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oh, totally forgot about javier tarancon, alex riberas seems pretty quick on his day too. who else have i forgotten?
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Juncadella is also pretty good.
In comparison with other big countries, Spain has many promising drivers. Look at Argentina and Brazil, rich motorsport history but few real talents. |
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Well if you take GP2 as the cream of the crop and have a look at the top 5 of several of the lower formula from last year several of the drivers are likely to be heading to GP2.
FRenault 3.5 Robert Wickens - likely to go to Virgin F1 in either a race or test role Jean-Eric Vergne - likely to go to Torro Rosso in race or test role Alexander Rossi - Surely got to be looking at GP2 Albert Costa - As mentioned probrbaly GP2 Daniel Ricciardo - F1 British F3 Filepe Nasr - Looks most likely to be do Renault 3.5 Kevin Magnussen - Renault 3.5 Carlos Huertas - Another of the Brtish F3 Crop looking likely to do FRenault 3.5 Will Buller - ?? Rupert Svendsen-Cook - ?? F3 Euroseries Roberto Mehri - ?? Marco Wittmann - ?? Daniel Juncandella - ?? Nigel Melker - possible step up to GP2 Felix Rosenquist - oculd reamain in f3euroseries GP3 Valtteri Bottas - FRenault 3.5? James Calado - GP2 or FRenault 3.5 Nigel Melker - GP2 Nico Muller - FRenault 3.5 Adrian Q-H - another year in GP3 possible To be honest it looks like what i woudl call alot of the 'real' up and coming talent is looking at doing FRenault 3.5 for financial reasons. I expect alot of returnees in GP2 this year. |
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Looking at the post season testing it looks like Rossi, Calado, Melker, Hartley, Haryanto, da Costa, Richelmi, Berthon, Trummer, Ceccon and Onidi are all looking pretty set on moving to GP2 and quite a few others, budget dependant of course.
Could be a number of rookies next year because I expect a lot of drivers from last year to move on as there were a large number of experienced drivers in the field like Parente, Fillipi and Van der Garde. |
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*facepalm*
yeah, don't use the internet late at night kids, it leads to outbreaks of stupid not sure about juncadella. merhi had a couple of quiet years but he delivered this year when he really needed to, in the same way edo mortara did with a quiet field in the euroseries. hopefully he makes a good solid choice for 2012, whatever that may be. so... things looking quite good for the spaniards then |
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Juncadella was soundly beaten by team mate Nasr in BMWs so in my opinion if Dani is F1 material then Felipe is world championship material. Guess the Robertsons would have a drink to that
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James Calado has been confirmed at ART alongside Gutierrez for next season.
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Because he won the GP3 title for ART and beat Calado in the process?
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Hmmm, I'm a bit underwhelmed by the ART line-up. Nothing wrong with Gutierrez or Calado, but they aren't the true stars that ART generally tend to field. I can't see them win either championship next year.
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Quote from GP2series.com Frédéric Vasseur (ART): “James’ performances in his first year in the GP3 Series was a key reason for continuing our collaboration in the GP2 Series. James impressed Lotus ART with his professional approach and his ability to face every race situation: safety car, changing track conditions, starting from the back of the grid, he was spared nothing and James always rose to the task with a remarkable state of mind and performances which enabled him to compete for the title down to the last race. I believe that James has the potential to pull the team to the top and to win races in 2012.” There's a spark, a buzz almost, with Calado. I spoke with him in Barcelona, he is very likeable. I like him. He is also British.... |
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Hey no way am I writing Calado off, he's a very good driver, but my instinct still is that Bottas could be a great driver.
However, both are still a bit inconsistent and neither of them can afford to be that next season, whether they are both in GP2 or if Bottas does FR3.5. Accepted it is diffuclt to smash GP2 in your first season these days. As for the question about the ART line up, it's not the worst one they've fielded by any stretch. Gutierrez had a patchy first season but he was still a front runner on the whole and improved throughout the season. I would expect him to be challenging for the title in 2012. |
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Bottas had bad luck as well. But ART in GP2 isn't as dominant as they used to be, so if he finds another good seat in GP2 (or World Series by Renault if GP2 doesn't work out), I'm happy.
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Marcus Ericsson stays with iSport for Abu Dhabi and next season. http://www.isportinternational.com/l...port-for-2012/
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Champion elect?
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I think we may yet have an awful lot of returning drivers, including some who finished ahead of Ericsson this year. No real reason to suppose they wouldn't next year as well.
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