Canadian Sean McIntosh left frustrated in France (W)

Canadian Sean McIntosh left frustrated in France

Round 8 / Race 2 - World Series by Renault, Le Mans, France

Sean McIntosh, #6 Team KTR, Race 2 - Qualified: 15th / Finished: DNS (0 Points)

Vancouver, Canada (October 2, 2006) - Canada's Sean McIntosh endured 
a frustrating Sunday at Le Mans, France, 1st October, as he failed to 
make the start of Race 2 in Round 8 of the World Series by Renault 
thanks to a fuel pump failure on the #6 KTR entry on the warm-up lap. 
Despite failing to make the race, the Vancouver-native's points 
scoring consistency, including two more markers for his ninth place 
finish in Race 1 on Saturday, means he retains sixth place in the 
Driver Standings heading into the final two World Series races in 
Barcelona at the end of October.

Race 2, Qualifying (Pole - Tristan Gommendy, 1m41.950s)

A challenging qualifying outing, made worse by the rain, saw McIntosh 
struggle for grip throughout the timed session.  Having posted a 
top-ten grid slot the day before, this time round McIntosh's best lap 
on the Bugatti layout at Le Mans, a 1m45.255s, placed him a 
disappointing eighth fastest in Group B and 15th on the grid for the 
afternoon's race.  Frenchman Tristan Gommendy scored pole at his home 
event, joined on the front row by Pastor Maldonado from Venezuela.

Race 2, 27 Laps (Winner - Pastor Maldonado, Draco Multiracing USA)

McIntosh failed to make the start of the 27 lap race as a fuel pump 
failure on his first lap out of the pits put paid to his hopes of 
adding to his points tally from the previous day's race.  Forced to 
walk back to the pits with his car stranded out on track, the 
21-year-old's French weekend concluded earlier than expected.  The 
race was won by Venezuelan driver Pastor Maldonado followed by 
France's Tristan Gommendy and Spain's Borja Garcia.

Sean McIntosh - #6 Team KTR:

"Well it's really disappointing to not even get to start the race. 
What was more frustrating was the fact that several of the guys who 
started near the back of the grid ended up with decent finishes 
thanks to events on-track.  It's been a pretty forgettable weekend, 
we never really had the pace to challenge.  At least I'm still 
holding sixth in the championship and we just have to make sure we 
have a good weekend to wrap the season in Barcelona."

The World Series by Renault heads to Barcelona, Spain for the season 
finale, Round 9, 28th - 29th October.

WSR 2006 Points: 1st Andy Soucek (ESP) 91, 2nd Pastor Maldonado (VEN) 
88, 3rd Alx Danielsson (SWE) 82, 4th Borja Garcia (ESP) 82, 5th 
Alvaro Parente (POR) 73, *6th  SEAN MCINTOSH (CAN) 46

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