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Jousse confident of matching Soucek

Julien Jousse believes he stands with a genuine chance of achieving the same pace and possibly beating championship leader Andy Soucek in Donington Park's rounds of the championship this weekend. With the break of almost a month coming to an end in Leicestershire, recent test results have boosted the Frenchman's confidence.

Julien hopes for at least podium finishes at Donington Park

Drivers were given almost four hours of testing time at Donington on Tuesday as an extended warm-up for this weekend's races as well as the first session since Brands Hatch in mid-July. With Soucek still the man to beat, Jousse finished half a second down in third spot.

"We have waited a long time for a full test," he said ahead of Rounds 9 and 10 of 16. "It was a very good day and now I am looking forward to the weekend. For sure, Andy was impressive on the new tyres, but I think we were very evenly matched up to that point on the old tyres; we will see how things go during qualifying on Saturday but I know it is a big weekend for the championship."

Championship leader: Soucek

Currently placed sixth in the standings and 21 points behind the leader, Julien admits that points have been unnecessarily lost at times this year: "I was quick at Brands but I made too many mistakes during qualifying. I crashed in the first race and then I had to start the second race from 16th on the grid. Even if you are fast, a mistake in qualifying can mean the end of your weekend in terms of trying to score points.

"I feel very good here at Donington. I am feeling very comfortable in the car and I am really confident ahead of this weekend; of course, if Soucek keeps winning races then it will be difficult but hopefully I can still challenge for this championship - it is definitely not finished!"

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