Andrea Belicchi disappointed with missed pole position

Andrea Belicchi will start from the front row for tomorrow’s Race 1 in Sochi, Russia. The Italian feels his car is working very well after an engine change before Salzburgring.

The Target Competition driver is adamant he could have been on pole position were it not for a couple of minor issues on two of his qualifying laps: “Since the engine change prior to the Salzburgring round, my car is working perfectly and I can be again at the top. I could have done pole today but got two laps ruined, one by a small mistake and the other by a slower car.”

The Italian feels the car can still improve, and confirmed how difficult it is to find the limit without leaving the track and having a lap time disallowed: “We still have some work to do to correct some over-steering that is quite disturbing. Just like Jordi, I found it difficult to cope with track limits, it’s sometimes a matter of a few centimetres.”

Belicchi was fifth in the championship tied on points with WestCoast Racing’s Kevin Gleason, but the four points he scored today mean that the Italian is now 44 points shy of championship leader Gianni Morbidelli.