Venezuela GP Lazarus Allocated Entry For GP2 Series

With Super Nova Racing leaving a vacancy on the 2012 GP2 grid, the place has been allocated to new team Venezuela GP Lazarus, who have become the fourth Italian team on the 2012 GP2 grid. 

The team was founded by Tancredi Pagiaro in 2009, with the team entering the EuroSeries 3000 Championship the same year. The following season, Team Lazarus entered the new Auto GP Championship with a single car. At the season opening race at Brno (Czech Republic), the team picked up a podium finish with 3rd place.

“We are pleased to welcome Venezuela GP Lazarus to [the] GP2 Series.” Said GP2 Series CEO, Bruno Michel, “They are a great addition to our competitive field of thirteen teams. Tancredi Pagiaro and most of his staff have been involved in GP2 in the past years and I am sure they will be able to be on pace very quickly.”

“We are very excited to be part of GP2 and I would like to thank the organizers for giving us this entry.” Commented Team Principal, Tancredi Pagiaro, “This Series is the most prestigious and competitive category after F1. I am proud that we have reached such an important agreement with the Venezuelan sponsors. With their help, we have been able to enter the prestigious GP2 Series. We know this will be a big challenge but we are ready for it and cannot wait to get started.”

Venezuela already have a huge involvement in Formula 1 after petroleum company, PDVSA, paid the Williams F1 team £29.4 million for pay driver Pastor Maldonado.

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