The legendary urban circuit of Monaco has been the scene of the first podium of Albert Costa and EPSILON in the Formula Renault 3.5

Albert Costa has confirmed the good forecasts yesterday clinching third place in the only run of the World Series by Renault which has been held today in Monaco. The Spaniard ends a great weekend at a circuit he trod for the first time on Thursday and where, with little more than an hour of evidence behind them, yesterday was the second fastest time imposed a much more experienced drivers. The winner of the race was the Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo who has been imposed on the championship leader, Russia's Mikhail Aleshin. With this result, the Spaniard is in the fourth position in the Championship standings and second in the classification of Rookies.

The track, with 3340 meters is known not only for its technical complexity, but by the narrow margin of error that gives drivers so a good start was vital. And Albert Costa, who started from third position on the clean side of the track, has not failed and has maintained a perfect position, getting around the first corner with skill and even has been in trouble Aleshin who was second. Since then, Albert has been able to maintain concentration and make a sublime driving overcoming the increasingly intense pain in his right hand towards the end of the race it makes it much harder to drive. This podium is doubly important for Costa, because the pilot of 20 years and an extraordinary evolution confirms that virtually no training camp because of the injury that occurred in the hand, has progressed by leaps and bounds and is adapting quickly to the new car.

# 15 Albert Costa - 3rd (26 points, 4th in the Championship): "This podium is very important to me and I want to thank all the team work they have done. All these days we worked hard and the car worked very well. The bulk of the work was done but it was important to do well, maintain position and move forward. From there, stay focused until the end. That has been the most difficult mid-race because the pain was intense and almost went to a hand. This is a very demanding and you have to work a lot with the wheel. But I come with mine and I've been on the podium. No way I was going to miss. And this is only the beginning. "