Jake Rosenzweig To Partner Rio Haryanto At Barwa Addax In 2013

Spanish GP2 team Barwa Addax have confirmed that American driver Jake Rosenzweig will partner Rio Haryanto at the outfit in the forthcoming GP2 season, after the 23-year-old competed in the final two rounds of the season for Barwa Addax last year. Rosenzweig will become the first American to compete in the Series since Scott Speed.

After enjoying Championship supremacy in 2011 with Romain Grosjean, Barwa Addax endured a relatively tough 2012 season which yielded only two victories at the hands of both Johnny Cecotto jr. and Josef Kral. The Spanish outfit finished the year only 8th in the Constructors’ Championship with 131 points scored, a tally they will be aiming to better in the coming season with a revised driving line-up which includes Rio Haryanto and American star Jake Rosenzweig.

Jake Rosenzweig’s path to the GP2 Series has included stints in both the GP2 Asia, Auto GP and Formula Renault 3.5 categories. Towards the end of the 2012 GP2 season, Jake Rosenzweig was called upon by the Spanish outfit to partner Johnny Cecotto jr. in the final two rounds of the year at Monza and Singapore, where the American driver managed to finish all four races albeit well outside the points paying positions. However, Barwa Addax were impressed with Rosenzweig’s performances during both the final two rounds of the season and the post-season tests, and he will therefore compete in his first full season of GP2 action in 2013 alongside Indonesian ace Rio Haryanto.

“I am excited to be joining Addax for the 2013 GP2 season and wish to thank all involved for making this possible.” Said Jake Rosenzweig, “Having raced in the final two rounds of the 2012 Championship with Addax, I know what an opportunity this represents to be working with them again. The race calendar has some great circuits and I am looking forward to hitting the ground running. I will do my best to score as many points as possible over the course of the season.”

Barwa Addax have become the sixth team on the grid to confirm their full driver line-up for the forthcoming season, along with DAMS, Lotus GP, Arden International, Racing Engineering and Carlin. With so many Championship contenders on the grid for the new season, 2013 is expected to be yet another sensationally exciting season of GP2 action. Both Rio Haryanto and Jake Rosenzweig will be hoping to add to the excitement once the action gets underway in March at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

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Rio Haryanto Switches To Barwa Addax For 2013

Rio Haryanto has switched to Barwa Addax for the 2013 GP2 Series season, after his competitive debut season in the series with Carlin alongside Max Chilton. The Indonesian star graduated from GP3 in 2012, and enjoyed relative success including one pole position and several points scoring finishes. With Carlin signing Jolyon Palmer and Felipe Nasr for 2013, Haryanto has been forced to look elsewhere for a drive.

During his debut season in GP2, Rio Haryanto was once again able to test Formula 1 machinery at Marussia’s Young Driver Test programme at Silverstone in July. The 19-year-old was able to carry out the test alongside then GP2 team-mate Max Chilton, who has recently graduated from the world of GP2 to Formula 1 with Marussia. Like with all drivers currently racing in GP2 and GP3, Rio Haryanto’s ambitions are to emulate Max Chilton in one day progressing up the motor sport ladder to F1.

“I am pleased to be joining the Addax Team for 2013, they are a team that have a very good history in GP2 with many of their drivers progressing into Formula 1.” Explained Rio Haryanto, “This will be my second year in GP2 so with all the experience gained I am confident that 2013 will be a successful year. I would like to thank my sponsors Pertamina, Garuda Indonesia, Telkomsel and Kiky for their continued support.”

Barwa Addax took three victories throughout the 2012 GP2 Series season, at three of the season’s most iconic venues at Monte-Carlo, Hockenheim and Spa-Francorchamps. Rio Haryanto, who is still searching for his maiden GP2 victory, will understandably be striving to emulate those results for the Spanish outfit, who were Constructors’ Champions in 2008 and 2011.

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