Team Autotecnica Montreal release

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Double podium at Montreal!
Charles Hall delivers Team Autotecnica two podiums

MONTREAL, QUEBEC - Fran-Am World Champion Team Autotecnica made its 2003 
season debut at rounds three and four of the 2003 Fran Am 2000 championship 
at Montreal on June 14-15, and returning British driver, Charles Hall took 
the #1 Autotecnica car to two podium finishes during the double race weekend.

Hall started the season with a different team, only to find out that if he 
was going to be a serious contender, he needed to rejoin the team that 
delivered him a championship-winning car in the recent World Winter Series 
in Florida. Hall's reunion with Team Autotecnica took place at the Circuit 
Gilles Villeneuve, site of rounds three and four of the 2003 Fran Am 2000 
championship.
"The team is in high spirits to have Charles back," team Principal Anthony 
Wei said. "Charles is back in the car that won him the World Winter Series 
and we are ready to take our place as the best team in Fran Am."
Driving the second of the team's cars was Toronto, Ontario's Ryan Vella. 
Vella is a well-known Formula car driver sponsored by MGT (Millennium Globe 
Telecom) and SPC (Student Price Card); this event was his first 
wheel-to-wheel competition in over a year.

The reunion delivered immediate results in this very difficult race weekend 
that saw the track constantly change from wet to dry conditions. Hall was 
the quickest in the first wet practice of the weekend, but the drying 
conditions in qualifying left him third on the grid. Vella was coming to 
grips with both the car and track and qualified 12th. The team had to 
change from dry tires to wets while the cars were on the grid for round 
three, which meant the cars were still set up for dry conditions, albeit 
with wet tires. Both drivers drove well, with Hall making a thrilling 
outside pass in turn 2 to leap up to second - a position he would hold 
throughout the race. "I enjoyed the fight with Robert Bell. We ran these 
last laps really close to one another," said Hall. Vella fought the tough 
conditions to come home a solid 13th, but he was much more optimistic for 
round four where he would line up ninth on the grid.

In round four, Hall could match the pace of the front two - Andrew Ranger 
and Robert Bell - but was more concerned with Mark Wilkins for most of the 
race. Hall came home third - his second podium in two races - and moved up 
the championship standings to second overall. "I had a good fight with Mark 
Wilkins. The last lap was very exciting. It was very close in the last 
corner and I managed to finish third, inches ahead of Wilkins." Vella was 
showing improved control of the car and put in a solid drive. He was up to 
fifth at one point, but a late race 'minor off' sent him back down the 
order to ninth. "Both our drivers did a good job," Wei said of the weekend. 
"We proved we are still the team to beat, and when Vella gets a little more 
seat time, we should have both drivers consistently on the podium."

Team Autotecnica is based in Toronto,Ontario and is supported by corporate 
partners Sherwin-Williams,
Renntech Mercedes, InsideTrack, Shinzo Werks, Delphi Papers, Car Enthusiast 
Ltd, University of Toronto F-SAE Team, Michelin, Varese Shoes, Centre Hill 
Auto Body, MGT and SPC.

For more information on Team Autotecnica, contact Anthony Wei at 
anthony@autotecnicagroup.com
Or visit our website www.autotecnicagroup.com

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