President of Jensen MotorSport - Eric Jensen – spent the past weekend at the U.S. Grand Prix in Indianapolis to meet with several key players in the world of open-wheel racing to evaluate the long-term direction for the team. Accompanying Jensen for the weekend was Frankie Muniz, who is driving the team’s #13 car in the Champ Car Atlantic series in 2007.
The most important meeting of the weekend was with Bernie Ecclestone, who runs Formula One Management. Jensen and Ecclestone specifically discussed the future of Jensen MotorSport to participate in the GP2 championship, and as that relates to the future career direction of driver Frankie Muniz. In the near term, the parties discussed the possibility of the Jensen team competing in the inaugural season of the Asian GP2 championship, commencing in January 2008.
Eric Jensen states, “We are considering all options for the future direction of our team. We have for many years been active in the CART / Champ Car community, but with the continued prosperity of the Formula One community internationally, we are considering expanding our team to compete in that community. Our driver Frankie Muniz has a very bright future in the sport of professional car racing, and in the near term the Asian GP2 championship is an interesting option to provide him with some competitive racing this winter.”
Jensen continued, “It was very much a delight to be able to spend some one on one time speaking with Mr. Ecclestone. I have been active in professional car racing for over 15 years, and have a strong knowledge of the industry. So it was very comforting to hear the direction of Mr. Ecclestone directly with respect to the future of our sport.”
Jensen MotorSport already has many strong allies who are active in the Formula One community; many of whom are keen to be involved with our team should we expand into the GP2 category.
For more details, contact Eric Jensen via e-mail at eric@jensenmotorsport.com |