Mid Season substitutions and transfers for Superleague Formula Teams
While Davide Rigon’s performances have sent Beijing Guoan to the top of the Superleague Formula championship, it is the club, rather than the driver that will be award the series “premiership” at the end of the year.
With that in mind, a number of clubs will substitute their pilot or event arrange a mid season transfer as they aim for championship glory.
For this weekend’s fourth round of the championship at Estoril in Portugual, a number of new faces will appear behind the wheel for the first time, while other old faces will be wearing new colours in the unique football-themed championship.
Newcomers this weekend will include ex-Formula 1 driver Enrique Bernoldi and Frenchman Franck Perera while Enrico Toccacelo and Zolder pole-sitter Paul Meijer will switch teams for the Portuguese weekend.
Bernoldi will fill in this weekend for Tottenham Hotspur driver Duncan Tappy. The Brazilian ex-Arrows F1 star has been competing in the US this year in the IRL IndyCar Series.
Star Superleague Formula rookie Paul Meijer switches from Borussia Dortmund to the Al Ain car for his second weekend in the championship.
Perera will make his Superleague Formula debut for AS Roma – replacing Enrico Toccacelo who has been snapped up by Borussia Dortmund.
The young French star was actually teammates with Bernoldi at Conquest Racing at the start of the year in the US. He finished second in last year’s Champ Car Atlantic Series and qualified third fastest for the final event Champ Car race at Long Beach earlier this year.
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