Monza, Italy – Canadian race car driver, David Richert, is set to begin the 2015 race season this weekend at the ultra high-speed circuit of Monza just outside of Milan, Italy.

From Friday till Sunday, the historic circuit of Monza will host the opening two rounds of this season's Northern European Cup (NEC) championship. 31 drivers from 19 different countries, ranging from all over Europe to Russia, Asia, Africa and North America, will take part in this weekend's events.

This will be Richert's second time competing at Monza as he looks to rebound from a mechanical issue in last years event that forced him to start at the back of the field after missing out on both Qualifying sessions of the weekend.

"I'm extremely excited to take a race car around the Monza circuit once again, there is so much history here and it's a very fast circuit. We've had nothing but rain, and even snow, in all of our preseason testing so I'm really looking forward to a sunny and dry track in Italy." - David Richert

The NEC races this weekend will be streamed live at www.formularenault.tv and will also be available for viewing after the race. Refer to the schedule below for race times.

Live Timing of all sessions is available at www.blancpain-gt-series.com/live

Schedule (all times local Monza, Italy...subtract 7 hrs for Central Time)

Friday, April 10, 2015
09:00 - 11:00 Renault NEC Test Session
14:15 - 15:00 Renault NEC Free Practice 1
16:30 - 17:15 Renault NEC Free Practice 2

Saturday, April 11, 2015
10:15 - 10:35 Renault NEC Qualifying 1
10:40 - 11:00 Renault NEC Qualifying 2
14:05 - 14:30 Renault NEC Race 1

Sunday, April 12, 2015
10:30 - 10:55 Renault NEC Race 2

"David Richert is a farm-kid turned professional race car driver from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. While continuing to work on his family's farm close to Niverville, Richert began cutting his teeth by racing karts in Gimli, Manitoba. He was then selected by Volkswagen as one of the top young race car drivers in North America and competed in the VW Jetta TDI Cup. After building the business side of his racing career, and bringing on board several prominent Canadian business leaders as investors, Richert is set to tackle the highest levels of racing. He is currently competing with Inter Europol Competition in Formula Renault 2.0.

Richert Racing
www.richertracing.com