NCMC Client, Racecar Driver Alexander Rossi Scores First Win in IFM

Brussels, Belgium, June 24, 2009 - Alexander Rossi, having just joined ISR Racing, made history over the weekend when he became the first American to win an International Formula Master race. The 17-year-old from Nevada City, California, dominated race two at Brno in the Czech Republic to elevate himself to fifth place in the championship standings.

Alexander leapfrogged ahead of pole-sitter Nicolas Maulini at the start and then disappeared up the road, setting the fastest lap of the race on lap four.

“I have not won since Mexico City last December, it feels great to win again,” said Alexander. “Everything went very smoothly and it was nice to create a little bit of history by becoming the first American to win in Formula Masters. ISR is very capable with 3 years experience with the IFM car. Our speed was there all weekend in the wet and dry, we are planning on many more victories before the year is out.”

Rossi’s victory was also ISR’s maiden win in the series, much to the joy of team principal, Igor Salaquarda. “We have been trying to win a race for three years,” Salaquarda said. “So I’m very happy to have finally achieved it. Alexander has made quite an impact on our team. He is a very good driver and I find it very hard to remember that he’s only 17 years old.”

RACE: 19 laps

Grid 2, Finish 1st, Fastest Lap

The key to Alexander’s victory was his start. He jumped ahead of Maulini on the run to the first corner and never looked back. Unlike the first race, ISR went to a full dry set-up which allowed Alexander to immediately open up a gap, setting the fastest lap of the race on lap four, enabling him to deliver his true abilities at ISR Racing.

His closest challenger, Josef Kral, was forced to slow in the middle of the race with a broken front wing element, which allowed Alexander to ease his pace and simply bring his car home to the finish.

Up next for International Formula Master is, Brands Hatch in Great Britain, July 17-19 for rounds 7 and 8. The Formula Master series features Tatuus built cars with a Honda 2 liter engine developing over 250 H.P. All Formula Master races are shown live on Eurosport reaching over 139 million homes and 2.5 million hotel rooms

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