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2002 End of Year Wrap-up
by Roland Machaalani, 31-Dec-2002
Copa DTM Turismo B
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| Copa DTM Turismo B - Interlagos, SP, Brazil |
| 26-May-2002 12:00 |
Technical
- 11 meetings regional championship held in Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Highly modified 1997 Chevrolet Corsa (equivalent to the 1997 Holden Barina)
- 4 victories
- 7 poles
- 10 top-5
- 11 top-10
- Garanteed the Championship title already on the 10th race
Media and Marketing
- All meetings aired by ESPN Brasil, repeating at least 10 times per meeting.
- All meetings covered by local daily and weekly newspapers from Thursday to Monday, combined over 75000 copies per day, making the front page on Mondays on most wins.
- Fulvio is featured in several state free-to-air TV news
- Fulvio is featured in several local cable TV shows.
- Race car featured in state shopping malls and other businesses with Q+A sessions.
500 km de Interlagos
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| 500km de Interlagos - Interlagos, SP, Brazil |
| 25-Aug-2002 14:00 |
Technical
- International endurance event held in Interlagos, Sao Paulo
- Highly modified 1997 Chevrolet Omega (equivalent to the 1997 Holden VS Commodore)
- 3o place in class 2
Media and Marketing
- Front page with picture in 2 regional daily newspapers on Monday (50000 copies combined)
Automotive Mechanical Engineering
- Together with 4 of his best Automotive Engineering colleagues, Fulvio develops the Bravado as a graduation project. Bravado is a small 4x4 700kg truck for rough terrains. Fulvio is responsible for presenting the project, as well as developing the chassis, suspension and dynamics, and partially responsible for the computer models and dimensioning the powertrain.
- Fulvio finishes Automotive Mechanical Engineering at Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial (FEI) in Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil.
- Bravado gets 3rd place at the 30th Graduation Project Presentation (30th Expo MecAut), as voted by Automotive Industry directors, engineers and managers as well as Engineering Professors.
