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KAPADIA SETS PACE AT SILVERSTONE

April 27, 2014 by Alex Kapadia

Alex Kapadia impressed the European Le Mans Series paddock at Silverstone last weekend with his blistering pace in his first outing for the Murphy Prototypes team. His drive was enough to win the Radiolemans.com <http://Radiolemans.com> Spirit of the Race award voted for by the TV viewers live during the race.

Team-mate Ex-F1 driver Karun Chandhok qualified the Hertz Car Sales sponsored car in 3rd position and Venezuelan Rodolfo Gonzalez started the race for the Irish team. Gonzalez suffered a blown tyre while running in fourth position just as Kapadia was getting ready for his stint 1hr 20mins into the 4hr race. Unfortunately for Gonzalez, he had just passed the pit entry and had to do a complete lap with the tyre delaminating and destroying the bodywork of the Oreca LMP2 racer. Six laps were lost while repairs were carried out and the car re-joined the race with Kapadia at the wheel but down in 35th position.

Over the next hour and twenty minutes Kapadia was consistently the fastest car on the circuit scything through the traffic and setting fastest lap of the race. By the time he pitted with just under an hour to go he had taken the team from 35th  back up to 10th position. Chandhok took over for the last stint of the race and set four consecutive fastest laps of the race bringing the team up a further two places to eight place.

“It was a mixed race for us” Kapadia said after the race. “We definitely had the pace to win today but the puncture just lost us too much time. On the positive side I am happy with my performance and that I showed the endurance racing world what I can do. The highlight of my weekend was stepping out of the car to a round of applause in the garage from the team and then being voted the radiolemans.com Spirit of the Race award by the TV viewers. I just hope I get another chance to run with the team and my co-drivers so we can get the win for the team that they deserve.”

Team owner Greg Murphy said “Alex did an amazing job for us today. He really has made his mark on the team, trouble is the rest of the paddock will be after him now! It is bitterly disappointing that we did not get the win that we so badly wanted but we showed our pace and we will be back to fight another day.”

Kapadia who was sponsored by Hertz Car Sales, Motorsport magazine, Club100 and CTC Wholesalers for the Silverstone race, was just filling in for regular driver Tor Graves who was ill for this event, but hopes that there may be more opportunities at future races. “We think it is unlikely that Tor will have made a full recovery before the next round at Imola. The team and I will be working hard to make it commercially viable for me to be in the car for the next round if the seat becomes available again”.

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KAPADIA PROUD TO ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP WITH MOTOR SPORT MAGAZINE

April 19, 2014 by Alex Kapadia

European Le Mans series racer Alex Kapadia is very proud to announce a new partnership with Motor Sport magazine. Motor Sport who are celebrating their ninetieth anniversary this year will be featured on the Murphy Prototypes car for the European Le Mans Series opener at Silverstone today.

Kapadia said “I am extremely grateful to Motor Sport for their support. They are the authority on Formula One and international motorsport and I look forward to a successful and mutually beneficial relationship in what is a big year for the magazine.”

The race is being broadcast live around the globe. Viewers in the UK can tune in to Motors TV from 14:10hrs to see the event live. For updates follow @murphyprotoype on twitter or listen to radiolemans.com for full commentary of the four hour race.

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KAPADIA TO JOIN MURPHY PROTOTYPES FOR ELMS OPENER AT SILVERSTONE

April 12, 2014 by Alex Kapadia

Professional racer Alex Kapadia is joining Murphy Prototypes for the first round of the European Le Mans Series at Silverstone next weekend.

Kapadia made an impression on the LMP2 paddock with his pace in the final two races of the 2013 season while racing for Boutsen Ginion Racing. For Silverstone he will be taking the place of regular Murphy Prototypes driver Tor Graves who has been sidelined with shingles.

Alex will be joined in the car by ex-F1 driver Karun Chandhok and F1 tester Rodolfo Gonzalez  for the four hour race which takes place next Saturday 19th April. He said “I am extremely grateful to Greg for this opportunity. The team have shown themselves to be on top of their game recently and I am very much looking forward to being part of that and helping them get a strong result at Silverstone. I am playing catch up a little as I did not test the car at Paul Ricard last week but I am a quick learner and in Karun and Rodolfo I have two great co-drivers to learn from.

Team owner Greg Murphy said “When I found out that Tor could not race at Silverstone my first thought was to call Alex as he is one of the quickest silver drivers around. I was extremely impressed by Alex’s pace in the Boutsen car last year and think he is definitely a driver to watch for future. I think we have a very strong line up for Silverstone.”

The race will be televised live on Motors TV on Saturday 19th April at 14:10hrs GMT and also broadcast live on radiolemans.com.

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