Alguersuari with Repsol

An important agreement was signed between the Spanish oil company Repsol and Jaime Alguersuari, pilot of the program Red Bull having won the English championship F3 last year and entered this year in the World Series by Renault, within the Carlin team. The Madrid sports daily, Marca, affirms that the oil group intends to provide its support to the young Barcelonan, with the stated aim of supporting him towards access to F1 for 2010.

The contract only concerns the current year at the moment, but Marca maintains that various meetings have already been held between Repsol and Red Bull, with the intention of sealing a possible participation in the pilot's sporting program, in the event of good results. this season.

This would therefore lead Repsol to make its comeback in F1, after more than 8 years of absence following the forced withdrawal at the start of the 2001 season of its protégé Pedro de la Rosa from the Drivers' World Championship.

Jaime Alguersuari will celebrate his 19th birthday on March 22. He is now one of the best prospects in the Red Bull pool, thanks to his title acquired last year, since he is in fact the only one to have won an F3 championship. He also becomes the only one to defend the colors of the Austrian house in a category higher than F3, apart from F1 obviously.

“It was not easy to make a choice for 2009. GP2 is very competitive and Red Bull already has a team established there, but by choosing the World Series by Renault I know that I could fight for the title thanks to the supports a very strong team, as did Hag two years ago now. », declared the Spaniard.

“What ultimately pushed me towards F2, it is the competitiveness between the teams, thanks to the little difference between the cars. In addition, this clearly represents a first step towards F1, as proof Vettel and Kubica, who both distinguished themselves in this category, immediately proved themselves in F1. », he continued.