2013 GP2 Silly Season - Page 19

ivanalesi · 17 Apr 2013, 16:22 (Ref:3235854)

I'm just interested what happens with Ma from here? Tbh, his pace was much better than expected even considering all the old-GP2 testing. May be back to F3 or GP3?

**chunterer** · 17 Apr 2013, 19:33 (Ref:3235918)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ivanalesi

I'm just interested what happens with Ma from here? Tbh, his pace was much better than expected even considering all the old-GP2 testing. May be back to F3 or GP3?

Hmmm, funny that. Just goes to show that we can't take anything for granted with this series anymore.

**bella** · 17 Apr 2013, 20:00 (Ref:3235922)

wonder how permanent fantin's drive is in 3.5 in the green and yellow car there?

el_cat · 17 Apr 2013, 21:32 (Ref:3235956)

So Frijns in for Daly at Hilmer, Rossi in for Ma at Caterham. Any news on who is going to be driving the Trident machines this weekend?

cds_uk · 17 Apr 2013, 21:43 (Ref:3235959)

Berthon and Ceccon again as far as I know.

ptclaus98 · 17 Apr 2013, 22:49 (Ref:3235980)

You guys expecting Rossi in at Caterham for the rest of the year might want to cool your jets. This whole thing looks like a gift for Rossi stepping out of the FP1 drive in Bahrain, plus a bit of rest and further conditioning for Hua before the season really hits.

p-matt · 18 Apr 2013, 06:12 (Ref:3236045)

Didn't the press release say that Rossi was in for the season?

I reckon Hua has been dropped by Caterham. They could have slotted Rossi into Canamasas' seat instead.

Formulahistory · 18 Apr 2013, 09:32 (Ref:3236096)

No they said Ma got many offers after his Free Practice Ride in Shanghai, he will stay with Caterham and his new plans will be revealed soon.

ivanalesi · 18 Apr 2013, 10:01 (Ref:3236116)

I bet his options got somewhat limited

He was some local touring car champ last season and they got massively over excited, thus all the talk about Chinese car manufacturer involvement, but after FP1 they landed on planet Earth.

Hawkwood · 18 Apr 2013, 12:35 (Ref:3236176)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ivanalesi

I bet his options got somewhat limited

He was some local touring car champ last season and they got massively over excited, thus all the talk about Chinese car manufacturer involvement, but after FP1 they landed on planet Earth.

To be fiar to the guy the current Caterham F1 machine is a total dog. Once again in China Pic and VdG had no confidence in what it would do from corner to corner. No reason to expect Ma would've found it any easier.
Plus, Ma did quite a lot better in his GP2 weekend than most were expecting.
He isn't a talentless hack, he's just been pushed a little too quickly.

TR Motorsport · 30 Apr 2013, 18:04 (Ref:3241058)

Since Frijns GP2 Deal was only for Bahrain and his results were not stellar thanks to Richelmi ruinning his race in Race 1 by crashing into him, Who do we think is going to replace Frijns at Hilmer for Spain? Conor Daly can't return because he's signed up to do GP3 for another year with ART, so what other options are out there for Hilmer?

p-matt · 30 Apr 2013, 21:17 (Ref:3241124)

I don't think Hilmer will boot him on the basis of his performance in Bahrain. I know the intention was for him to do the whole season but it depends whether someone with a bag full of cash comes along to replace him.

TR Motorsport · 8 May 2013, 15:25 (Ref:3244376)

Jon Lancaster replaces Pal Varhaug at Hilmer for Round 3 in Spain, hopefully Frijns has kept his seat for Barcelona

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
2013 Silly Season (Merged)	GTRMagic	Australasian Touring Cars.	2695	14 Jan 2014 04:37
2013 Nascar Silly Season	HJJ	NASCAR & Stock Car Racing	432	26 Nov 2013 07:50
2013 IndyCar silly season	NaBUru38	Indycar Series	104	14 Feb 2013 11:25
2012 GP2 Silly Season	ptclaus98	National & International Single Seaters	369	21 Mar 2012 14:24
hypothetical 2013 silly season	simon5574	Australasian Touring Cars.	17	21 Sep 2011 12:08