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View Poll Results: Which Junior Formula has the best racing and highest quality of drivers? | |||
F3000 | 1 | 3.03% | |
Euro F3000 | 0 | 0% | |
Superfund World Series | 6 | 18.18% | |
FR V6 | 0 | 0% | |
Formula Nippon | 0 | 0% | |
British F3 | 17 | 51.52% | |
Euro F3 | 7 | 21.21% | |
CART Toyota Atlantics | 2 | 6.06% | |
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12 Apr 2003, 18:37 (Ref:567408) | #1 | |
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Best Junior Open Wheel Series?
Which junior formula provides the best action? Which one is the best for developing drivers. It used to be F3000 but that has changed in the last five years with some drivers go from CART to F1, or even some that goes directly from F3 to F1. The expansion of the Italian F3000 to become the Euro 3000 and the addition of the Superfund World Series and the new FR V6 has also taken some of the attention away from the F3000. So...What do you think is the best junior series?
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12 Apr 2003, 19:50 (Ref:567479) | #2 | ||
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British F3 rules the junior series.
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12 Apr 2003, 23:04 (Ref:567704) | #3 | |
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British F3 is definitely a great series, however, the Superfund World Series takes the prize now both for the excellent competition, but also for the pit stops! It's so good for the junior series to allow for this experience.
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13 Apr 2003, 01:29 (Ref:567776) | #4 | ||
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Brit F3. The Superfund series is almost becoming an F1 lite more than a junior formula.
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13 Apr 2003, 02:27 (Ref:567801) | #5 | ||
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erm...all of 'em. Depends on your goals, your finances, sponsors, geographic location... But, yeah British F3 is probably the most competitive of those listed above from what I've heard... (Of the above series listed, I've only been to Atlantic races)
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13 Apr 2003, 02:50 (Ref:567805) | #6 | |
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Formula Renault, by far as a series type.
In 2002 the Formula Renault Eurocup was *awesome* 50 cars at Spa...sigh |
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13 Apr 2003, 05:46 (Ref:567850) | #7 | |
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euro f3, followed closely by the superfund world series, but i have to agree with russfeld, spa with the old FR cup was great
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13 Apr 2003, 06:25 (Ref:567856) | #8 | |
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Have to go with Formula Asia. Afterall, that is where CART megastar Alex "Mr. Nice Guy" Yoong got his start.
SWS probably has the best field right now by a narrow margin/Mazz-slow-cane/Zslow Baumgartner. |
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13 Apr 2003, 10:19 (Ref:567989) | #9 | |
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tricky.
brit formula renault had a great crop of drivers last year, this year it's a bit thin on the ground and there will be some serious butt spanking going on by the top 2 or 3. british formula 3 also doesn't have that good a quality of driver. out of this year's only jamie green, the dark side (sorry, the piquet massive) and maybe adam carroll (for what he's done with that dreadful lola thing in the circumstances) stand out. the racing is poor most of the time on the surface. sws seems to have the 'best' drivers in, but then again that's where all the money is. i reckon they're the best qualified rather than the most talented. can't believe formula ford isn't on there! full of kiddies it may be but it's great racing. |
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13 Apr 2003, 18:41 (Ref:568370) | #10 | ||
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Formula Ford, forgot about that! The Canadian version is great entertainment, I imagine the Brit version must be even better for cut-throat racing.
It looks like the economy and other factors have left a lot of series with thin fields this year... |
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13 Apr 2003, 18:43 (Ref:568375) | #11 | |
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most of the talent has completely vanished. maybe it's because i've got more knowledge about the drivers that are around the the lower stuff in this country but there's very few to actually get excited about. just seems to be the economy here causing the problems.
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13 Apr 2003, 22:35 (Ref:568554) | #12 | ||
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Id say at the moment its F3000, with the likes of Pantano, Bell, Kerr, Minassian, Paffet, Toccaceleo, Weridheim I dont think u can beat that. Im just looking forward to seeing if Kerr can beat Pantano, Minassian and Bell, my money is on no he cant.
Lets not forget, the latest F1 driver to come to F1 has been moved from F3000, Antonio Pizzonia.. |
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14 Apr 2003, 13:27 (Ref:569044) | #13 | ||
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no doubt, its british F3, there are better cars, there are better series, but overall, if I could choose one championship to win would be F3 British, and second WS.
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14 Apr 2003, 17:24 (Ref:569227) | #14 | ||
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Historically the British F3 is the best, but I'm thinking this is also cause of the Britishcentrism of the sense of motorsport. In these days there are other another very good promotional formulas, principally the Superfund World Series. We need to have a look to the Renault V6 to see if it will be as successful as Euro F.Renault 2000 was.
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F Renault is on a lower level, and the new issue has been particularly troublesome; F3000 is maybe the worst car ever (for an international series): after 18 years everybody still misses F2 |
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