Manor's Mehri continues to excel on the track
MANOR Motorsport's Roberto Merhi produced an impressive performance during the Tango Masters of Formula 3 race at Zandvoort, Holland, last weekend.
The young Spaniard recovered well after being forced wide on lap one to finish in a highly creditable 10th place.
After a slight collision on lap one Merhi had to mount a fightback, but he did so in great style.
Lining up third on the grid, the 18-year-old was initially well placed to challenge for a podium finish for his Dinnington-based squad.
Not getting away from the grid as well as he would have liked, Merhi was then tagged from behind and forced wide at the first corner.
Struggling with a damaged chassis, the Manor ace fell as low as 16th place at one point, but mounted a tremendous fightback and was into the top 10 by lap 14, where he remained to the chequered flag on lap 25.
Team-mate Pedro Enrique Nunes raced well to claim 20th position from 26th on the grid, while fellow Brazilian Cesar Ramos ended the encounter in 28th place having slipped one position from his starting slot.
Manor also fielded a fourth car for Italian driver Francesco Castellacci, and he finished two spots behind team-mate Ramos.
Reflecting on the weekend, Manor Motorsport team principal John Booth said: "Roberto showed his class with a great comeback after being forced wide at the first corner."
"He fell a long way down the order but battled back well into the top 10, even with damage to his car."
"Pedro had a good drive to 20th and our other two lads, Cesar and Francesco, didn't do a bad job either."
"It was unfortunate we weren't able to fight for the podium as Roberto definitely had the pace to do that."
Manor Motorsport's next track action will come a fortnight from now with the fifth and sixth rounds of the 2009 Formula 3 Euroseries taking place in Nuremberg, Germany.
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