2015 GP3 silly season

[kotkot]

I believe Parry's contract with Koiranen is already sealed. Not sure what's preventing him from an announcement. Morris is a different story, though...

[Rf1 Fan]

Seems Ocon have left Gravity or at least lotus f1 junior.

Apparently the deal between ART Gp and a third party, not Gravity....

[Rf1 Fan]

Callan ok'effe just confirmed on WTF1 that Lotus F1 Junior team is in big trouble.

[Formulahistory]

That's not a huge suprise. That Junior programme wasn't very good, I think.

[WSR Fan]

Artur Janosz joins Trident Racing:
http://www.paddockscout.com/artur-ja...rident-racing/

Good to see him join his Euroformula Open rival Alex Palou in the series.

[mgcsaylor]

And Kevin Ceccon at Arden, as per Paddock Scout.

[mgcsaylor]

Tuscher and Boschung confirmed at Jenzer. Don't know much about latter, but always thought highly of former.

[10TENTHS]

Matt Parry and Adderly Fong to Koiranen: http://www.paddockscout.com/koiranen...n-fong-in-gp3/

Kirchhofer stays at ART: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117930

[Formulahistory]

Update:

Carlin: Mitch Gilbert – Antonio Fuoco – Andrea Pizzitola (?)
ART: Marvin Kirchhöfer – Alfonso Celis jr. – Esteban Ocon (?)
Status: Alex Fontana – Seb Morris (?) – Steijn Schothorst (?)
Koiranen: Jimmy Eriksson – Adderly Fong – Matt Parry
Arden: Kevin Ceccon – Alex Bosak – Patrick Kujala (?)
Jenzer: Mathéo Tuscher – Ralph Boschung – Raoul Hyman (?)
Trident: Luca Ghiotto – Artur Janosz – Amaury Bonduel (?)
Campos: Alex Palou – Zaid Ashkanani – Santiago Urrutia (?)

[Juntos]

Zaid Ashkanani? Who is he?

[10TENTHS]

Originally Posted by Juntos

Zaid Ashkanani? Who is he?

Kuwaiti driver competing in Porsche GT3 Middle East Cup competition for the last couple of years.

[WSR Fan]

Seb Morris joins Status Grand Prix:
http://www.paddockscout.com/seb-morr...-for-gp3-move/

[ptclaus98]

Is urrutia not racing in America?

[W.A Trichlorostyrene]

Ocon confirmed at ART: http://www.paddockscout.com/esteban-...rt-grand-prix/

With him and Kirchhofer, it's going to be hard to beat ART.

[p-matt]

Kirchhofer will be tough to beat, but it ought to be like the Bottas / Calado year where Ocon and him will be clear at the front. Fuoco probably a distant 3rd

[Formulahistory]

Carlin: Mitch Gilbert – Antonio Fuoco – Andrea Pizzitola (?)
ART: Marvin Kirchhöfer – Alfonso Celis jr. – Esteban Ocon
Status: Alex Fontana – Seb Morris – Sandy Stuvik
Koiranen: Jimmy Eriksson – Adderly Fong – Matt Parry
Arden: Kevin Ceccon – Alex Bosak – Patrick Kujala (?)
Jenzer: Mathéo Tuscher – Ralph Boschung – Raoul Hyman (?)
Trident: Luca Ghiotto – Artur Janosz – Amaury Bonduel (?)
Campos: Alex Palou – Zaid Ashkanani – Santiago Urrutia (?)

[cds_uk]

Originally Posted by p-matt

Kirchhofer will be tough to beat, but it ought to be like the Bottas / Calado year where Ocon and him will be clear at the front. Fuoco probably a distant 3rd

I can see Ceccon being up the sharp end all year, i fully expect Stuvik to get faster and faster as the year goes on aswell, i rate him very highly.

[Hawkwood]

Originally Posted by cds_uk

I can see Ceccon being up the sharp end all year, i fully expect Stuvik to get faster and faster as the year goes on aswell, i rate him very highly.

I agree about Stuvik, I too rate him highly, I was hoping he'd jump to FR3.5, though in the long run GP3->GP2 probably makes no difference really.

I'm not quite sold on Ceccon, though given his patchy seasons he's had recently that may be a little unfair on him.
He's only 21, so still has some time yet.

[SpeedsportMag]

Will be very interesting to see how good Stuvik is in the GP3 field.
Not many of the F3/Euroformula-Open top runners of recent seasons made a big impression in other series. Maybe Stuvik can.

[10TENTHS]

Pal Varhaug returns at Jenzer: http://www.paddockscout.com/jenzer-k...15-gp3-season/

[Formulahistory]

Carlin: Mitch Gilbert – Antonio Fuoco – Andrea Pizzitola (?)
ART: Marvin Kirchhöfer – Alfonso Celis jr. – Esteban Ocon
Status: Alex Fontana – Seb Morris – Sandy Stuvik
Koiranen: Jimmy Eriksson – Adderly Fong – Matt Parry
Arden: Kevin Ceccon – Alex Bosak – Patrick Kujala (?)
Jenzer: Mathéo Tuscher – Pål Varhaug – Ralph Boschung
Trident: Luca Ghiotto – Artur Janosz – Amaury Bonduel (?)
Campos: Alex Palou – Zaid Ashkanani – Santiago Urrutia (?)

[WSR Fan]

A couple more driver announcements today:

Emil Bernstorff switches to Arden
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118086

Oscar Tunjo, after leaving the Pons FR3.5 team due to budget issues, joins Trident Racing
http://www.paddockscout.com/oscar-tu...-trident/25455

[el_cat]

Any indication of who - if anyone - is in line to take the team slot vacated by Marussia? My guess is no, as its left a bit late in the day

[bella]

with the hugest of respect to gp3 and what they're trying to achieve they really struggle to get full grids with regular drivers now anyway, so perhaps losing a team in the wash wouldn't be such a bad thing.

back to driver signings and last time i noticed people were keen on bernstoff as a driving talent, so that looks like a good signing for arden?

[Wild Dog]

Emil Bernstorff must be in for a shot at the top 3 given the lack of GP3 experience in the field? He did well last year. I know Kirchhöfer and Eriksson return while Ocon should be up to speed pretty quick too, but I think he can fight Eriksson over 3rd behind Kirchhöfer and Ocon. Fuoco will probably be a top 5 candidate too.