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Just reading a Q&A on Gustav Malja's website and noticed this quote - Looks like FR3.5 is taking a leaf out of European F3's book and introducing a separate rookie championship: Quote:
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Oh, it's just that I've never seen, as Malja put it, a "dedicated points table" for FR3.5 rookies - like this F3 example.
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they've always had a rookie of the year type thing as in the highest placed rookie in the championship.
which is all you want really because if you're that pushed for results that you have to put 3rd in rookie championship or something on your cv then you probably want to consider a career in instruction instead |
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29 Jan 2015, 21:18 (Ref:3498879) | #105 | |
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There is even a podium for the top rookies with awards
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exactly! what more do people want!
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30 Jan 2015, 11:20 (Ref:3499057) | #107 | |
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DAMS: Nyck de Vries – Jazeman Jaafar (?) Fortec: Oliver Rowland – Seb Morris (?) Arden: Egor Orudzhev – Nicolas Latifi (?) Zeta: Roman Mavlanov (?) – Vasily Romanov (?) Lotus: Matthieu Vaxivière (?) – Alex Fontana (?) Strakka: Gustav Malja – Sergey Sirotkin (?) AVF: Beitske Visser – Zoël Amberg (?) Tech-1: Aurelién Panis – Andrea Pizzitola (?) Draco: Pietro Fantin – Bruno Bonifacio (?) Comtec: Meindert van Buuren (?) – Steijn Schothorst (?) Pons: Oscar Tunjo – Sandy Stuvik (?) Carlin: Tom Dillmann – Sean Gelael |
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30 Jan 2015, 11:58 (Ref:3499071) | #108 | |
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it's not seb morris at fortec, iirc they've signed but not announced their second driver?
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Yes they already have their second driver but it's not public yet. One of the options for Morris is sticking with Fortec but not in FR3.5 but in Eurocup. Another option could be GP3, he had good post-season testing with Status.
By the looks of it, the Formula Renault 3.5 grid will be quite good considering the circumstances and it seems it will be a full grid. Lots of good, decent drivers. |
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Esteban Ocon no being confirmed on the Mercedes DTM Line-up, i would guess he will be either at Dams or Fortec
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i think it's too easy for people to latch onto names and not keep an eye on the rest of the eurocup grid for some quick guys who might spring a surprise. |
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Question is though, if he did join FR3.5 full-time, surely Gravity Sport Management would want to place him in their own Lotus team, rather than a 'rival'?? |
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Got to be DAMS surely, and if it is i bet he wipes the floor with de Vries.
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Well rumours in France, is that Gravity ran out of money for Ocon.
Gwen Lagrue denied this directly. Speedweek says that he shall drive in 3.5 series. |
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i'd be surprised too, i thought lotus and gravity were from two different money pots. now the teams ok but the coffers are bare for the drivers? reading between the lines it seems as if they've dropped at least one of their other junior drivers. if i were them i'd be binning off all the others in favour of getting ocon a really solid drive. he's that good...
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Ocon might end up in 3.5 but it means Gravity will have again to pay for it (their financing him integrally), thus following questions are : does Gravity has enough money to finance him until Formula1? Will they find another spot to transfer him? What happens if he doesn't explose in 3.5? (they'll have lost their investment since Karting years) |
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Meindert van Buuren will race for Lotus this season - he's the 11th confirmed driver and the third from Holland, after Nyck de Vries and Beitske Visser.
Every team bar Comtec and Zeta Corse have announced at least one driver now.. |
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It seems that the story is a bit different. Mercedes approached Gravity to get Ocon after Verstappen unsuccessful attempt against Red Bull in August. Gerard Lopez said no we have the bucks to bring him to GP2 on our own. Then in december the whole Ocon's business model fall off hence why he lost the drive at Dams. After that Gravity tried to sell him off to Mercedes, but Mercedes proposed little money so they went in DTM for Auer and Gotz as Gravity refused to accept that offer. |
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So now they have to find a Plan C... GP2 with another team or WSR with Dams as well? (2nd solution would make sense) |
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Crossing fingers that a top GP2 team can sign him
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Vaxivière confirmed with Lotus charouz.
Stoneman probably with Dams. |
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And if Stoneman does join DAMS it'll be brilliant news, not just for the series but for Dean himself after he had to give up his ISR seat in 2011. He's done tremendously well to get himself back in this position after everything he's been through and he fully deserves the chance IMO. |
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Considering a GP2 budget is larger than a FR3.5 one...
...but for Ocon to not get a drive this season would be simply shocking and would sum up the motorsport world now. He deserves a step up, and considering Verstappen is in F1, Blomqvist is in DTM, Ocon hammered them and others in a straight fight over a season so I'm really hoping for the best. |
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