Pastorelli confirmed in Champ Car World Series source: whowon.com After three most-recent Champ Car tests, Nicky Pastorelli of Holland has demonstrated that his driving skills are enough to match the demands of running with the top drivers in the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford and Rocketsports Racing is proud to announce the signing of Pastorelli to run in its #8 entry for the 2006 season. Born in The Hague, Netherlands, the Italo-Dutch driver comes from mixed parentage. His father is Italian and his mother is Dutch. He was first introduced to the sport of karting at the age of ten. He drove his first laps at an empty parking lot. Pastorelli fel l in love with the sport and less than a year later he was making practice laps at the professional Strijen Circuit. In 1993, he started in the Mini League followed by Junior League, in which he had his first successes. At the age of 14, Pastorelli became a member of Peter de Bruin's karting team. He stayed there for several seasons and drove the ICA and Formula A Leagues. In 2000, he moved to the Formula Arcobaleno League. Competing in six out of eight races, he won the pole position five times, earned three wins, and finished third in the Dutch Championship. In 2001 he entered the Formula Renault 2000 European Championship before moving into the Euro 3000 Series in 2003, where he earned two second place finishes and finished fifth in the championship. He was crowned the Superfund Euro 3000 Champion and earned his first chance to drive a Champ Car with Walker Racing at Sebring. Pastorelli was a F1 test driver in 2 005 with Jordan, and was the first driver to be officially introduced in the "Young Driver Programme" initiated by Midland F1 to help promising junior drivers develop their talent in preparation for entry to Formula One.
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