World Series by Renault - Round 3 - Monaco

[Albeckinho]

Here we go.

[Albeckinho]

I found this on live-timing site.

FREE PRACTICE
J. Walker 1:28.290
B. Hartley 1:28.357
D. Move 1:28.480
A. Zaugg 1:28.510
J. Alguersuari 1:28.538
M. Molina 1:28.717
M. Martinez 1:28.822
C. Pic 1:29.008
S. Pentus 1:29.100
B. Baguette 1:29.283
F. Fauzy 1:29.287
O. Turvey 1:29.423
C. Van Der Drift 1:29.525
A. Valles 1:29.548
P. DiSabatino 1:29.662
G. Mansell 1:29.683
F. Salaquarda 1:29.768
J. Leal 1:30.025
J. Martin 1:30.114
F. Leo 1:30.865
M. Marinescu 1:31.240
S. Coletti 1:31.703
A. Nebylitsky 1:34.563
M. Chilton 1:39.465
J. Bianchi 1:40.926
M. Barba 1:50.651

[ziig]

Could someone please post a link to the live-timing?

[Albeckinho]

http://www.vola-racing.com/circuitpro/vola/

There.

[chunterer]

Any qualy news or is it on a different day?

[WSR Fan]

Qualifying is on Saturday with the race on Sunday morning. Here are the times for reference:

Saturday 23rd May

09:00 - 09:25 - Qualifying (Even numbers)
09:30 - 09:55 - Qualifying (Odd numbers)

Sunday 24th May

11:10 - 12:00 - Race (25 laps or 45 minutes)

As for TV coverage this weekend, Eurosport aren't showing it live, just highlights by the looks of it:

Sunday 24th May - 21:30 - 22:00 (British Eurosport)
Tuesday 26th May - 23:00 - 23:30 (British Eurosport)

[strider]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Any qualy news or is it on a different day?

It's always worth keeping an eye on autosport.com. Here is a full report on free practice.

[viller]

So there's no channel broadcasting this?

[Stocky]

I'm also keen to see it on-line of possible ?

[viller]

Eurosport is lame. They are showing a serie with rich people who are not even real drivers (Porsche Supercup) but they are not showing FR3.5 :S

[pericu]

Try in http://www.elsesports.cat/f1/html/directes/ but seems that it only is for spaniard people. TV3 (catalan channel) broadcasting live this race.

Eurosport is lame. They are showing a serie with rich people who are not even real drivers (Porsche Supercup) but they are not showing FR3.5 :S

how can you say that they aren't real drivers? and all are rich people? Blekkemolen and Westbrook are excelent drivers. And siso Cunill don't be a rich people, i can sure this.

[gomick]

Didnt realize John Martin had got a gig in this series - he qualified OK for 1st time in the car & at Monaco...

[strider]

Originally Posted by viller

Eurosport is lame. They are showing a series with rich people who are not even real drivers (Porsche Supercup) but they are not showing FR3.5 :S

To be fair, Porsche were probably prepared to pay more than Renault, simple as that.

[chunterer]

So does anyone know what actually happend in the 2 races?

[JohnMiller]

Only one race. Won by Turvey, Walker third.

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by JohnMiller

Only one race. Won by Turvey, Walker third.

Doh!!! Of course you're right, sorry!!

Turvey eh?? very good, seem to recall he was quick in practice and qualy so good for him!!

Anything else of note?

[strider]

Originally Posted by chunterer

So does anyone know what actually happened in the 2 races?

C'mon chunterer, you know where to look.

As it's Monaco, there was only one race, this morning. Full report here and results:

Pos  Driver                Team         Time
 1.  Oliver Turvey         Carlin       39m24.975s
 2.  Adrian Zaugg          Interwetten  +   0.661s
 3.  James Walker          P1           +   3.595s
 4.  Miguel Molina         Ultimate     +   8.288s
 5.  Bertrand Baguette     Draco        +   9.337s
 6.  Jaime Alguersuari     Carlin       +  10.039s
 7.  Chris van der Drift   Epsilon      +  10.431s
 8.  Adrian Valles         Epsilon      +  11.123s
 9.  Charles Pic           Tech 1       +  11.462s
10.  Stefano Coletti       Prema        +  13.856s
11.  Sten Pentus           Fortec       +  21.570s
12.  John Martin           Comtec       +  24.496s
13.  Greg Mansell          Ultimate     +  24.948s
14.  Julian Leal           Prema        +  29.017s
15.  Fairuz Fauzy          Fortec       +  33.215s
16.  Marco Barba           Draco        +  37.923s
17.  Brendon Hartley       Tech 1       +  43.753s
18.  Federico Leo          Pons         +  58.671s
19.  Max Chilton           Comtec       +1m15.452s
20.  Anton Nebylitskiy     SG           +1m20.321s
21.  Filip Salaquarda      RC           +    1 lap

Retirements:

     Jules Bianchi         SG           16 laps
     Pasquale di Sabatino  RC           11 laps
     Marcos Martinez       Pons          7 laps
     Daniil Move           P1            0 laps
     Mihai Marinescu       Interwetten   0 laps

I reckon Oliver Turvey should be pretty happy that BF3 went to Bucharest last year - an excellent way of learning about street circuits.

[runshaw]

Great pole and win by Turvey, the Racing Steps Foundation have indeed chosen the right driver when you look at his performances in F3 and now WSbR in Monaco. Good point strider, I think Bucharest was Turvey's first street circuit race and he's taken to them like a duck to water. Was very quick in Macau too at his first visit. Good to see Walker doing well too, his experience is paying dividends and it needs to this year. Strange that Adrian Valles was beaten by his rookie team-mate van Der Drift considering all his WSbR and GP2 experience, he even finished 4th here last year with BCN! Also impressed too by Sten Pentus, he is an under-rated driver, but is doing ok, especially his driver to 2nd in Barcelona. Considering he hasn't really achieved any results in Formula Renault, he's doing better in the races than Fauzy who has been around for ages. Coletti picks up a point on his debut too.

[Last2LiftOff]

Originally Posted by gomick

Didnt realize John Martin had got a gig in this series - he qualified OK for 1st time in the car & at Monaco...

Originally Posted by italiaracing.net

John Martin will be driving for Comtec Racing at Monte Carlo, in the World Series Renault Grand Prix. The Australian, who drove for his national team in the A1GP will pair Max Chilton as a team-mate. Another new addition will come to Prema Powerteam, as home driver Stefano Coletti will be replacing Frankie Provenzano.

Is that a one shot deal for Martin? Dunno.

And FWIW I think italiaracing still posts video replays although...still waiting on Spa.

http://www.italiaracing.net/elencovideo.asp?cat=2

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by strider

C'mon chunterer, you know where to look.

I do indeed!!

However I'm simply trying to promote discussion for the thread and encourage others to post.

Thanks for posting the results, much appreciated by all I suspect.

Interesting point by runshaw about the Epsilon drivers. I've always though that Valles is a pretty decent driver but maybe Van Der Drift is on another level?

Certainly one of the most naturally talented young driver around.

[gomick]

Whats going on with Brendan Hartley?

[WSR Fan]

Originally Posted by gomick

Whats going on with Brendan Hartley?

He qualified in 15th place and then in the race he received two drive-through penalties for cutting the chicanes. He did set the fastest lap of the race, however. Monaco was his last confirmed race for Tech 1 Racing, although there is a possibility he could race in Hungary over the weekend of 13/14 June as there is no clash with the F3 Euroseries.

What a difference a year makes. At this stage last year, Giedo van der Garde came away from Monaco with a huge 29 point advantage over Mikhail Aleshin, but it's a whole lot closer this season:

1. Marcos Martinez - 47 Points
2. Bertrand Baguette - 43
3. James Walker - 38
4. Oliver Turvey - 31
5. Miguel Molina - 30
6. Adrian Zaugg - 26

I'm so happy for Oliver Turvey. He was near-perfect all weekend and thoroughly deserves his victory. It's even more impressive considering it was only his fifth WSR race and he'd never driven at Monaco before. Baguette and Walker continue to be there or thereabouts, racking up the points consistently whilst Zaugg continues to be my star of the season, taking a superb second place in Monaco to leave him sixth overall.

I'm still a little curious about what Charles Pic is up to. He's yet to record a podium place so far this year and he's languishing in ninth in the standings. He'll need to up his game soon though before the gap to the front-runners starts to get too big.

[runshaw]

Why is Zaugg your star of the season? True, he is doing a great job considering his very late entry, but thats what I expect from someone with all the A1GP and GP2 experience that he has under his belt. He even did extremely well in WSbR in his couple of outings in 2006. His results are solid if unspectacular (IMO!)

[Stocky]

Originally Posted by gomick

Didnt realize John Martin had got a gig in this series - he qualified OK for 1st time in the car & at Monaco...

His best lap was actualy taken off him for causing a stoppage (crashed)

He was on for about 6th or so. Was proper fast in the race too.

Just a 1 off deal at this stage.

SuperLeague is the focus but he might look at a few rounds of WSR if they fall right and the budget permits etc.

[sauber11]

He did set the fastest lap of the race, however. Monaco was his last confirmed race for Tech 1 Racing, although there is a possibility he could race in Hungary over the weekend of 13/14 June as there is no clash with the F3 Euroseries.

Wrong, 14 june f3 masters http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=23416&cat=7
As Hartley,Maki,Ricciardo,Wickens confirmed it means Bortolotti or more likely Aleshin will drive WSR race in hungaroring.