Formula Renault Eurocup 2008

[N.A-D.R]

The Formula Renault Eurocup season is about to begin shortly and testing shows Australian Daniel Ricciardo is the man to beat in Team SG formula.

Daniel was fastest in Valencia last month and was just resently quickest man in Barcelona. He has already made his mark on being the man to beat this year.

Valencia times:
Pos.DriverNationallityTeamTimesdifferents1RICCIARDO,DanielAUTSG FORMULA1:32.6560:00.0002BOTTAS,ValtteriFINMOTOPARK ACADEMY1:32.7810:00.1253RAMOS,CésarBRABVM MINARDI TEAM1:33.3410:00.6854SMITH,DeanGBRFORTEC MOTORSPORT1:33.3530:00.6975MERHI,RobertoSPAEPSILON EUSKADI 21:33.3570:00.7016GIERMAZIAK,KubaPOLMOTORSPORT ARENA1:33.4490:00.7937COSTA,AlbertSPAEPSILON EUSKADI 21:33.4540:00.7988CALDARELLI,AndreaITASG FORMULA1:33.4950:00.8399JULIA,MiquelSPAEPSILON EUSKADI 21:33.5130:00.85710ARZENO,MathieuFRAEPSILON SPORT1:33.5800:00.92411VERGNE,JeanEricFRA SG DRIVERS PROJECT1:33.6090:00.95312HEGEWALD,TobiasGERMOTOPARK ACADEMY1:33.6400:00.98413VAUTIER,TristanFRAEPSILON SPORT1:33.6510:00.99514QUAIFE,AdrianGBRBVM MINARDI TEAM1:33.6950:01.03915ACOSTA,HimarSPAIQUICK1:33.7520:01.09616BACHETA,LucianoITAHITECH JUNIOR T.1:33.7610:01.10517CUNILL,SisoSPAJENZER MOTORSPORT1:33.7650:01.10918SINGLETON,RichardGBRHITECH JUNIOR T.1:33.7700:01.11419MONTILLA,PabloSPAEPSILON EUSKADI 11:33.8810:01.22520RICHELMI,StephaneMONEPSILON SPORT1:33.9350:01.27921NEBILITSKYI,AntonRUSSG DRIVERS PROJECT1:33.9420:01.28622GARCIA,JuanPabloMEX MOTORSPORT ARENA1:33.9440:01.28823VARHAUG,PalNORJENZER MOTORSPORT1:33.9520:01.29624FACCIN,MicheleITAJENZER MOTORSPORT1:33.9790:01.32325ZAMPIERI,DanielITABVM MINARDI TEAM1:34.0630:01.40726MONRAS,MikiSPAHITECH JUNIOR T.1:34.0820:01.42627MUÑOZ,CarlosCOLPREMA POWERTEAM1:34.1040:01.44828DIAS,GabrielBRAFORTEC MOTORSPORT1:34.1090:01.45329LUKES,NelsonFRASG FORMULA1:34.1310:01.47530BERTHON,NathanaëlFRABOUTSEN ENERGY R.1:34.1460:01.49031CAMPOLLO,RichardDOMEPSILON EUSKADI 11:34.2100:01.55432AZZAM,RamezCANSG DRIVERS PROJECT1:34.2320:01.57633ROSENZWEIG,JakeGEREPSILON EUSKADI 11:34.3870:01.73134MCKENZIE,DanielGBRFORTEC MOTORSPORT1:34.4370:01.78135OTEGI,MikelSPAIQUICK1:34.5720:01.91636KOUT,AdamCZEKRENEK MOTORSPORT1:34.6700:02.01437REITERER,PatrickITAPREMA POWERTEAM1:34.6730:02.01738JACOBO,JuanCOLHITECH JUNIOR T.1:34.6940:02.03839VASILIAUSKA,KazimierasLTUPREMA POWERTEAM1:34.8120:02.15640CONCHADO,MarceloSPAIQUICK1:35.5110:02.85541MARROC,NicolasFRATCS RACING1:35.8060:03.15042BUTORAC,DinoCRORB RACING TEAM1:40.4800:07.824

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[N.A-D.R]

Ok sorry guys, ive made a big mistake and i cant edit it so can a mod delete it for me?

Anyway here are the links for the results in testing.

Valencia times:
http://www.renault-sport.com/en/worl...ews=71994.html

Barcelona: http://www.renault-sport.com/en/worl...ews=72481.html

In a couple of days they are testing at SPA.

[N.A-D.R]

Here is the 2008 season Calendar:

http://www.renault-sport.com/en/worl...alendrier2.php

[chunterer]

Strangely we haven't had much discussion about what is a very significant series below F3 and it's bigger 3.5 brother, well other than NADR posting some testing times and a calendar!!!

As we're headed towards the big UK rounds can anyone give us a flavour of who's done what to date, who's likely to be hot or not at Silverstone?

[Francis Albert]

I'd say Bottas and Ricciardo will be at the front again

[kerrmanningjarv]

I know that there are 48 cars or something ridiculous like that in the series... which makes for some hairy racing!

I would agree that Bottas and Ricciardo should be the front - and I will also watch out for Caldarelli, Ramos and Smith.

[chunterer]

Dean Smith's in the Eurocup? He's got to be the weekends favourite?

Tobias Hegewald was pretty handy on ocassions last season so could he be a contender this weekend and also be he a genuine title contender this year?

[chunterer]

Thread becomes a hot topic for this weekend as many of us will be there to see them and hopefully build the thread a bit!

Cheers
chunty

[Valker]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Dean Smith's in the Eurocup? He's got to be the weekends favourite?

Don't know about favourite, but he was 2nd in test sessions yesterday and today. Yesterday he was .5 seconds behind Valtteri Bottas and today Vale was 1.2 sec faster than Smith.

Todays 2nd test session is about to start soon: http://intranetwsr.alkamelsystems.com/live.html

[Lam Pak]

they are so many that i cant remind the names of most of them

[kerrmanningjarv]

42 cars - and only one retired yesterday. Amazing!

Hats off to Bottas - I didn't see the race (I'm going to Silverstone today, didn't go yesterday) but he won by 12+ seconds in a 15 lap race. Incredible.

Also hats off to Dean Smith (18th after starting 42nd due to an illegal car) and Cesar Ramos (24th after starting 38th due to crashing in qualifying) - they both overtook a bucketload of people.

[chunterer]

That's right kmj, I was thinking that either Smith's really very good or there's a lot of wealthy numpties in that series for him to make that much progress!

Bottas was supreme, he made a good start and then just drove away from the field. There was an interesting scrap for 2nd, which iirc the guy who set fastest lap joined?

My pick, Hegewald started and finished 10th I think, he looked promising last year but in Bottas he seems to have some kind of meteor as a teammate which won't do him much good!

[mjstallard]

Bottas was mighty indeed on the Saturday, and had one hell of a ding-dong with Ricciardo on the Sunday. Ricciardo got past him on the last lap with a lovely move going into Abbey - great stuff!

[chunterer]

Out of interest, Ricciardo's an Aussie right?

What was the rest of the top 10 order?

[gomick]

Great to see Daniel Ricciardo (Aussie) winning races on different circuits all over Europe - would be good to see him go head to head with Valtteri Bottas...

Points after 4 rounds...

1 Daniel Ricciardo - 46
2 Valtteri Bottas - 39
3 Andrea Caldarelli - 34
4 Roberto Merhi - 20
5 Michele Faccin - 19
6 Daniel Zampieri - 18
7 Cesar Ramos - 17
8 Paul Meijer - 15
9 Mathieu Arzeno - 12
10 Tobias Hegewald - 12

[gomick]

Next round is in Hungary on July 6...

[runshaw]

Smith needs to get some points this weekend or his ch'ship will be a right off. He was disqualified from starting second at Silverstone due to technicalties but he made up over 20 places in each of the two races, setting the 3rd fastest race lap. Fortec and Hitech Junior aren't doing as well as I thought they would in the Eurocup to date, Singleton and Bacheta are yet to score either. I'm rooting for the Brits :-). Bottas is one to look out for in the future definately, I think he has won all races in the NEC this year too.

[chunterer]

Yeah Bottas is a class act, but there's another half dozen guys who also look very, very good prospects for the future.

Eurocup is such a hard series because there's so many quality teams/entries, but as long as Smith remains competitive, surely the top finishes will follow for him?

[Old Finn]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Yeah Bottas is a class act, but there's another half dozen guys who also look very, very good prospects for the future.

Eurocup is such a hard series because there's so many quality teams/entries, but as long as Smith remains competitive, surely the top finishes will follow for him?

Just come back from Holiday,
Does anyone know anything about this? http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=19733&cat=22

[gomick]

Another fantastic weekend for Daniel Ricciardo - pole & 2 race wins in Hungary... Shocking time at Budapest for Valtteri Bottas

Points after 6 rounds...

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 77
2. Andrea Caldarelli - 58
3. Valtteri Bottas - 39
4. Roberto Merhi - 35
5. Tobias Hegewald - 27
6. Cesar Ramos - 25
7. Michele Faccin - 23
8. Jean E Vergne - 20
9. Albert Costa - 19
10. Daniel Zampieri - 19

[META4]

Originally Posted by Old Finn

Just come back from Holiday,
Does anyone know anything about this? http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=19733&cat=22

seems like Bottas' times from Free practice and qualifying sessions have been cancelled because the fly wheel of his car was underweight (18 grams)

[Old Finn]

Originally Posted by META4

seems like Bottas' times from Free practice and qualifying sessions have been cancelled because the fly wheel of his car was underweight (18 grams)

As Im not good in technical things, does it mean that he´s car is been illegal whole season then??? Motopark academy has history on such a things, if I remember correctly some Scott Speed´s results was also taken out...

[META4]

Originally Posted by Old Finn

As Im not good in technical things, does it mean that he´s car is been illegal whole season then??? Motopark academy has history on such a things, if I remember correctly some Scott Speed´s results was also taken out...

We cannot say that the car has been illegal all the season as it has not been detected before

In motorsport as long as they do not catch you your are in the legality

In that case it is even less obvious as the fly wheel is concerned, it could happen if the clutch do not work properly

[Lam Pak]

can the teams open the engines and prepare by themselves?
renault sport let some teams [not all] to rebuild and tune their own engines.

[META4]

Lam Pak here is Eurocup Formula Renault... not Asian Formula Renault