Comunicados de Imprensa - Pegaso: The horses are ready to run

Optimism rates high, there is both camaraderie and friendly competition at Escuderia Pegaso’s world team headquarters and even the world outside of Spain seems to believe.

Pegaso’s third place finish in the Season 65 Formula 1 constructors standings has been the talk of message boards and Discord servers, where the fans and analysts seem to agree — it was a win and a major step forward. Inside the boardroom and in the garage, Pegaso Principal Nico is more measured. The season was good, but a Pegaso driver did not win a grand prix, and the team finished well behind Red Bull and Porsche in the final standings.

The flying horse enjoyed a year of improvement with six podiums, 21 top five finishes and 46 point-scoring races between drivers Remco Raveel and Miłodziad Dobrychłop.

Raveel finished sixth in the drivers standings and reached the podium five times.

“Remco is a world class driver, and the biggest talent produced up to date by our Driver Development Program,” Nico said. “Back in season 60, when we were negotiating his debut in the following season, he received offers from different top teams and ended up proving his loyalty by staying with us. That can't be paid with money and he will race with us for as long as he can keep up.”

Raveel started his career as a rally driver and then switched to stock car racing. He won the NASC Gold Cup series championship in Season 58. What will be Pegaso’s 30th season will be Raveel’s sixth in Formula 1.

Jan Bonmati returns to F1 and Pegaso after two years in NASC Gold Cup. His career has featured two NASC stints, time in the World GT, Australian Supercars and World Prototype Series. Bonmati drove for Pegaso in Seasons 62 and 63.

“We offered (Bonmati) a chance to race for another team, but he always said that he would only race for Pegaso, so he patiently waited for another chance and he got it,” Nico said. “He left a bit unhappy after his first two seasons, but we have a plan for him to adapt as soon as possible to the new car.”

Carlos Luque won three F2 races and finished in third place, marking the fourth consecutive time he has finished in the top four positions in F2. Fellow Spaniard Alex Barrios finished in fourth place, the best finish in F2 for the two-time Formula 3 World Series champion. Austrian Pete Sahat was the F2 champion with Japan’s Miku Momose finishing second by just five points.

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Juan Barnard — fourth place in the World Prototype Series with two race wins and a series-best 11 podiums

Nacer Gonza — second place in the Porsche 911 Supercup with 10 wins and 20 podiums. Gonza lost out to Brazilian Andres Pinto in a point fight that came down to Pinto winning more pole positions and earning more polesitter’s bonuses to win the series by 12 points.

Stock car racers — Pegaso affiliated drivers finished 1-2-3 in the NASC Gold Cup Series. Italian Raffaele Leo won stock car racing’s top prize in NASC’s first season under a new 10-race playoff format. American Spike Lundberg finished second in the standings, and Spain’s Jan Bonmati finished third.

Arnau Massanet’s final year in the European Touring Car championships ended with eight wins and a second place finish. The Spaniard now heads to the Porsche 911 Supercup Series aiming to build from a ledger that includes championships in the Formula 4 Mediterranean Series and the F4 Polish Series.

Argentinian Ivo Coleman gears up for another year in the World Touring Car Series after a fourth place finish. Thought to be one of Pegaso’s top prospects in the U25 category, Coleman’s resume includes F4 championships in the Central European and Italian Series.

Nina Rovira took her second F4 Polish Series championship, capturing 16 victories along the way. It marks a combined 31 wins in Poland over the last two seasons. Having aged out of the national series, Rovira moves up to Formula 4 International.

Jacky Brecel dominated the F4 Finnish Series with 19 wins in a possible 20 attempts. Only a second place finish in a sprint at Alstaro in the first race on the schedule separated the Belgian from a perfect 20-for-20 season.

Martina Creixell won 13 races en route to keeping the F4 Spanish Series championship in its home country. Creixell won four races in a row in the second half of the season to create the separation needed for a victory cruise.

American Annika Emerson used consistency to capture the F4 British Series with 20 top five finishes in 20 races, including 18 podiums and six wins. Emerson closed the championship run by sweeping the week at Brands Hatch with a pole and two race wins.

Argentina’s Thiago Lozada finished second in the U.S. Formula Junior Series, winning one race on a circuit dominated by Russian Vonya Urgant (14 wins).