Liverpool surge to top in Estoril

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Bloody hell I'd forgotten about the football sponsored racing series. Seen the cars loads at shows and events but nothing really clicked. Apparently they've already raced 3 times this year! I never heard a thing.

Anyway they are racing at Estoril this weekend, only clashing with F1 and MotoGP so bound to be lots viewing.........

http://www.superleagueformula.com/

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71554

Autosport said:

No stranger to success on the football field in Europe, now Liverpool FC's Superleague Formula team Hitech and driver Adrian Valles seem to be hitting top form on continental Europe too, as they topped the final free practice session before qualifying at Estoril in Portugal.

Valles lapped the former Portuguese Grand Prix venue in 1:26.055, a whopping 0.856s faster than his nearest rival, Atletico Madrid's Andy Soucek. Soucek overcame a number of wild lock-ups at Turn 1 to set the second fastest time of 1:26.911.

Series leader Davide Rigon was third fastest, setting his 1:27.022 for Beijing Guaon in the first of the two 30-min sessions that ran back-to-back after this morning's early session - which he had topped.

AS Roma was fourth fastest with debutant Franck Perera, a time also set in the first session, with former Williams and Jaguar F1 racer Antonio Pizzonia next up for Corinthians of Brazil.

Kasper Andersen maintained his good form for Olympikos with sixth overall, ahead of Robert Doornbos (AC Milan), Borja Garcia (Sevilla), Alessandro Pier Guidi (Galatasaray) and Ryan Dalziel (Rangers).

The other British club, Tottenham Hotspur, continues to struggle after a late call-up for Dominik Jackson. Their performance has mirrored the club's start to the football Premiership, and they were anchored firmly to the bottom of the table around 4secs off the pace.

Any bets on how long the series will last considering the similar A1GP, GP2, F2, World Series by Renault and Formula Masters series rivals.