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Old 13 Mar 2012, 18:28 (Ref:3040439)   #301
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meanwhile, we have a full entry list from wsr:

Team (Home country)Drivers (Nation)Rookie
1CARLIN (GBR)Kevin MAGNUSSEN (DEN)R
2CARLIN (GBR)Will STEVENS (GBR)R
3FORTEC MOTORSPORTS (GBR)Carlos HUERTAS (COL)R
4FORTEC MOTORSPORTS (GBR)Robin FRIJNS (NED)R
5ISR (CZE)Sam BIRD (GBR) 
6ISR (CZE)Jake ROSENZWEIG (USA) 
7TECH 1 RACING (FRA)Kevin KORJUS (EST) 
8TECH 1 RACING (FRA)Jules BIANCHI (FRA) 
9P1 MOTORSPORT (GBR)Walter GRUBMULLER (AUT) 
10P1 MOTORSPORT (GBR)Daniil MOVE (RUS) 
11LOTUS (CZE)Richie STANAWAY (NZL)R
12LOTUS (CZE)Marco SORENSEN (DEN)R
15BVM TARGET (ITA)Giovanni VENTURINI (ITA)R
16BVM TARGET (ITA)Nicolay MARTSENKO (RUS)R
17TEAM RFR (RUS)Mikhail ALESHIN (RUS) 
18TEAM RFR (RUS)Anton NEBYLITSKIY (RUS) 
19PONS RACING (ESP)Zoel AMBERG (SUI)R
20PONS RACING (ESP)Yann CUNHA (BRA)R
21INTERNATIONAL DRACO RACING (ITA)Nico MULLER (SUI)R
22INTERNATIONAL DRACO RACING (ITA)Andrè NEGRAO (BRA) 
23COMTEC RACING (GBR)Vittorio GHIRELLI (ITA)R
24COMTEC RACING (GBR)Nick YELLOLY (GBR) 
25ARDEN CATERHAM (GBR)Alexander ROSSI (USA) 
26ARDEN CATERHAM (GBR)Lewis WILLIAMSON (GBR) 
27DAMS (FRA)Lucas FORESTI (BRA)R
28DAMS (FRA)Arthur PIC (FRA) 

i wonder if any teams who signed drivers early on at the end of last year are regretting their decision?
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Old 13 Mar 2012, 18:57 (Ref:3040463)   #302
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Actually he's been testing prototypes. Found that out literally minutes after my post. Patience is a virtue.
and thank you for sharing... any prototypes in particular? hopefully he'll find a place there. he's clearly quick and talented.

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Well, to be fair his budget problems were in GP2, and a GP2 with new cars. Of course, FR 3.5 has that this year.
there is that, though i guess the two budgets added together probably make more than a gp2 budget last year. i'm just being silly really.

i don't think there's any need to analyse times from today, but for the sake of it i've attached the combined times..
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Old 13 Mar 2012, 20:06 (Ref:3040507)   #303
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rookie Robin Frijns shows the other men the way to go in testing today!
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Old 13 Mar 2012, 23:42 (Ref:3040657)   #304
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Anyone know why theres no free tickets at Silverstone any more? Im a few years out of date possibly.
http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.fr/e...s/Default.aspx
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Old 14 Mar 2012, 02:18 (Ref:3040717)   #305
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and thank you for sharing... any prototypes in particular? hopefully he'll find a place there. he's clearly quick and talented.
http://www.speedstuff.co.nz/hartley-...ans-prototype/
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Old 14 Mar 2012, 09:38 (Ref:3040829)   #306
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Anyone know why theres no free tickets at Silverstone any more? Im a few years out of date possibly.
http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.fr/e...s/Default.aspx
cause they're not doing a wsr event this year - silverstone is just fr3.5 supporting the wec/endurance stuff. effectively i suppose russia has it instead. hence the higher than usual percentage of russian drivers and a russian team (which is really still french).

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Old 14 Mar 2012, 13:07 (Ref:3040912)   #307
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morning times courtesy of the wsr twitter feed:

https://twitter.com/#!/WSR_Live/stat...050432/photo/1

(steady, don't all rush to comment at once )
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Old 14 Mar 2012, 13:17 (Ref:3040918)   #308
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morning times courtesy of the wsr twitter feed:

https://twitter.com/#!/WSR_Live/status/179912168140050432/photo/1

(steady, don't all rush to comment at once )
Hold your horses, I'm just waking up here!
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Old 14 Mar 2012, 13:24 (Ref:3040921)   #309
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and tenths is one of your first destinations? we're honoured... i think

as they proudly point out, frijns is now 4 seconds ahead of the lap record in the old car. obviously test times mean naff all, but that's a pretty serious increase on what's now a 1m45s lap.
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Old 14 Mar 2012, 17:55 (Ref:3041024)   #310
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this should be a good season as they are lots of talented drivers
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Old 14 Mar 2012, 20:53 (Ref:3041136)   #311
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i'll say

bianchi nearly but not quite matched frijns' time this afternoon: times and press release here:

http://tentenths.com/news/showentry.php?e=2860

eversoslightly biased in the other direction report from the ever-present italiaracing here:
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Travin also says he still wants to enter the series and is planning to buy one of the teams selected for 2012 season. He's ready to use up to 2 million pounds to get what he wants. If the buyout succeeds, the team will keep its current name in 2012 and will be renamed as Max Travin Racing in 2013.
A recent press release from Max Travin Racing calls BVM-Target "Italo-Russian team" and refers to Maxim Travin as manager of BVM-Target... it also mentions Russian mechanics.
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Old 3 Apr 2012, 17:38 (Ref:3053014)   #313
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I have to admit I didn't actually realise this, but today was the first day of testing in Barcelona!

The morning session was a bit of a washout, but the afternoon was dry and the new car has shattered whatever the previous FR3.5 lap record was - Kevin Magnussen was fastest with a 1:29.952, which is only about two seconds shy of a front-running GP2 lap time at the same venue.

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1 - Kevin Magnussen - Carlin - 1'29"952 - 26
2 - Marco Sorensen - Lotus - 1'30"166 - 30
3 - Robin Frijns - Fortec - 1'30"166 - 20
4 - Kevin Korjus - Tech 1 - 1'30"409 - 31
5 - Nick Yelloly - Comtec - 1'30"498 - 24
6 - Richie Stanaway - Lotus - 1'30"582 - 40
7 - Nico Muller - Draco - 1'30"592 - 27
8 - Sam Bird - ISR - 1'31"295 - 25
9 - Andre Negrao - Draco - 1'31"352 - 32
10 - Jules Bianchi - Tech 1 - 1'31"430 - 22
11 - Nikolay Martsenko - BVM Target - 1'31"472 - 44
12 - Jake Rosenzweig - ISR - 1'31"517 - 24
13 - Will Stevens - Carlin - 1'31"836 - 37
14 - Vittorio Ghirelli - Comtec - 1'32"012 - 26
15 - Giovanni Venturini - BVM Target - 1'32"018 - 29
16 - Alexander Rossi - Arden Caterham - 1'32"454 - 12
17 - Daniil Move - P1 - 1'32"596 - 31
18 - Walter Grubmuller - P1 - 1'32"597 - 14
19 - Zoel Amberg - Pons - 1'32"610 - 47
20 - Arthur Pic - Dams - 1'33"169 - 29
21 - Anton Nebilitskiy - RFR - 1'33"604 - 22
22 - Lewis Williamson - Arden Caterham - 1'33"736 - 22
23 - Yann Cunha - Pons - 1'33"970 - 36
24 - Mikhail Aleshin - RFR - 1'34"047 - 24
25 - Lucas Foresti - Dams - 1'38"670 - 10
26 - Carlos Huertas - Fortec - 1'51"132 - 15
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Some surprises today, some people higher, and others lower, than expected. But as it's only Day 1 I guess it shouldn't be that surprising after all.
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Got to be said that Magnussen is impressive though. He was quick in his first tests in the old car at the end of last year and quickest by far today in the new one.

Will be interesting to see how they all fare in dry conditions though.
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the lap time set by magnussen today was actually 4 tenths faster than pole time for the 2011 gp2 race which is a bit of an interesting stat.
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Old 4 Apr 2012, 00:09 (Ref:3053229)   #317
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Very interesting stat.

It's worth reading the report. Magnussen sounds to have had the situation covered whatever the conditions.
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Wow, faster than GP2 is impressive...

I can't wait for the season to start to get a proper 'feel' for these new cars.

Also interesting to note that Marco Sorensen was also very quick, and as with Kevin, also did a good job at the end of last seasons tests.

Both seem to be pretty adaptable drivers?
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So cool seeing Frijns dominate winter testing, the kid is rookie in a field filled with big reputations and yet... ;-)
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yeah, this is testing... let's not count any chickens yet

it's going to be really interesting because they've had relatively little clear dry running in the cars. i think we'll see the guys who can just get in a car and go quickly immediately up front and then by the middle of the season the battle will have changed completely. i honestly don't think anyone's going to run away with anything this year.

two weeks to go? very exciting
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Yeah can't wait to hear and see the new cars running, albeit on the box!
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Right now, I would love if Robin Frijns and Richie Stanaway fight for the title. These guys made an incredible job since the first post-season testing.

But, actually, I think it's a battle between Jules Bianchi, Sam Bird, Kevin Magnussen and, maybe, Kevin Korjus. With Frinjs/Stanaway, Pic, Müller, Sorensen and even Negrao with a little chance.

Btw, is it just me or someone else is (bad) impressed with Caterham Arden pace? I thought Alex Rossi and Lewis Williamson would be a pair to make a run for the title, but they struggled so hard on tests.
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Rossi will surely be a contender, much depends if he can become more consistent because the basic speed is there?
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