McIntosh in Top-Five Spanish Points Haul (W)

McIntosh in Top-Five Spanish Points Haul

Round 9 / Race 1 - World Series by Renault, Circuit de Catalunya, 
Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona, Spain (October 28, 2006) - Vancouver's Sean McIntosh 
steered his #6 KTR entry to a fifth place finish on Saturday in the 
first of two World Series by Renault races this weekend at the home 
of the Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, the 
Spanish track playing host to the World Series' season finale. 
McIntosh's top-five finish further boosted his chances of solidifying 
a top-six finish in the Driver Standings in an impressive rookie 
season by the Canadian racing the 425bhp Formula Renault 3.5-ltr 
open-wheel challenger, the 21-year-old holding sixth overall heading 
into tomorrow's final race nine points clear of Italy's Davide 
Valsechhi (53-42).

Race 1, Qualifying (Pole - Alx Danielsson (SWE), 1m26.788s)

Sean's performance in Saturday morning's qualifying session, where he 
posted the fourth fastest time in his 15-car group, with a hot lap of 
1m27.435s around the 4.6km track, placed him on the fourth row of the 
grid for the afternoon's race, McIntosh lining up seventh with 
Christian Montanari alongside in eighth. Declaring himself relatively 
pleased with the session, Sean's form was evident straight out of the 
box in yesterday's collective test, setting the fifth fastest time in 
the morning followed by the third fastest lap in the second session 
ahead of KTR team-mate, Great Britain's Robbie Kerr, and behind the 
Interwetten.Com pairing of Franck Perera and World Series 
points-leader, Spain's Andy Soucek.

Race 1, 19 Laps (Winner - Alx Danielsson (SWE), Comtec Racing)

Holding seventh off the line, McIntosh's race was incident-free as he 
looked to make up lost ground in the points having failed to take the 
previous start in Le Mans earlier this month thanks to a fuel pump 
failure. Shadowing a heated battle for fourth place involving 
Spaniard Borja Garcia and France's Franck Perera, McIntosh climbed to 
fifth as Garcia abandoned the race with mechanical issues. Sean 
collected six points at the flag for his fifth place finish with 
Sweden's Alx Danielsson taking the win ahead of Andy Soucek and 
Alvaro Parente.

Sean McIntosh - #6 Team KTR:

  "This was a hard race physically so I'm pleased to come away with a 
solid top-five finish and the accompanying points. I think there's 
more potential for a better finish tomorrow so if I can snatch a 
top-three in my qualifying group we'll be right up there. Today's 
result helps my chances of a top-six finish for the year, hopefully 
tomorrow we can seal the deal!"

Race 2 (26 Laps), with a mandatory pit-stop, starts tomorrow at 1pm 
local time (7am EST).

ENDS - www.ktr.be / www.renault-sport.com

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