61th Macau Grandprix - 2014 FIA F3 Intercontinental Cup

[Mekola]

Prema and Fortec used to be in F3000, shame they're not in GP2/GP3.
Good luck with Macau (bad memories for what happened to Norberto Fontana there).

[Formulahistory]

My ideal world of GP2:

1) DAMS
2) Carlin
3) Prema Power
4) Fortec
5) Koiranen
6) Racing Engineering
7) Russian Time
8) Super Nova
9) Euronova
10) Mücke
11) ART
12) Arden
13) Campos

[NaBUru38]

So the Macau Grand Prix features:

o- The top 12 drivers in FIA European F3.
o- Japan F3's Yamashita (2nd) and Takaboshi (3rd), but not Matsushita (champion) or Katsuta (4th).
o- British F3 champion Martin Cao, but not runner-up Matt Rao.
o- German F3 Pommer (champion) and MacLeod (4th), but not Nabil Jeffri or Indy Dontje.
o- Euroformula Open's Alex Palou (4th), but not Stuvik (champion) or Janosz (2nd).
o- Roberto Merhi and Stefano Coletto, but no Gp3 driver.

[Asa]

Originally Posted by Juntos

British F3 special guest Dan Wells got a ticket.

Apparently he did the British F3 race because it is the cheapest way for him to get a Macau F3 entry.

[Asa]

Originally Posted by Biscuits In A Red Bull

If Merhi races in F1 will he still be able to race in this event?

Actually I think Verstappen might skip Macau at the last minute. Helmut Marko will probably say let's not go there and risk injury.

[W.A Trichlorostyrene]

It's a shame that Lynn won't defend his title, Verstappen vs Lynn would have made for an interesting intra-Red Bull rivalry! Especially with Lynn having a shot for a Toro Rosso ride next year.

Anyway I reckon it's gonna be between Verstappen and Ocon. Not a very smart pick I know. But Verstappen was clearly good at adapting to new tracks, especially big attachement tracks like Spa. And Ocon had a really positive Macau in 2013.

Historically Rosenqvist has been quite fast around there, I wonder if he can salvage something out of this difficult season? Also, we've always had some fast Macau rookies over the past few years, who the wildcard(s) are gonna be this year? Obviously Verstappen, but I also fancy the chances of Fuoco, maybe even Dennis, as long as they keep it out of the armco of course.

[pericu]

This was the entry list from 21 October: http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp...nt=124&race=27

It's not updated, so I don't know if there is anything new about drivers/teams...Does someone know something?

[Monkey Head]

Originally Posted by pericu

This was the entry list from 21 October: http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp...nt=124&race=27

It's not updated, so I don't know if there is anything new about drivers/teams...Does someone know something?

21/10/2014 Version They Swapped Race car number of Takaboushi and Pommer :P

however,the latest version is YU Kanamaru replaced Jake Dennis in Carlin

[skells22]

if you planning to watch this on TV you need BT Sport at 5.45am on Saturday for the 10 lap race and 7.30am for the main race on Sunday next weekend. if planning to record you know the drill just add a extra bit of time fi we have a track blockage.

and a rare happy me on Macau F3 GP weekend

[snowdog140]

Originally Posted by skells22

if you planning to watch this on TV you need BT Sport at 5.45am on Saturday for the 10 lap race and 7.30am for the main race on Sunday next weekend. if planning to record you know the drill just add a extra bit of time fi we have a track blockage.

and a rare happy me on Macau F3 GP weekend

Didn't know it was being shown on BT so thank you for that info!

[tux]

Yeah its great BT Sport picked up the coverage this year, even Eurosport added live coverage of the bike race. Just need to GT race to be shown now!

Infact they are showing the GT race directly after the F3 race, wont be live but at least its coverage.

[Asa]

Theodore Racing held a press event for sponsor SJM yesterday at the Grand Lisboa Hotel. The three drivers attended the event and met with fans.

[steve nielsen]

Results Q1

1 14 Tom BLOMQVIST GBR Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:11.922 15 167.00
2 15 Antonio GIOVINAZZI ITA Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:12.037 17 0.115 166.86
3 27 Nick CASSIDY NZL Three Bond with T-Sport 2:12.546 16 0.624 166.22
4 19 Lucas AUER AUT Kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport 2:12.621 14 0.699 166.12
5 17 Jordan KING GBR GR Asia with Carlin 2:12.742 19 0.820 165.97
6 5 Max VERSTAPPEN NLD Van Amersfoort Racing 2:12.811 16 0.889 165.89
7 3 Nicholas LATIFI CAN SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 2:12.839 17 0.917 165.85
8 31 Will BULLER GBR Signature 2:12.871 15 0.949 165.81
9 20 Felix ROSENQVIST SWE Kashbet.com by Mucke M.sport 2:12.931 13 1.009 165.74
10 1 Esteban OCON FRA SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 2:13.028 19 1.106 165.61
11 29 Stefano COLETTI MCO EuroInternational 2:13.066 11 1.144 165.57
12 16 Sean GELAEL IDN Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 2:13.173 19 1.251 165.43
13 2 Antonio FUOCO ITA SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 2:13.867 17 1.945 164.58
14 10 Santino FERRUCCI USA Fortec Motorsports 2:13.944 17 2.022 164.48
15 23 Felix SERRALLES PRI Team West-Tec F3 2:14.000 17 2.078 164.41
16 22 Markus POMMER DEU Motopark 2:14.018 15 2.096 164.39
17 11 Alex PALOU ESP Fortec Motorsports 2:14.411 18 2.489 163.91
18 18 Yu KANAMARU JPN Carlin 2:14.468 17 2.546 163.84
19 28 Roberto MERHI ESP W66.com Double R Racing 2:14.615 13 2.693 163.66
20 6 Gustavo MENEZES USA Van Amersfoort Racing 2:14.801 18 2.879 163.44
21 7 Kenta YAMASHITA JPN Tom's 2:15.144 19 3.222 163.02
22 26 Richard GODDARD AUS Three Bond with T-Sport 2:15.672 16 3.750 162.39
23 30 Dan WELLS GBR Toda Racing 2:16.569 16 4.647 161.32
24 9 Martin CAO CHN Fortec Motorsports 2:16.919 3 4.997 160.91
25 21 Tatiana CALDERON COL JZR/ Mucke Motorsport 2:16.975 7 5.053 160.84
26 8 Sam MACLEOD GBR Tom's 2:17.516 12 5.594 160.21
27 25 CHANG Wing Chung MAC Team West-Tec F3 2:17.597 13 5.675 160.12
28 12 Mitsunori TAKABOSHI JPN B-Max Racing Team 2:19.157 8 7.235 158.32

Ocon and Verstappen both get a 2 place grid penalty in the qualifying race because they missed the red light in the pitlane for the weighing of the car.

[steve nielsen]

Results Q2

1 Rosenqvist 2.11.506
2 Ocon 2.11.742
3 Verstappen 2.11.747
4 Auer 2.11.838
5 King 2.11.953
6 Cassidy 2.11.979
7 Blomqvist 2.12.013
8 Latifi 2.12.067
9 Mehri 2.12.129
10 Pommer 2.12.259

[Juntos]

Why did Ocon and MaxV get penalized?

[steve nielsen]

Originally Posted by Juntos

Why did Ocon and MaxV get penalized?

They both did not see the red light at the beginning of the pitlane when they came into the pits: that light means the car has to be weighed by the stewards.

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

Rosenqvist on pole. But Nick Cassidy, wow. Impressed also by Pommer and Palou (he's better than most think imo, I rate him very highly). I'm also very pleased to say that Dan Wells isn't last after Q2! He may not be at Ocon's level but he's pretty handy, giving a certain Antonio Giovinazzi a title chase in FPC (nor FMCS) back in 2012. Very pleased, effort does have some reward.

[Rf1 Fan]

Which is astonishing is the gap between european engines and japanese engines.....

[divxx]

Qualifying race just finished. Pretty decent for a street race. Nice moves from the poleman after getting shuffled down to 3rd at the start.

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

Looks like Rosenqvist and Auer are intent to steal the headlines from Ocon and Verstappen heading into the Winter. This can only be good for their careers, especially seeing as Verstappen and Ocon have/nearly have deals done for 2015 already. Again though, Nick Cassidy is surely worth some attention. Shame about his budgetary restrictions...

[10TENTHS]

Cassidy would be better off pursuing a career in V8s or GT racing at this point. Too much money and politics involved in getting an F1 drive.

[steve nielsen]

Such a shame Max made a small mistake and touched the wall, he had a great strat and was in P2, but that's Macau...................

[Rf1 Fan]

Originally Posted by Biscuits In A Red Bull

Looks like Rosenqvist and Auer are intent to steal the headlines from Ocon and Verstappen heading into the Winter. This can only be good for their careers, especially seeing as Verstappen and Ocon have/nearly have deals done for 2015 already. Again though, Nick Cassidy is surely worth some attention. Shame about his budgetary restrictions...

Even though, Cassidy is a rookie at Macau, lets not forget that he raced 180 races in car racing which is quite big nevertheless.

Which means that since he was 14 years old he raced around 26 races per season.

He is doing some good showing but we need to see him stepping up to gp3 in order to get a clear picture of him.


Interesting stat though the average number of race starts in car racing in that Top 10 in qualy race is quite big bar Ocon is quite big.

The average number of race start in car racing for that group is 185 race starts, which is huge. There is a real reward for experience.

Frankly Verstappen level is astonishing,Ocon is outstanding,Ferrucci is amazing and Fuoco is quite good.

[GHOGH]

Originally Posted by 10TENTHS

Cassidy would be better off pursuing a career in V8s or GT racing at this point. Too much money and politics involved in getting an F1 drive.

Cassidy has been testing the new Toyota Racing series single seater. There are also Porsche and utes in Australia to start a tin top career.
Maybe he can get through to WEC eventually.

[GHOGH]

Originally Posted by 10TENTHS

Cassidy would be better off pursuing a career in V8s or GT racing at this point. Too much money and politics involved in getting an F1 drive.

Cassidy has been testing the new Toyota Racing series single seater.

There are also Porsche and utes in Australia to start a tin top career.
Maybe he can get through to WEC eventually.

I wonder if VW could give Tom Blomqvist a rally car test in an S2000 Skoda?