07/09/2010 - A difficult Hockenheim weekend

Junior Lotus Racing fought through a tough race at Hockenheim today as the Formula Renault 3.5 Series reconvened after its two-month summer break.During the qualifications, Nelson Panciatici put his car into a top-10 grid position, but an accident put him out on the first lap of the race.

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12/07/2010 - New top five for Nelson Panciatici

With an ambient temperature of 30 ° and a temperature of track of 40 ° the circuit of Hungaroring, near the city of Budapest, obliged the teams to take up a challenge different from what they lived during the first part of the season 2010, which was rather "wet".

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25/06/2010 - Nelson Panciatici impresses at Magny-Cours

Nelson Panciatici delivered a strong performance at the weekend as the Formula Renault 3.5 Series visited the 21-year-old’s home track, Magny-Cours. The Parisian driver scored points for Junior Lotus Racing in both races and was within a whisker of the podium in the first.

After a strong performance in Friday’s pre-race testing, Panciatici carried that form into the first qualifying session to set the third fastest time on a damp track, having been at or near the top of the timesheets througho [...]

10/06/2010 - Nelson Panciatici score points in Brno

Nelson Panciatici scored solid points for Junior Lotus Racing as the Formula Renault 3.5 Series made its first ever visit to Brno in the Czech Republic last weekend. The 21-year-old Frenchman made up several places in the first race to claim 13th, and strongly secured eighth in race 2 after a gutsy drive, which saw him defend superbly in the closing stages.

Qualifying on Saturday morning for race 1 was disrupted by a red flag, meaning drivers lost their last two minutes of running and ended the Junior Lotus Racing team’s attempt to put in quick laps at the end. It meant that Russian Daniil Move and Panciatici would share the eighth row of the grid, in 15th and 16th [...]

20/05/2010 - Nelson Panciatici like happiness in Monaco

From the very first action on the streets of Monaco, Nelson Panciatici felt confident behind the wheel of Junior Lotus Racing’s Formula Renault 3.5 Series car and produced a performance that saw him challenge for pole position during Saturday morning’s qualifying session.

Qualification is crucial at Monaco, as the order on the starting grid often decides the final classification at the end of the race, but finding a gap in traffic is notoriously difficult. The Formula Renault 3.5 Series was therefore split into two groups, with Panciatici topping his for much of the session until a succession of yellow flags, followed by a red, prevented him from capitalising on his second fresh set of tyres and dropped him down the order.

Nelson Panciatici: “I am disappointed as I had good pace and I was in front with [...]