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Italian team Lazarus retain Nathanael Berthon for the upcoming season. It will be Berthon’s fourth season in Formula 1’s official feeder series, making him one of the most experienced men on the grid.
The Frenchman has already contested the 2014 GP2 Series season with Lazarus, building a foundation for success especially during the second half of the season which brought good results in Hockenheim, Budapest, and Sochi. Counting on continuity, both team and driver look forward to make further improvements with the experience gained during the last season and set their sight on the podium.
“We improved throughout the season and we’re proud to have Nathanaël back with us again. We want to thank all our sponsors – who supported us also in difficult times in the past – for them trusting in us regarding the season 2015.”, states Lazarus’ Team Principal Tancredi Pagiaro. “We count on the hard work of us all to bring an expert team, but with a new name, back to the place in the classification that counts. Our long-time sponsors are now joined by a solid hand from Verona’s financial syndicate SO.GE.PA. They are an added value to the upcoming season, which has been crucial for Berthon’s confirmation.
“In such a competitive Championship, with the few days of winter tests and the impossibility to have further tests on the tracks during the season, we understood the difficulties of developing a car around the needs of the driver: this is why we chose continuity, which also has to be seen as a mutual decision.”
The French driver is equally happy to join forces with Lazarus again. “I am very pleased to be back in the Lazarus family”, he says. “Thanks to them, I can race again in GP2. I would like also to say that I am very confident, because I know how the performance has been through the entire 2014 season. We became better and better throughout the entire previous year. We’re starting now with a good base and much more experience than in 2014. I will do my best to make the Lazarus colorus shine on podiums through 2015″.
The first outing of the renewed team will be at the official test sessions for the GP2 series in Abu Dhabi from 9 to 11 March.
