Jul 15, 2007
\nBudapest, Hungary \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ever since parlaying his 2003 Team USA Scholarship award into a victory in the 2004 New Zealand International Formula Ford Championship, Charlie Kimball has continued to develop his skills in Europe, working hard to chase his dream of a career in Formula 1.<\/p>\n
This year Kimball, from Camarillo, Calif., is contesting the Renault World Series, driving for the Victory Engineering team. To date, luck hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been on Kimball\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s side, although he has posted a couple of top-10 finishes in an intensely competitive field.<\/p>\n
Most recently, Kimball drove an impressive race at the Hungaroring, home of the Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix, where he fought from 21st place on the grid (albeit merely one second away from the pole-winner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time) to finish 10th and thereby earn himself pole position on the inverted grid for Race 2.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not exactly the same as being on pole from qualifying, but still a satisfying result from Saturday after having started 21st,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d related Kimball.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, his hopes of a strong result were dashed at the very first corner, when he was sideswiped by two of his competitors, ending the American\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s day with a damaged trackrod.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The driving standards are frustrating,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Kimball. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153[Mikhail] Aleshin overshot [the first turn] but I was pretty confident I could have got him on the exit, and then [eventual winner] Alejandro [Nunez] came steaming up the inside, trying to be a hero, and took both of us out. Nunez hit me in the sidepod and shoved me into Aleshin.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Kimball is looking for a reversal in fortune when the series reconvenes at the famed Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium on August 18\/19.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I know that going into the next few races, I will be strong everywhere as they are circuits I have raced at and done well in the past,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Plus, blasting through Eau Rouge in these cars is going to be an incredible feeling, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Photo: Charlie Kimball’s California Avocado-backed car at Monte Carlo <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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