurocup drive in 2008 after a 5th at Magny Cours in September, and 2 top-10 finishes at Barcelona in October with Fortec. Morgan joins Dean Smith, Daniel McKenzie, and Gabriel Dias at the team.
Alex said "It has been my objective to compete in a championship winning car and in a championship winning team for 2008 and I am absolutely delighted to have signed for Fortec for this championship. Whilst there will be a lot of new tracks to learn our experience at Magny Cours and Barcelona in 2007 were very encouraging." Fortec team principal Richard Dutton commented "It's great to have Alex join the team for the Eurocup. I know he'll bring a great-deal of experience and talent to an already strong line-up. We started testing this week at Valencia and have already shown ourselves to be serious about succeeding in this category".
Article courtesy of Fortec Motorsport