Charlie Eastwood joins Strakka Racing’s Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup team
Multiple karting champion joins Strakka for Eurocup assault
After a successful test with Strakka Racing, Northern Ireland’s Charlie Eastwood will join the Silverstone’s Formula Renault 2.0 team for a full Eurocup season campaign. Eastwood, a karting World Champion, has recently returned from racing in New Zealand, where he scored second overall in the final round of the Toyota Racing Series.
“We tested really well with Strakka and coming to see the workshops confirmed this is where we want to race,” says Charlie Eastwood. “We had a good test and we just instinctively knew that was where we wanted to race and signed there and then.”
“Charlie is quick and has great attitude, just what we are looking for in the Strakka family,” says team principal Dan Walmsley. “We are genuinely delighted to get such a strong and capable driver for our first full season in Eurocup.”
Eastwood will resume testing with Strakka Racing at the first official Eurocup test at Motorland Aragon on March 19th.
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From early domestic campaigns with BMWs and Aston Martins, Strakka Racing has evolved to become one of the most respected and successful privateer teams in the World Endurance Championship. In 2010 the Silverstone-based team achieved a class win, five circuit records and fifth overall in the iconic Le Mans 24 Hours. In 2013, it secured a second Le Mans win in the LMP1 Privateers’ class. Ever developing, in 2013 Strakka Racing entered the Formula Renault 3.5 World Series single-seater championship, regarded as one of the best training grounds for F1. In 2014 Strakka Racing joined forces with esteemed Japanese chassis manufacturer DOME to develop, market and race the Strakka DOME S103 chassis. 2014 also saw Strakka Racing create a Formula Renault 2.0 team and the Zanardi Strakka Kart racing team, the latter winning both prestigious FIA KF and KZ titles in 2014. This line up enables racing drivers to develop and refine their skills with Strakka Racing at each step of their career with an infrastructure that goes beyond any typical racing team.
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