International Formula Master 2009

[Go_For_Pole]

Time for a new season thread According to italiaracing 23 entries are expected, the list is as follows:
Jenzer Motorsport - 2
Iris Project - 2
JD Motorsport - 3
Pro Motorsport - 2
Team JVA - 2
Trident Racing - 3
Euronova Racing - 2
ISR - 2
Cram Competition - 3
ADM Motorsport - 2

Also there is some info about the driver market: Jenzer has confirmed Fabio Leimer while Pal Varhaug is likely to join. Iris will field Simon Trummer (F.Renault) and Laurens Vanthoor (F.3 Tedesca). JD will continue with Sergey Afanasiev and Vladimir Arabadzhiev who will be joined by Josef Kral. Euronova looks likely to retain Yuhi Sekiguchi, ditto for ISR - Filip Salaquarda and ADM -
Frankie Provenzano. Last but not least Cram is in discussions with Alessandro Kouzkin, Tomas Pivoda and Edoardo Piscopo.

[META4]

Laurens Vanthoor in Formula Master, that is a bit of a surprise after his very good first season in German F3, i even thaught he was under contract with VW

[runshaw]

Originally Posted by META4

Laurens Vanthoor in Formula Master

Thats ashame! I thought he would go to the F3 Euroseries.

[Go_For_Pole]

obviously italiaracing may be wrong

[Robbe]

http://formulamaster.net/2008/readnews.asp?id=730

Campos Racing, Hitech and HBH Racing join the series for 2009.

[gomick]

thats a positive for formula master - the more cars the merrier...

[META4]

First test has been held at Valencia Yesterday ,only 15 cars . No Campos,No Hitech,No HBH Racing... for the moment only 7 drivers have been comfirmed

http://www.formulamaster.net/2008/Profiles09.asp


1 - Fabio Leimer - Jenzer - 1'26"585
2 - Erik Janis - ISR - 1'27"234
3 - Josef Kral - JD - 1'27"387
4 - Sergey Afanasiev - JD - 1'27"468
5 - Pal Varhaug - Jenzer - 1'27"513
6 - Simon Trummer - Jenzer/Iris - 1'27"650
7 - Filip Salaquarda - ISR - 1'27"692
8 - Vladimir Arabadzhiev - JD - 1'27"840
9 - Patrick Reiterer - Jenzer/Iris - 1'27"943
10 - Edoardo Piscopo - Cram - 1'28"099
11 - Alessandro Kouzkin - Cram - 1'28"370
12 - Mihai Marinescu - AR - 1'28"502
13 - Henry Surtees - JVA - 1'29"044
14 - Kelvin Snoeks - AR - 1'29"422
15 - Zoel Amberg - JVA - 1'30"523

[META4]

Results of the second day at Valencia, only 12 cars on the track

1 – Fabio Leimer – Jenzer – 1’26”136
2 – Sergey Afanasiev – JD – 1’26”375
3 – Josef Kral – JD – 1’26“393
4 – Simon Trummer – Jenzer/Iris – 1’26“823
5 – Vladimir Arabadzhiev – JD – 1’26“861
6 – Mihai Marinescu – AR – 1’27“199
7 – Edoardo Piscopo – Cram – 1’27“233
8 – Alessandro Kouzkin – Cram – 1’27“436
9 – Pal Varhaug – Jenzer – 1’27”864
10 – Patrick Reiterer – Jenzer/Iris – 1’28”097
11 – Zoel Amberg – JVA – 1’28“264
12 – Kelvin Snoeks – AR – 1’28“751

[META4]

Imola Test Morning


1 - Fabio Leimer - Jenzer - 1:37.782
2 - Vladimir Arabadzhiev - JD - 1:38.100
3 - Patrick Reiterer - Jenzer/Iris - 1:38.209
4 - Simon Trummer - Jenzer/Iris - 1:38.280
5 - Sergey Afanasiev - JD - 1:38.543
6 - Filip Salaquarda - ISR - 1:38.815
7 - Josef Kral - JD - 1:38.963
8 - Alessandro Kouzkin - Cram - 1:38.986
9 - Pal Varhaug - Jenzer - 1:39.003
10 - Alexander Rossi - Trident - 1:39.135
11 - Erik Janis - ISR - 1:39.161
12 - Mihai Marinescu - AR - 1:39.495
13 - Kelvin Snoeks - AR - 1:39.528
14 - Henry Surtees - JWA - 1:41.658

I reckon Italiaracing.net is reading this Forum as they reported that Formula2 drivers are testing in Various series like Surtees today.

A bit offensive report for Formula2 on italiaracing.net. I think they should find other reasons to explain the low number of entries in Formula Master.


Only 14 Cars at this test and all the newcomers are missing (Campos Racing,HBH Racing,Hitech Junior)

So far only 3 teams have comfirmed drivers

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by META4

Imola Test Morning

10 - Alexander Rossi - Trident - 1:39.135

So far only 3 teams have comfirmed drivers

This is the young American BMW sensation right?

Obviously he/his advisors are still keen to race in Europe this year.

[gomick]

That'd be him...

[META4]

Originally Posted by chunterer

This is the young American BMW sensation right?

Obviously he/his advisors are still keen to race in Europe this year.

Probably better for him to stay in US; when you see his performance during the second day at Imola

1 6 F. LEIMER SUI Jenzer Motorsport 1'37.001
2 7 P. VARHAUG NOR Jenzer Motorsport 1'37.746
3 11 A. KOUSKIN RUS Cram Competition 1'37.838
4 2 S. AFANASIEV RUS J.D. Motorsport 1'37.842
5 29 H.SURTEES GBR Team JVA 1'37.844 1'38.174 1'37.844
6 1 V. ARABADZHIEV BUL J.D. Motorsport 1'37.852
7 3 J. KRAL CZE J.D. Motorsport 1'37.883
8 8 S. TRUMMER SUI Iris Project 1'37.957
9 9 P. REITERER ITA Iris Project 1'37.994 1'38.017 1'37.994
10 32 M.MARINESCU ROM A.R. Racing 1'38.017
11 20 E. JANIS CZE ISR 1'38.057
12 19 F. SALAQUARDA CZE ISR 1'38.311
13 31 K. SNOEKS NED A.R. Racing 1'38.332
14 4 A. ROSSI CAN Trident Racing 1'39.067

[runshaw]

Where does Filip Salaquarda get his money from, seriously? He is ****.

[META4]

Originally Posted by runshaw

Where does Filip Salaquarda get his money from, seriously? He is ****.

ISR means Igor Salaquarda Racing (his father) for your information, i let you guess how he can manage to have a drive

[Shaddix]

Originally Posted by runshaw

Thats ashame! I thought he would go to the F3 Euroseries.

no Vanthoor is doing an other season in German F3, he's gonna try and grab the title and try to grab a good euroseries seat in 2010, he is still 17, he doesn't have to hurry

[META4]

Official testing result day 1 at Brno , only 16 cars on the track on this day 1 ( day 2 is joined by Renger Van der Zande and Jason Moore). Hitech Junior is on the track with one car for Alexander Rossi

At one month of the start of the championship it does not really look good for this serie. Many teams ( ADM,Euronova,HBH Racing,Campos Scuderia Fama) has still not done any collective tests in 2009.

Drivers like Surtees and Moore are likely to be there to prepare the Formula 2 race.

Day 1 Result

1 - Fabio Leimer - Jenzer - 1:48.94
2 - Sergey Afanasiev - JD Motorsport - 1:49.09
3 - Erik Janis - ISR - 1:49.14
4 - Alexander Rossi - Hitech - 1:49.25
5 - Josef Kral - JD Motorsport - 1:49.35
6 - Patrick Reiterer - Iris/Jenzer - 1:49.54
7 - Filip Salaquarda - ISR - 1:49.54
8 - Vladimir Arabadzhiev - JD Motorsport - 1:50.03
9 - PÃ¥l Varhaug - Jenzer - 1:50.06
10 - Simon Trummer - Iris/Jenzer - 1:50.12
11 - Alessandro Kouzkin - Cram - 1:50.18
12 - Henry Surtees - JVA - 1:50.48
13 - Mihai Marinescu - AR - 1:50.65
14 - Nicola De Marco - Cram - 1:50.84
15 - Tiago Petiz - Trident - 1:51.80
16 - Kelvin Snoeks - AR - 1:52.10

[ivanalesi]

A surprising new title-contender joined testing today: Renger Van der Zande with AR. I thought it was going to be Leimer walk in the park, but Van der Zande is a very steady racer, who's picking up points and beat Dani Clos at Prema last season.

[Shaddix]

Van der Zande announced he would drive BRL, I'm wondering if he will do both

edit: where did you get the thing about Van der Zande? I don't see him in the timetables

[META4]

Originally Posted by Shaddix

Van der Zande announced he would drive BRL, I'm wondering if he will do both

edit: where did you get the thing about Van der Zande? I don't see him in the timetables

He has been entered but apparently he did not cover any lap

http://www.formulamaster.net/2008/up...20session).pdf

[ivanalesi]

Oh, I hoped he would race, not a bad driver, he won for 2 years in F3ES with Prema.

[BelaEn]

Originally Posted by ivanalesi

Oh, I hoped he would race, not a bad driver, he won for 2 years in F3ES with Prema.

Talked to him day before yesterday, he was in Brno only to help his friend Kelvin Snoeks. He said he was about to do DTM this year, but I did not happen. So he is not sure about this season, he has no budget even for IFM. I was actually surprised he drove yesterday.

[Flavio Galtieri]

It's a shame when the FIA sanction a new championship like F2 with a realistic budget and a comparatively level playing field and then people with enough money to do other things go and test F3 and FMaster at enormous cost just to attempt to get an edge.

Funny they're still slow though.....

[Francis Albert]

Indeed, Renger was there to help out with Kelvin Snoeks and there was a chance he might do some laps during one of the days.

Form the latest news, it looks like he might be doing British F3 with Hitech.

[ivanalesi]

Nice addition to both grids, it would be easy championship battle for Renger only against Leimer in FM, may be Kral and Rossi will have good races.

[Robbe]

Line-up for Pau:
IFM Pau 2009 Entry List
1, Vladimir Arabadzhiev, Bulgaria, JD Motorsport
2, Sergey Afanasiev, Russia, JD Motorsport
3, Josef Kral, Czech Rep., JD Motorsport
4, Frankie Provenzano, Italy, Trident Racing
5, Tiago Petiz, Portugal, Trident Racing
6, Fabio Leimer, Switzerland, Jenzer Motorsport
7, Pal Varhaug, Norway, Jenzer Motorsport
8, Simon Trummer, Switzerland, Iris Project
9, Patrick Reiterer, Italy, Iris Project
10, Harald Schlegelmilch, Latvjia, Cram Competition
14, Earl Bamber, New Zealand, ADM Motorsport
16, Alexander Rossi, USA, Hitech Junior
19, Filip Salaquarda, Czech Rep., ISR
20, Erik Janis, Czech Rep., ISR
24, Kasper Andersen, Denmark, Hitech Junior
29, Jonathan Kennard, UK, Team JVA
30, Duncan Tappy, UK, Team JVA
31, Kelvin Snoeks, Holland, AR Motorsport
32, Dennis Retera, Holland, AR Motorsport
47, Alessandro Kouzkin, Russia, Cram Competition

11, tba, tba, Trident Racing
12, tba, tba, Cram Competition
15, tba, tba, ADM Motorsport
21, tba, tba, Scuderia FamÃ*

Leimer seems to be the favourite, but good to have Schlegelmilch, Andersen and especially Bamber! More cars than I expected but less than last year.