PRESS RELEASE: Wednesday 20th January 2010

ATECH GRAND PRIX CONFIRMS THREE-CAR FORMULA RENAULT ASSAULT
Silverstone-based ATECH Grand Prix has confirmed a three-driver line-up for the 2010 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship. Swiss-Filipino Marlon Stockinger will be joined by Briton Nick Yelloly and Hungarian Tamás Pál Kiss in the 20 round championship which kicks off at Thruxton in April.
“I’m delighted to finally be able to announce our Formula Renault line-up.” said Team principal David Hayle. “All three of the guys raced with us last season and showed a lot of promise particularly over the second half of the season. Having the continuity of the same team for a second season is a great situation to be in.
“Nick and Marlon’s results in the end of season Winter Cup, together with their post-season testing performances have been very impressive. Tamás has been working hard in Hungary with his own car and team over the winter, so we head into our second season in the UK very much focused on achieving strong results.”
Nineteen year-old Yelloly finished the Winter Cup as runner-up following four superb performances which netted him two podium finishes, four top six places. A podium finish and two further top five finishes for former BMW scholarship winner Stockinger earned him fifth place overall.
The team will commence an intensive test programme which kicks off later this month, prior to the opening rounds of the series, at the ultra-fast Thruxton circuit in Hampshire. Once again the UK’s leading single-seater championship will support the prestigious Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.
The full 2010 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship calendar is:  3/4 April Thruxton, 24/25 April Rockingham, 1/2 May Brands Hatch, 5/6 June Oulton Park, 19/20 June Croft, 7/8 August Snetterton, 21/22 August Silverstone, 4/5 September Knockhill, 18/19 September Silverstone, 9/10 October Brands Hatch.

Press Release

Monday 9 November 2009

YELLOLY TAKES RUNNER-UP SPOT - MAIDEN PODIUM FOR STOCKINGER

The Hitech Junior Team continued its run of success with two podiums for Nick Yelloly and Marlon Stockinger in the final rounds of the 2009 Michelin Formula Renault UK Winter Cup at Rockingham on Saturday. Yelloly’s results, coupled with those from Snetterton, makes him runner-up in the series, while for Stockinger, a maiden podium finish elevated him to fifth overall.

Another strong pace in pre-event testing saw the two 18 year-olds consistently among the pace-setters, Swiss Filipino Stockinger topping the times in the second of three sessions on Friday. In Saturday morning’s qualifying session which would decide the grid for the two races, based on first and second quickest lap times, the pair each posted the third and fourth quickest times to give them a row two start for both rounds.   After the dramas of Snetterton last time out, in which heavy rain greeted the drivers, it was a cold but sunny start to the proceedings which kicked off the first of two races.  A superb start from Stockinger saw him surge into the lead at the first corner after a poor getaway from pole-man Harry Tincknell.   Yelloly too made the most of Tincknell’s mistake to follow Stockinger through, but as the pack entered the first left hand hairpin, it was front-row starter Tom Blomqvist who exited in the lead with Marlon second ahead of Nick. As the field entered the next hairpin, Tincknell found a way past Nick, but just moments later the safety car was deployed to retrieve a stranded car.   At the restart Nick briefly lost a place to Thomas Hylkema but wasted no time in retaking the position the next lap and began to close down the gap to third-placed Tincknell.  Up at the front, Stockinger was driving a mature and steady race, his lap times consistently among the quickest and matching those of his team-mate.   The pair eventually finished second and fourth, marking Marlon’s maiden podium finish and increasing Yelloly’s chances of securing second in the overall standings.   Race two kicked off later that day and another great start from both the Hitech drivers saw them jostling for second place at the first corner. At the end of the lap however Nick was third and Marlon fourth before a safety car, and later a red flag after five laps, signalled the premature end of the race.   At the restart to be held over seven laps, the positions remained unchanged off the line, but after briefly being passed by Hylkema, Stockinger quickly retook fourth and followed his team-mate Yelloly home in third to the team’s second podium finish of the day.   At the conclusion of the four-round Michelin Formula Renault UK Winter Cup series, Nick finished second to take the runner-up spot with Marlon in fifth, just seven points away from third place.

MARLON STOCKINGER...HITECH JUNIOR with
RENAULT SPORT IN ENGLAND (UK)

Latest NEWS and update on Marlon’s Website, we have changed the look a bit, added some new Photos and the new Racing Calendar is now up too.
Another NEW addition is the Photo Downloads; If you open his Website click on Marlon Stockinger Photo Downloads Logo this will bring you to his latest images from all his Test Drives and Racing Events in England. This site will always be updated and has the latest Photos, so why don’t you check it out at: http://www.marlonstockinger.com/

We have just received the latest from Marlon Stockinger in Great Britain!

Worst Snowfall in Britain since 20 years - but Marlon Stockinger is testing...!

“We literally arrived with the last plane flying into London’s Heathrow airport last February 1. After that everything stopped working: Airports, trains, Highways and even the famous London tube.

Rugged up, but a relaxed Marlon & now
dealing with Ice and Snow...

But not us: After a day or so we started testing at famous Olton Park circuit. It was just a matter of clearing away the snow and waiting for the ice to melt away at around 10 am before hitting the track.
February and March have a heavy testing schedule on all the tracks of the UK Renault Championship. The tracks are older, narrower and more challenging than most of the European and Asian circuits I know. You make a small mistake and you end up in the wall destroying the car as many of my competitors, team mates and myself experienced last week in a very fast and tricky circuit called Thruxton. All testing generally went very well and I am among the fastest, specially in the wet which is good because it rains a lot in England! If you had fast times on the track, every body knows right away in Silverstone: Your landlady, the bartender in the pub (only lemonade, please!) or the waiter in the restaurant…it’s incredible, everything revolves around racing here.

Snow on the side of the track...

I am currently living in Silverstone near the famous track in a Bed & Breakfast together with other racers and my Hungarian team mate Tamas Pal Kiss.
The season starts with the first race in famous Brands Hatch on April 4/5 (my Birthday!) I am delighted to participate in a series that has produced such great champions like Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen.

Action in cold weather...

If time permits I will study between races at CATS College in Cambridge, the same college that Lewis Hamilton went to. Uhhh…that’s the hard part!
And of course…I will try to visit the Philippines!”

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Please check the Gallery (latest images) there you find a lot

more Photos now, we did another update from Singapore

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Marlon Stockinger-Formula BMW F1 Support race Singapore
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Racing as a BMW Junior is not all fun and excitement, but also hard work and representing the series and it's manufacturers and suppliers.
One of my duties at last weekend's Formula One race in Singapore was to tour a delegation from German gearbox manufacturer Sachs around the pit garage and explaining the details of a Formula BMW race car.

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Just left the Pit Stop...we fixed our small technical glitch and the Race is back on.



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Sorry for the late update on the Photo Gallery but we encountered a small technical glitch, we just went into to the Pit-stop to fix this problem, sorry for the inconvenience but we continue the race shortly, please stay tuned.

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