Richard Lyons - Page 2

Sato san · 4 Apr 2002, 17:51 (Ref:251920)

i AGREE WITH THAT , I did think that though Richard got a raw deal with his prize for winning the championship , as the year before they were giving a way a paid F3000 drive , then when Richard won it , he only got a paid Palmer-Audi drive .

Russfeld · 4 Apr 2002, 18:26 (Ref:251982)

I thought Tarling won it

Richard Tarling · 4 Apr 2002, 18:50 (Ref:252017)

that would be my first name too...

Russfeld · 4 Apr 2002, 19:02 (Ref:252028)

oh right

but it *is* a thread about Lyons :P

SILVERS95 · 4 Apr 2002, 19:18 (Ref:252045)

threads always stray abit dont they , i think this one is quite interesting . Shame to hear that Richard Tarling is not racing anymore .

Richard , do you think that you won the championship in the wrong year , i mean , if you had won a free drive in International F3000 and not PALMER AUDI , do you think you would still be racing ????

Richard Tarling · 4 Apr 2002, 19:33 (Ref:252065)

i rekon i would be. although its impossible to tell. 3 years in the same series does nobody any favours, especially if you win it as you can only go down......

the worst bit was that it was going to be a F3000 drive then all of a sudden it changed to a Full european series and then to a british series with a couple of races abroad. you always could trust the Doctors word!

the only thing i can say that was good, apart from winning the championship, is that it kept me racing for longer than i otherwise would have been able to afford in other series. plus i got alot of good friends out of it.

Russfeld · 4 Apr 2002, 19:50 (Ref:252084)

Richard id like to get your thoughts on just the car, as a training tool. If I recall the 2000 spec cars were similar in lap times to an FRS but are a lot heavier, have more drag etc. I guess an FRS is closer to an F3 and an FPA is closer to an F3000 style car (at least the old ones) Did you feel like it was a proper car to learn in or was it kind of 'outside the ladder'. Also to continue the thought, did you think it was reasonably priced and gave you a good combo of lap times/tracks/competitors etc for the pound? Ignoring all the outside factors of course...

Richard Tarling · 4 Apr 2002, 19:59 (Ref:252093)

the car in full boost mode is not a beginners car by any stretch of the imagination. it is a very hard car to drive with turbo lag and weight. although in low boost it would be pretty easy to drive.

it was very well priced and nearly all the drivers were very good. we also raced on very good tracks. it wasnt all bad!

jawa · 5 Apr 2002, 09:36 (Ref:252543)

Richard Tarling and Richard Lyons were two of the biggest 'victims' of the whole lack of support shown to FPA.

Justin Wilson showed that it worked well. As did Bruce Jouanny.

Still can't quite deny the fact that there's some truth in the allegations that the series was slightly fixed, though...

Mygale · 7 Apr 2002, 19:41 (Ref:254348)

I really cant see that being true at all . , infact , if i was Richard Tarling i would find that bloody annoying that someone would think that in the first place . I think the budget for Palmer audi was around £125,000 , and to then race your nuts of all year and to then have it said that it was a fix is a bit out of order in my view.

AndyF · 7 Apr 2002, 20:41 (Ref:254379)

Guys, please don't turn this into another 'I hate FPA' or 'FPA was bent' thread - this is not what it is about - we are here to discuss other aspects of Motorsport, and just because one or two drivers were successful in the series, does not mean we should be moaning. Please keep your posts clean and to the point, we welcome wide discussion, and that can include FPA, but please refrain from the comments that have been floating around about the validity of cars in FPA.

Great to have you back on the board Richard T - good luck with whatever lies ahead.

fndc · 17 Apr 2002, 12:52 (Ref:263028)

Docomo Dandelion released Richard Lyons drives #69 car in Mine official testing.

I hope he performs well and races rest of the season!

sport_billy · 22 Apr 2002, 14:58 (Ref:267420)

8 Consecutive Karting Championships between 8 & 16 years.
2nd British Vauxhall Junior to Pizzonia (Lyons: 5 Wins).
2nd FPA to Tarling (Lyons: 4 or 5 Wins).

Oh yeah, Fickin Quick (always has been)

hysen · 22 Apr 2002, 15:21 (Ref:267447)

Quote:

Originally posted by sport_billy
8 Consecutive Karting Championships between 8 & 16 years.

Any idea exactly what they were? Just interested.

RichardLyons · 23 Apr 2002, 13:46 (Ref:268434)

A quick update:
Nippon testing MINE 19/20 April
Team Docomo Dandelion, Reynard 99'
Driver Richard Lyons
4th first day
9th overall over the 2 days, unfortunatly missed 2nd afternoon with mechanical problem...

Close to signing for the rest of season.....

Sid The Manager · 23 Apr 2002, 15:06 (Ref:268504)

Hi Richard

Good to hear from you.
Difficult to keep in touch.
If you come over, make sure you come to an F3 race and say hello to me (and Robbie, Bruce, Jesper plus half the FPA mechanics now working in F3)

Sato san · 23 Apr 2002, 15:45 (Ref:268529)

I wish Richard would come back to Europe and let us all watch him race .

Richard ,is it down to choice, or budget that your looking to Japan for another year ?

Fan · 29 Apr 2002, 14:17 (Ref:273351)

Richard, have you signed for DoCoMo yet? If so, are they just running a second car for you or are you replacing Cochet?

RichardLyons · 29 Apr 2002, 15:58 (Ref:273402)

DoCoMo has expressed a serious interest in me for the rest of the season......They do not plan to run 2 cars from what I know. I hope to know something very soon! It's 90% I will be racing in Formula Nippon next race!

Sid The Manager · 29 Apr 2002, 16:24 (Ref:273409)

Got my figers crossed for you Richard

Sato san · 29 Apr 2002, 17:38 (Ref:273462)

Yeah , good luck Richard . we will just have to wait to see the races on SKY's world motorsport report , whenever they choose to show it .

RichardLyons · 14 May 2002, 12:18 (Ref:286174)

Just signed for DOCOMO Dandelion team for the rest of the Formula Nippon Series. First race this weekend at Mine....

Francesca · 14 May 2002, 14:57 (Ref:286360)

Good luck Richard, we'll be keeping an eye on you.

fndc · 15 May 2002, 11:46 (Ref:287156)

Conglatulations Richard!

I read the press realese in Japanese yesterday.
And expect your performance.

fndc · 15 May 2002, 11:48 (Ref:287160)

not "realese",but "release".

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