Renault V6 Asia Problems? - Page 2

SALEEN S7R · 24 Jun 2006, 10:15 (Ref:1640227)

10 entries? That really isnt good, these cars are still very very good and pretty quick and IMO deserve to be racing somewhere still.

jondownunder · 24 Jun 2006, 13:12 (Ref:1640271)

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Originally Posted by AstroBoy

I noticed that Mathew Haliday and Ananda Mikola qualified over four seconds off pole!!!

Something strange going on there....

This was down to a wet but drying track I believe - Halliday gambled on slicks, but the track didn't dry enough: http://www.afos.com/news_full_renault.php?id=1337

10 entries is very disappointing. Congratulations to Hamad Al Fardan on his win in race 1 though, he seems like a pretty quick driver. Would be interesting to see how fast he is in a more competitive series.

AstroBoy · 25 Jun 2006, 06:33 (Ref:1640660)

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Originally Posted by jondownunder

This was down to a wet but drying track I believe - Halliday gambled on slicks, but the track didn't dry enough: http://www.afos.com/news_full_renault.php?id=1337

Are you unable to change tyres during a session?

I'm not aware of the rules for the category.

or did the team simply leave him out on slicks.....

jondownunder · 25 Jun 2006, 10:36 (Ref:1640749)

I'm not sure, but surely they would allow teams to switch between slicks and wets during the session as conditions change? I'd guess the team changed to slicks for the final minutes, but found conditions were still too wet.

schitarella · 25 Jun 2006, 16:00 (Ref:1640891)

matt halliday has been the winner from the last race at the sepang circuit. he started in 7 for the qualify

Chucky · 26 Jun 2006, 00:54 (Ref:1641235)

If the Asian F3 Championship is only just getting by, what made anyone think something like this would work?

Especially since that particular car compnay that it's based on has very little, if any, exposure in SE Asia?

AstroBoy · 26 Jun 2006, 09:07 (Ref:1641414)

Yeah ya right, you'd think they would put all their effort into one series.

Hopefully they learn from their mistake.

I just read on th other post that the Asian F3 guys got 20,000 people their last race in China - that's a bit of a surprise. I've only been to AFOS events and they have never been that big!

Maybe China is starting to take to motorsport.

AstroBoy · 29 Jun 2006, 08:59 (Ref:1644002)

I noticed that Ananda Mikola didn't get any practice at all at Sepang last weekend.

A mechanic told me that there was something wrong with the ECU / paddleshift system.

Hopefully the FRenault asia v6 people can get it to work for the next round......

AstroBoy · 23 Jul 2006, 05:33 (Ref:1662481)

Anyone seen any results from the v6 asia renault at indonesia??

There are no times/results at the afos web site.

I heard there where only 7 cars entered, so maybe it was cancelled...

If anyone know, can they let me know.

AstroBoy · 26 Jul 2006, 06:39 (Ref:1664676)

Just read they decided to hold a race for v6 asia renault.

Heard there were a few mechanical failures though.

5 cars finished the second race!

Chandhok was in the top three when he had hydraulic failure - under the safety car.

Thats a shame, that's happened to him twice in 3 rounds now.

AstroBoy · 28 Jul 2006, 08:44 (Ref:1666487)

"results" can be found here:

http://www.afos.com/result_v6.php?id...%20V6%20Asia#q

interesting to see only 6 cars qualified for the 2nd race.

Ananda Mikola didn't even get out for qualifying (both sessions!), but finished 2nd and 1st in the races - must be a pretty average field.

Not sure why they even bother, just makes themselves look bad.

Atleast the Asian F3 series put on decent races - that get big crowds and live tv.

Monkey Head · 28 Jul 2006, 09:22 (Ref:1666508)

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Originally Posted by AstroBoy

interesting to see only 6 cars qualified for the 2nd race.

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oops,they are following F1 style(knock two car in first two session),Race 2 (Grand Race)didn't get any quaiflu session

AstroBoy · 29 Jul 2006, 10:13 (Ref:1667042)

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Originally Posted by Monkey Head

oops,they are following F1 style(knock two car in first two session),Race 2 (Grand Race)didn't get any quaiflu session

hehe - it looks like they incorporate the knock out system throughout the whole weekend - from practice to the final race!

5 finishes in the final race.....

Noisy · 2 Aug 2006, 15:27 (Ref:1671061)

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Originally Posted by AstroBoy

Atleast the Asian F3 series put on decent races - that get big crowds and live tv.

Atleast this Asian Formula Renault V-6 has good Asian racing driver. Trying to beat out the faults of someone else head I can say I know Chandok, Mikola, Haliday and the other guys. Asian F3 drivers are all strnage to me.
Tison Sy is the only driver I know from last year Rodolfo Avila season. All the others are strange to me. I never said Asian Formula Renault V-6 was perfect but Asian F3 is trash. All Asian single seaters are garbage. Europe is the motorsport quality land. Asia is good to play on Casinos, fabric T-****rts and to see GP Macau. Sorry but silence is golden for you mate.

AstroBoy · 3 Aug 2006, 14:01 (Ref:1672159)

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Originally Posted by Noisy

Atleast this Asian Formula Renault V-6 has good Asian racing driver. Trying to beat out the faults of someone else head I can say I know Chandok, Mikola, Haliday and the other guys. Asian F3 drivers are all strnage to me.
Tison Sy is the only driver I know from last year Rodolfo Avila season. All the others are strange to me. I never said Asian Formula Renault V-6 was perfect but Asian F3 is trash. All Asian single seaters are garbage. Europe is the motorsport quality land. Asia is good to play on Casinos, fabric T-****rts and to see GP Macau. Sorry but silence is golden for you mate.

Asian V6 Renault is trash

5 cars finish a race!!!! that IS trash

If you only know of Tyson Sy, you obviously don't follow the championship.....

V6 Renault will (and should) be dead next year - makes the drivers and teams look bad. Not to mention asian motorsport as a whole!

It's a nothing championship - the cars are used nowhere else in the world.

Unlike F3 - which gets Live TV, big crowds, larger fields, good teams, good engineers from Japan/Australia

And ofcourse the prizes of a drive at the Macau Grand Prix and TOMS tests. How good is that!

Noisy · 3 Aug 2006, 15:48 (Ref:1672238)

Asian F3 is trash too. Motorsport in Asia is trash!

I don't follow the championship because the drivers are ****. One foot dancing, one foot nailed and another in the track. And the new cars are the old Europe cars. Nothing in particular and everything in between this is what the championship mean to me.

The event scheduled to take place at Sentul on August 20th has been postponed due to unforeseen commercial reasons and rounds 10-12 of the Series will now be part of a five day event at the same circuit on Sept 20-24th. How good is that?

Trash!~

At least Asian Formula Renault V-6 have drivers with reputation.

AstroBoy · 4 Aug 2006, 06:47 (Ref:1672824)

Atleast the drivers in Asian F3 can compete in a race without their cars breaking down! hehe

If they were established drivers the category wouldn't be doing its job - it's a junior/development category....

And the drivers in Asian F3 are up-and-comers (not 'as beens')

Imagine a potential sponsor watching a V6 Asia Renault race - there is no way that they would get involved (if they were smart), they would probably have a bad opinion of Asia Motorsport as a whole. The same can be said for potential drivers.

I agree Europe/UK is much more developed and better - but Asia needs to be able to provide good junior categories for its drivers wanting to progress to Europe/UK in the future. And also provide a category that helps European/UK drivers who cannot afford to do top-line championships in Europe/UK.

I believe Asian F3 is doing a very good job (although there is always room for improvement). LIve TV, big crowds, good teams, good engineers (many from jap f3), established category world-wide, macau gp prize, toms test in japan, etc, etc

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