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20/09/2007
Darren has an extremely busy few weeks coming up but, as he's never happier than when racing, it's not something he is giving a second thought to!
This weekend he re-joins the Scuderia Ecosse team and the FIA GT Championship, racing the no. 62 Ferrari 430 GT. The first of two back-to-back races is in Brno, Czech Republic and it's a track that both Darren and the team are looking forward to competing at.
The team almost took its first ever FIA GT victory at Brno last year but the Kirkaldy/Kinch Ferrari had an accident in the closing laps and the victory went to Tim Sugden. Unfortunately he was driving a JMB Ferrari and not a Scuderia Ecosse one at that time! Although the results weren’t there, the drivers all enjoyed racing at Brno and this year’s drivers are very much looking forward to a good race this weekend.
Tim Mullen will again be partnered by Darren Turner, a partnership that will stay together for the remainder of the season, and Chris Niarchos and Andrew Kirkaldy return to Ferrari no.63 after missing the last round at Adria.
The newest of the Scuderia Ecosse drivers, Darren Turner, talks about the forthcoming races: “I raced at Brno with Veloqx back in 2003 and really enjoyed the circuit. It’s very challenging with mainly medium and high speed corners so I imagine the Ferrari will be very good round there. Certainly I’ve learned a lot from Adria with the tyre situation and hopefully the team will have a better understanding of the direction we should take for the whole weekend when we get to Brno with regard to the tyres. I’m very optimistic as we had a good pace at Adria in the second half of the race when we ran the harder tyre and if we spend the whole weekend on that we should be in a good position for a good result but it does depend if the tyre suits the circuit."
Once Brno is done the team will go straight to south-west France, to Nogaro, a new circuit to the FIA GT Championship for the penultimate race in the 2007 FIA GT Championship. The track is a combination of tight, twisty turn and hairpins, with a long straight.
“I’ve never been to Nogaro and don’t really know much about the circuit," says Darren, "but it’s always nice to go to a new place and learn a new track. When this deal with Scuderia Ecosse came about I was quite excited about it, as much for driving with the team as for the prospect of learning three new circuits, Adria, Nogaro and Zolder. I’m really looking forward to the challenge. I know we don’t have that much time in testing when we are there but hopefully it won’t take me long to find my way around. It didn’t take long at Adria. I also hope it’s a circuit which suits the Ferrari 430 and we’ll have a winning combination.”
Both the Brno and Nogaro races will be shown live in the UK on the ‘Men and Motors’ digital channel. The Brno race will start at 1215 BST on Sunday 23 September and the Nogaro race will run at the same time one week later on Sunday 30 September.
Darren, 34, lives near Banbury in Oxfordshire. Successful in many different categories of motorsport, his most notable and high profile victories have been at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the British Touring Car Championship. He's a firm favourite with teams, fans, and media alike from around the world.
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