Who will win the FRenault Winter Championship? - Page 2

Russfeld · 24 Oct 2003, 22:09 (Ref:762295)

Looking at the MST Data, and seeing in a brief scan there dont seem to be any drivers doing more than one race, I count nearly 80 Renaults this weekend. Real shame the World Finals didnt happen, thats twice as many entries as the Ford finals

alonso11 · 25 Oct 2003, 01:45 (Ref:762403)

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I count nearly 80 Renaults this weekend. Real shame the World Finals didnt happen,

Very true Russfeld,would have been cool to see guys from the Brazilian and especially from the Argentinian scene.But I do see 3 Mexicans don't you that from which championship are they coming from?
I'm talking about:
66 Patrick GOETERS MEX
67 Homero RICHARDS MEX
68 David MARTINEZ MEX

They are Fran-Am runners or? However,I don't see their names on the points standings,only that Homero RICHARDS finished the Fran-Am Winter Series 6th.

The rest of the field definitely comes from the European FRenault scene.

casey · 27 Oct 2003, 17:46 (Ref:764801)

80 cars would have put the Ford Festival in the shade. The racing was fantastic as well.

**bella** · 27 Oct 2003, 18:26 (Ref:764852)

russfeld, i counted two drivers doing the masters and the british series, luca filippi (incoming!) and mr petrov.

Russfeld · 27 Oct 2003, 18:36 (Ref:764865)

Ive got Pagenaud doing the French and Masters as well. So thats 3 guys out of 96 "entries"

25 French, 35 Brit, and 36 Masters

And I know a few teams didnt even bother. Durango didnt show up, some of the Brit teams that have been in and out over the years. Im sure if it was a proper world finals you'd get 2-5 guys coming from the North American championsihps, maybe one or two from Asia, etc. Not neccessarily their teams, but they could fill seats at no-show teams like Durango, Dempsey, etc.

So 100 cars, 25 per grid down to 1?

alonso11 · 27 Oct 2003, 20:43 (Ref:765020)

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Ive got Pagenaud doing the French and Masters as well. So thats 3 guys out of 96 "entries"

Count it again then Russfeld.Simon Pagenaud, Bruce Lorgere-Roux, Guillaume Moreau, J. Falcini Joulian, Olivier Metz, Johan-Boris Scheier, David Laisis, Ludovic Badey, Jilien Canal all were doing both the French FR and the Masters too,that's 9 guys the 36% of the French grid.Plus Yehmer Buurman, Luca Filippi, Vitali Petrov, Stephanie Boden all took part in noth the Winter Series and Masters. That's 13 and not 3...

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Im sure if it was a proper world finals you'd get 2-5 guys coming from the North American championsihps,maybe one or two from Asia

Not really.3 is between 2-5 and 3 Mexicans did come from Fran-Am for the Masters, guys from the Asian scene certainly wouldn't have made any difference.On the other hand the front-runners of Argentinian and Brazilian championships were indeed missing from the event.The Argentinian FR is probably more or less level with the European series if you just think about the way Juan-Cruz Álvarez or Paulo Donso are performing in Europe.

Russfeld · 27 Oct 2003, 21:20 (Ref:765045)

You've been in a nitpicking mood this week havent you?

alonso11 · 27 Oct 2003, 21:30 (Ref:765056)

say what? If pointing out the difference between 13 and 3 is nitpicking for you then don't go teaching mathematics or working in mcdonalds

Russfeld · 27 Oct 2003, 21:32 (Ref:765059)

I work on the McDonalds ChampCar, is that close enough

alonso11 · 27 Oct 2003, 21:40 (Ref:765072)

You mean you work on Bourdais' car? Well I thought it isnt McDonalds car since the race in Mexico but anyway if Sebastien asks 3 hambugers make sure you don't give him 13,he will hardly eat that much

Russfeld · 27 Oct 2003, 22:03 (Ref:765097)

True but if he asks for 3 more HP...

alonso11 · 27 Oct 2003, 22:50 (Ref:765160)

I have to admit it

Plus if you worked as 'Ronald' then you wouldn't have to bother with numbers at all

Mr Jinxx · 28 Oct 2003, 09:52 (Ref:765531)

Can Conway win it now?

Paul Rayner · 31 Oct 2003, 20:58 (Ref:769625)

Yes, Conway can win it. Anyone can in theory, because the second and final meeting has as many points available as the first. Sadly though, the person who seems least likely to win it is the championship leader, Vitaly Petrov, who wasn't out in testing today!

Ian Sowman · 31 Oct 2003, 21:19 (Ref:769656)

Any concrete news on Petrov, Paul?

Russfeld · 31 Oct 2003, 21:29 (Ref:769668)

He's listed on the Calgari F3000 entry list

**bella** · 1 Nov 2003, 03:03 (Ref:769841)

...which leaves jay howard effectively 'leading' the championship.

heh. just shows what the winter series is worth really. petrov would rather do some tin-pot f3 race than win the renault winter series. budget's probably about the same, mind you...

Russfeld · 1 Nov 2003, 03:53 (Ref:769852)

Eurotek deserve some sort of award for 5 drivers in two weekends

Ian Sowman · 1 Nov 2003, 19:57 (Ref:770296)

And the answer to the original question was: Jay Howard, who sealed the title without a podium finish at Croft. Barber won his heat and the final and Buurman the other heat; John Byrne the Last Chance.

**bella** · 1 Nov 2003, 20:40 (Ref:770319)

just wanted to say it was nice to see someone actually taking a risk for once. i'm talking about mike conway. even though his move didn't work, it's about time someone tried.

BigFella · 1 Nov 2003, 20:51 (Ref:770324)

After Jay Howard lost it on the sighting lap, should the race have been delayed while they got his car back on the track? if he wasn't in with a chance of the title would they have allowed him to race?

**bella** · 1 Nov 2003, 21:00 (Ref:770327)

no. definitely not...

Ian Sowman · 1 Nov 2003, 21:06 (Ref:770330)

But the car had to be removed one way or another...

Jonny Apex · 2 Nov 2003, 11:29 (Ref:770649)

Sounds to me like a coincidence that it was Howard who spun and he just got lucky. Barber and Comtec winning: could be an ominous sign for 2004 ...

Russfeld · 2 Nov 2003, 20:51 (Ref:770930)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/3235107.stm

Im dying, someone call an ambulance. Im going to choke on my own giggles.

View Poll Results: Who will win the FRenault Winter Championship
#3 John Byrne (Manor)	0	0%
#4 Mike Conway (Fortec)	12	25.53%
#8 Westley Barber (Comtec)	6	12.77%
#10 Tom Kimber-Smith (JLR)	3	6.38%
#12 Mike Spencer (JVA)	5	10.64%
#20 Stefan Soderberg (DFR)	1	2.13%
#21 Joey Foster (Motaworld)	7	14.89%
#25 Susie Stoddart (Motaworld)	10	21.28%
Other	3	6.38%
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