F3 Euroseries, Rounds 11 & 12 - Nurburgring...

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Points after 10 rounds...

Jules Bianchi - 61
Christian Vietoris - 43
Jean K Vernay - 32
Roberto Merhi - 28
Valtteri Bottas - 26
Sam Bird - 23
Stefano Coletti - 19
Alexander Sims - 16
Mika Maki - 14
Esteban Gutierrez - 9


The Jules Bianchi / ART Grand Prix winning combination continues at Nurburgring...

Qualifying...

1. Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 1.22.823
2. Esteban Gutierrez ART Grand Prix 1.23.114
3. Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix 1.23.262
4. Sam Bird Mücke Motorsport 1.23.290
5. Mika Maki Signature 1.23.315
6. Alexander Sims Mücke Motorsport 1.23.342
7. Jean Karl Vernay Signature 1.23.376
8. Christian Vietoris Mücke Motorsport 1.23.396
9. Henki Waldschmidt SG Formula 1.23.479
10. Stefano Coletti Prema Powerteam 1.23.480

Race 1...

1. Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 31:01.013
2. Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix + 13.722
3. Esteban Gutierrez ART Grand Prix + 14.693
4. Sam Bird Mücke Motorsport + 15.638
5. Mika Mäki Signature + 19.456
6. Jean Karl Vernay Signature + 20.138
7. Alexander Sims Mücke Motorsport + 20.422
8. Christian Vietoris Mücke Motorsport + 21.756
9. Stefano Coletti Prema Powerteam + 22.475
10. Henkie Waldschmidt SG Formula + 26.781

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Alexander Sims won race 2 from Christian Vietoris. Jules Bianchi finished 5th behind his team-mate Valtteri Bottas...

Points...

Jules Bianchi - 74
Christian Vietoris - 49
Valtteri Bottas - 37
Jean K Vernay - 35
Sam Bird - 28
Roberto Merhi - 28
Alexander Sims - 24
Mika Maki - 22
Stefano Coletti - 19
Esteban Gutierrez - 16

[ivanalesi]

I hope next year someone will break ART's dominance. I suspect Bottas will close the gap to Vietoris and we may see yet another ART 1-2. Bird, Maki, Merhi, Hartley, none lived up to their pre-season expectations.

[sauber11]

I suspect Bottas will close the gap to Vietoris and we may see yet another ART 1-2. Bird, Maki, Merhi, Hartley, none lived up to their pre-season expectations.

I predict no, in 2007 and 2008 ART was first and third and i believe this will happen again with Bianchi and Bottas (but i hope Bottas finish second and move on from formula3 to gp3 or even gp2). Cant understand when someone finish top3 in this championship and stay in for next year.

About expectation i agree on redbulls Maki and Hartley, but Bird performing the way i predicted. And Merhi is doing great. Ok, he was fastest sometimes in testing but anyway he is only 18 y.o. and driving for weak manor.
For example Bird last year scored 23 points on his second year in f3 and run away from this team blamming it. Roberto already scored 28 in his first full season...

[ivanalesi]

Oh, I thought Bird will be fighting for the championship after his start, same with Merhi, then they just faded away... Hartley only showed up at Lausitz and forgot to show up at all for the other races. Vernay is doing well, got dropped by Red Bull and started showing very good race pace.

[gomick]

Originally Posted by sauber11

Cant understand when someone finish top3 in this championship and stay in for next year.

Bianchi finished 3rd in Euro Series last year, it was his 1st year of F3 racing, dont think he should've moved on - bet he is glad he didnt

[Ssom]

I hope Hartley ends up in WSR for Carlin next year. The F3ES iteration of Carlin is an absolute dog...