Wednesday, March 12, 2008

March 12 newsstand: Power, Servia official

Will Power & Oriol Servia are officially in as the drivers for KV Racing, adding two more confirmed cars to the grid.

Official press release and another, with quotes.
Servia's car number will be 32. Power's will be the 8 vacated by Scott Sharp & RLR.

The AP story and another focused on Power from the Melbourne Herald-Sun

Motorsport's Allan Brewer has a wrapup of today's press conference with NHL's Graham Rahal and Justin Wilson and KV co-owner Jimmy Vasser. The transcript.

Minardi in (with a new name)
AP: Former CC teams facing big obstacles
It appears Minardi is in, as they're getting their car today (from Walker Racing). Paul Stoddart is gone, and the team will probably change name (maybe to HVM). The driver is also TBA.
Says owner Keith Wiggins: "I won't deny that it's a struggle, but we're doing our best to get one car on the grid for the first race."

Also, from Wiggins: "We all know it's a tough deal, a lot of scrambling because of timing and the situation. But the bigger picture is where the significance of what happened is pretty dramatic. When you solve any war or situation like that, there's always fallout and some inconvenience. It's difficult in the timing, but it's for a common goal and for the common good after all the things that have happened. I'm sure, come the end of this year, it will almost be forgotten."

IndyCar.com says the team name will be HVM.

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