Kiwi racers overseas - Page 17

pukekoheracer · 20 Aug 2015, 17:03 (Ref:3567274)

Couple of Good News Stories for NZ Racers overseas.
Earl Bamber back in the WEC at the Nurburgring next week, and Nick Cassidy landing a drive in Top Euro F3 team for the rest of the year. That should be a good test on how hes going!

GHOGH · 23 Aug 2015, 09:32 (Ref:3567870)

Something must have worked this weekend for Mitch.(3rd)
Good to see a New Zealand flag for the podium ceremony at a GP meeting.

Southern Man · 24 Aug 2015, 01:14 (Ref:3568085)

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Originally Posted by GHOGH

Something must have worked this weekend for Mitch.(3rd)
Good to see a New Zealand flag for the podium ceremony at a GP meeting.

Delighted to see this result last night.

We were at Hungaroring a few weeks ago and were very disappointed for him as his car was struggling to be a back runner, it was a dog in every respect.
He drove the ring off it but still remained chasing around the rear of the field.

It was neat to see the grin back in the podium photo last night, it had been missing for a while.

Bitsa7 · 31 Aug 2015, 23:10 (Ref:3570339)

Scott Dixon winning another Indy title has to rank right up there also! Fantastic to see, its just a pity Mr Montoya now has a case of Sour Grapes.

GHOGH · 31 Aug 2015, 23:41 (Ref:3570342)

Hartley won in Porsche 919 too.
https://youtu.be/i0WsllpchfY

Post race press conference BH from 2.06

GHOGH · 6 Sep 2015, 09:19 (Ref:3571789)

Good win by Mitch with the 'DRS' at Monza.
NZ Anthem and flag for the podium.
Stanaway - 4th

pukekoheracer · 6 Sep 2015, 09:38 (Ref:3571798)

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Originally Posted by GHOGH

Good win by Mitch with the 'DRS' at Monza.
NZ Anthem and flag for the podium.
Stanaway - 4th

Yes and don't forget Nick Cassidy's 32nd and Retirement in the F3 races in Portugal yesterday. Lets hope he has a better run in Today's race.

NZSTfan · 12 Sep 2015, 02:22 (Ref:3573300)

Paddon wins stage 9!

Southern Man · 12 Sep 2015, 05:40 (Ref:3573317)

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Originally Posted by NZSTfan

Paddon wins stage 9!

And 10.

GHOGH · 20 Sep 2015, 23:00 (Ref:3575545)

The Giz won the Blancpain GT race at Nurburgring.
https://youtu.be/vyChCFVcydo

Hartley in the 919 won, Bamber - 5th in Class, Dixon won the Indy Kart race, Young - 2nd in Japan,

GHOGH · 20 Sep 2015, 23:01 (Ref:3575547)

The Giz won the Blancpain GT race at Nurburgring.
https://youtu.be/vyChCFVcydo

Hartley in the 919 won, Bamber - 5th in Class, Dixon won the Indy Kart race, Young - 2nd in Japan,

GHOGH · 11 Oct 2015, 08:03 (Ref:3581579)

Stanaway top step at Sochi GP2, after a few safety car confusions at the end, Would it be better to change the national anthem than the flag?

Southern Man · 11 Oct 2015, 17:53 (Ref:3581788)

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Originally Posted by GHOGH

Would it be better to change the national anthem than the flag?

No. It sounded pretty good to me while Richie was standing on the top step last night.

bluespur · 12 Oct 2015, 01:28 (Ref:3581968)

Totally agree about both anthem and flag, I am proud and respect both. See no reason to change.

Pleased the yellow flag issue was sorted for Richie.

Armco Bender · 13 Oct 2015, 09:32 (Ref:3582441)

Always said Stanaway is the fastest Kiwi going around at the moment,Mitch Evans seems to be disappearing off the radar,V8 bound?.

Southern Man · 14 Oct 2015, 04:29 (Ref:3582666)

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Originally Posted by Armco Bender

Always said Stanaway is the fastest Kiwi going around at the moment,Mitch Evans seems to be disappearing off the radar,V8 bound?.

Richie has always been quick, certainly one of the young group that has impressed me over the recent years. There is a bit of old school attitude about him that I like and the pathway to where he is today has not been an easy one.

Mitch has had some issues with the people working on his car, at Hungary where we were watching it was embarrassing to see them formed up on the grid and then working on the front suspension. Car was still as slow as buggery and handled like a pig with no corner speed Since then I understand, there has been a change in personal working on the car including bringing back his crew chief from last season prior to the Monza round.
Since then both Mitch and the car have been back on the pace

NZSTfan · 20 Oct 2015, 00:14 (Ref:3584219)

Well done to Nick Cassidy for winning Japanese F3.....great achievement and I wonder if it could lead on to a GP2 seat?

But of course the biggie is Hayden being signed to Hyundai until 2018. You could see it coming few months back to be fair, but this is just huge news full stop.

Serious congrats to Hayden and John, and I wonder if he will be their number 1 driver as of next year?

Also, with the new machine for 2016 looking pretty damn good, things could change quite dramatically for him, and championships could become a reality. It really is just a matter of time.

Go Kiwi go!

PS This flag thing is total BS isn't it? Just stick with what we've got and respect it.

pukekoheracer · 21 Nov 2015, 18:55 (Ref:3592222)

Exciting News just in

Hartley is a World Champion, along with his Team Mates and Mitch won again in GP2 in Bahrain.

pukekoheracer · 29 Nov 2015, 05:38 (Ref:3594134)

Good News for Brendon, bad news for Earl.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122049

**Woolley** · 29 Nov 2015, 18:46 (Ref:3594232)

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Originally Posted by pukekoheracer

Good News for Brendon, bad news for Earl.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122049

That's a pity, from my point of view, for Nick Tandy too. A real star.

The more I see of Mitch, the more I think he's the real deal. Definitely ready for a step up, just a case of finding where to go.

Mark Petch · 4 Dec 2015, 05:40 (Ref:3595383)

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Originally Posted by Woolley

That's a pity, from my point of view, for Nick Tandy too. A real star.

The more I see of Mitch, the more I think he's the real deal. Definitely ready for a step up, just a case of finding where to go.

!00% agree, Mitch is the real deal, obviously, the PR machine does not always report the real facts of the the 2 WSC test Mitch had, and instead focus on milking the media machine. but the fact is that in both test Mitch was the fastest of all the drivers Porsche tested, both Jan Magnussen and Jaun Montoya had green rubber virtually every time they were in the car, not so Mitch who never got to run on qualy's or with full boost etc.

Great to see that Mitch has picked up an extremely wealthy backer for 2016, which might actually get him in to F1 when, until very recently, the door appeared closed.

Fingers crossed that he has a good season with Campos.

**Woolley** · 4 Dec 2015, 13:42 (Ref:3595462)

Also, very happy that Brendan Hartley has eliminated the errors and turned into a really good sportscar driver, not just fast but also a reliable pair of hands. With that season under his belt I can only see him getting even better.

fredd1 · 11 Dec 2015, 02:47 (Ref:3596972)

[QUOTE=Mark Petch;3595383]!00% agree, Mitch is the real deal,

Great to see that Mitch has picked up an extremely wealthy backer for 2016, which might actually get him in to F1 when, until very recently, the door appeared closed.

Hadn't seen or heard of this previously.

Can anyone please shed anything further? I'm so hoping it's true.

Mark Petch · 11 Dec 2015, 05:59 (Ref:3596995)

[QUOTE=fredd1;3596972]

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Originally Posted by Mark Petch

!00% agree, Mitch is the real deal,

Great to see that Mitch has picked up an extremely wealthy backer for 2016, which might actually get him in to F1 when, until very recently, the door appeared closed.

Hadn't seen or heard of this previously.

Can anyone please shed anything further? I'm so hoping it's true.

Some fact's. Mitch's new team mate at Campos, is Sean Gelael whose father is a billioneer and is bank rolling both his son and Mitch at Campos. In return Mitch will act as a mentor to Sean, plus he gets the full backing of Seans dad, who has more that enough money to open the right F1 'door' for his new protege.

You are not going to read a press release about this, you just have to join the dot's up as I have with a little inside knowledge.

socram · 12 Dec 2015, 04:08 (Ref:3597242)

Good to read that 3 Kiwis managed awards at the BRDC shindig.

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