Kovacic To Make Race Debut In F/BMW

Australian Karter James Kovacic will take his first race start in Formula BMW on 20-22 March in Mexico.

Having scored a double victory at the Premier State Cup round last week, Kovicic jumped onto a plane on the Sunday to attend the final testing days on the Monday and Tuesday in America.

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FORMULA BMW AMERICAS WRAPS UP PRE-SEASON TESTING PROGRAM

The preseason activities of the Formula BMW Americas Championship came to a chilly end at Carolina Motorsports Park on the 2/3 March as two days of testing wrapped up on the 2.3-mile road course in Kershaw, South Carolina without the mercury ever reaching the 10-degree mark.

Unseasonably-cold weather posed a challenge to the teams that needed the two days of testing to get ready for the March 20-22 season-opening weekend at Puebla, Mexico. The Formula BMW Americas Championship will run a double-header weekend alongside the World Touring Car Championship.

The cold temperatures kept teams from turning many laps in either of the morning sessions, but it did allow the series to devote time to education and coaching as the full field got a chance to practice the standing-start procedure that is a hallmark of the FBMW Americas Championship.

Team Apex posted big gains on the second day as its rookies Joao Horto and James Kovacic vaulted into the top five, while Jensen Motorsports' Freddy Zebede used a strong late run to put more than half the field into the 90-second range around the tricky CMP circuit.

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