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with bianchi that tends to mean he's going to make hard work of it though, look what happened last year
btw i rate korjus so highly because he wasn't far off the performances from vergne when *he* first fell into a fr3.5 at the end of '10 (bearing in mind preseason testing etc). considering he is really young and pretty inexperienced the amount of composure and pace he showed was impressive. in my opinion in rossi's car he'd have scored more points. on balance of the talent in last year's field (all the way through the top 10 there's either serious driving talent or quick guys) he did a pretty solid job |
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Going on from that - Franchitti/Dixon
Both Champions and Indy500 winners..... Power & Briscoe are neither. |
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Is the pressure on Bianchi or not though?
On one hand he's dropped 'down' from GP2 where he flattered to deceive to a certain extent so the onus is very much on hom top win it... On the other hand, he has proven extremely quick in an F1 car already and has been placed here to avoid getting snookered on F1 Friday practice days.... If his management were too worried about his rep they wouln't put him in 3.5 at all. All Korjus needs to concern himself with is continuing to develop his skills and winning races against whoever his competition is. |
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13 Feb 2012, 11:54 (Ref:3025206) | #207 | |
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you're all cheating by naming indycar teams
i think the pressure is on bianchi to win something, but maybe only from a personal perspective. ferrari seem content with following the drivers personal progress and their abilities in a f1 car at this level rather than like red bull who are all about the wins. i would have said that it's just because bianchi is managed by nicolas todt and they've followed him all the way through his career, but they seem to be keeping a very close eye on perez too even if he hasn't produced the numbers since british f3. just for the record, here's the calendar and test dates. iirc it's just the first date that's only with one car per team, come the second they'll have both cars? Formula Renault 3.5 Series Collective Testing Schedule 13-14 March: Paul Ricard HTTT (FRA) 3-4 April: Barcelona (ESP) 18-19 April: Motorland Aragón (ESP) 2012 World Series by Renault Schedule * 5-6 May: Motorland Aragón, Spain 26-27 May: Monaco (Formula Renault 3.5 Series only) 2-3 June: Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 30 June-1 July: Nürburgring, Germany 14-15 July: Moscow Raceway, Russia** 25-26 August: TBC (Formula Renault 3.5 Series only) 15-16 September: Hungaroring, Hungary 29-30 September: Paul Ricard HTTT, France 20-21 October: Barcelona, Spain * schedule to be confirmed by the FIA ** subject to FIA approval |
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Arden and Caterham are to link up in FR3.5 with CAterham using Arden for their young driver program.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97529 Will this lead to greater links elsewhere as they already have links in F1. |
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and lucas foresti at dams (lost opportunity for a championship contender in that drive perhaps?) has just been confirmed...
anyone care to do a list of who we have confirmed so far? i've done it cause i'm bored... dams - pic, foresti tech1 - bianchi, korjus carlin - magnussen, stevens fortec - frijns, huertas pons - amberg, cunha p1 - grubmuller, move draco - negrao, ? bvm target - zampieri, ? kmp - nebylitskiy, ? charouz gravity - ?, ? arden - williamson, rossi isr - ?, ? comtec - ?, ? have i missed anyone? Last edited by bella; 15 Feb 2012 at 16:10. Reason: forgot one. oops. |
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Nope don't think you've missed anyone, that looks fine to me . The grid looks just as strong as the GP2 grid at the moment doesn't it? Especially if Sam Bird switches to FR3.5 as has been mooted - then we'd have a great title battle between (probably) Bianchi, Bird and Rossi.
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there's not many... drives from which you could win the title left, surely? perhaps isr, but they had a quiet year aside from ricciardo's glory moments in 2011?
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15 Feb 2012, 16:53 (Ref:3026207) | #212 | ||
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much stronger than gp2
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A good driver, like Sam could win with Comtec and Charouz surely. They have new cars, new engines, ... (ECU n gearboxes?!) it's like opening new chapter, new opening. Comtec, KMP these are not bad teams, they need good drivers and maybe good extra addtion to their technical staff. Remember Danielsson?! That's what I like about FR3.5 anybody has chance to win...
You have missed Niko Martsenko who's been signed up by Comtec, last I heard... |
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I think you missed Richie Stanaway VERY likely to be at Charouz as Lotus F1 Website mention
http://lotusf1team.com/-Richie-Stanaway-.html?lang=en |
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fair point about the new start, last year it was really hard work for the newbies because the field was so close together. all you needed to find (haha "all", if only it were that simple) was an extra 2 10ths and you'd gain a row or so on the grid.
it IS good because anyone can win, i love that about it too. on the other hand it must make it really difficult to pick a team because it's so close in the end it comes down to whether a driver and their engineer connect completely, and getting every. single. corner perfect on a perfect car on a single qualifying lap. autosport and italiaracing haven't picked up on martsenko yet either, presumably the pair of them need to organise a decent press rep between them to spread the word i was just counting the totally confirmed drivers, but also fair point about stanaway... is adrien tambay still on gravity's books? so, if we include probablys and 'keeping it quiet's.... dams - pic, foresti tech1 - bianchi, korjus carlin - magnussen, stevens fortec - frijns, huertas pons - amberg, cunha p1 - grubmuller, move draco - negrao, ? bvm target - zampieri, ? kmp - nebylitskiy, ? charouz gravity - stanaway, ? arden - williamson, rossi isr - ?, ? comtec - martsenko, ? |
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Gravity is now called IRace Professional and they have dropped severall of their drivers
2012 Line Up - Richie Stanaway FR3.5 - Kevin Korjus FR3.5 - Oscar Tunjo FR2.0 - Esteban Ocon FR2.0 - Dorian Boccolacci Karting bye bye Witmann,Vietoris,tambay,Prost..... |
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This series looks very strong for 2012, I like Stanaway, my son had a great dice with him in ADAC in 2009 at Sachensring I think, was a belter, think hes got a great chance of a top career. However you cannot help but think some drivers would be better without a publicist, DAMS have signed two drivers who I think it is fair to say are well supported one has said he is thankful to the team for the opportunity he has been given!!!!? I as a romantic took out my wife for Valentines day, was a great meal, when the bill came I thanked the owner of the Restaurant for allowing me to spend my hard earned on his food, no problem he said I should be thanking you!!! not it would appear in the world of motor sport,. I was and am a working class lad, why in motor sport do people feel the need to move down the social scale not up I am at a loss. Wouldnt it be nice for someone to say, my Family have worked hard, made a lot of money and now wish to spend some of this on my motor racing career, thanks to them for making it happen, that would be refreshing.
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i've seen that though, particularly in interviews. there's not many drivers been educated and brought up in the right way to be aware of what they've got! actually that goes for everyone, drivers or otherwise. if the chequebook fairy pays for everything without any reality checks how can you expect a kid to connect the dots?
and you've got to keep the team sweet. doesn't thanking them for the opportunity to work with them come under the same banner as buying a couple of rounds and getting in the ice creams on a hot day? particularly in a team-issued press release |
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What about Stoneman at ISR?
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Currently busy testing that Andretti's Dallara, believe he's INDYCAR bound. Which is great if he can get a break at Andretti, def. championship contender in Indy Lights.
@bella basicly you need few extra quid to snatch good engineer from top team or be an incredibly good driver, you can do a Pastor at Rapax. @Peter Cammish it doesn't sound right to say a aint a talent I a pay driva - it reminds me some of Teixeira's quotes re. his position at caterham, or Senna, or you name him... |
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I wish I had been more succesful and my son would now be in 3.5 Litre, good luck to those that were, I just wish the drivers didnt say daft things it devalues things in so many ways, also seen that Tio Elinas is in GP3 really good luck to him he is a good lad and drives very fairly and smooth so he should suit the formula. |
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Maybe the first two don't see the need to retain Gravity's services after being blessed by BMW and Merc respectively? Moving out of the open-wheel ladder hunt might change the value of their services to you.
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