Niverville native and professional race car driver David Richert, was able to make the most of his opportunity and showed very well at a test session in Navarre, Spain, with championship winning race team, Inter Europol Competition.
The event took place under a beautiful sunny sky at Circuito de Navarra, a race circuit tucked into the hills of northern Spain. This was Richert’s first chance to experience driving the high powered Ligier JS P3 race car, a marked difference from the open cockpit vehicles that Richert has raced in the past.
“The LMP3 is a fantastic car to drive, it’s very forgiving and lets you throw it around the track with freedom,” said Richert. “It’s always challenging to learn a new car and a new race track at the same time, but I think the test session went very well. A huge thanks to everyone at Inter Europol Competition for providing me with this opportunity.”
Richert, who has driven for the Inter Europol Competition race team in the past, was provided this opportunity as a way to familiarize himself with the LMP3 race car and re-establish his connection to the team.
Inter Europol Competition, a Polish racing team that is powered by Keese Motorsport in Germany, has won the VdeV LMP3 Championship for each of the last two season. Inter Europol is a bakery based in Poland that offers Swiss, French, and Danish breads, produced of the highest quality, for customers around the world.
“David did a great job today and I believe he has the potential to challenge for the championship in our car this season,” said Michael Keese (Inter Europol Competition). “We are working to support him in many different ways and hope to see him join our team for the rest of the year.”
Despite his successful outing, the reality of motorsports is that it’s a business first and foremost, so Richert will now be returning to Canada for the next couple of weeks to spend time securing the final resources he needs for the 2018 race season.
Richert noted that the LMP3 test session presented him with a very unique opportunity to advance his racing career. He also stated that “Chances don’t come along very often so I’ll work as hard as possible to take care of things on my end and hopefully be in a position to take advantage of it.”
